Affinity Workforce Management

Stop firefighting schedules. Start running payroll that just works.

Workforce management shouldn't feel like a full-time job on top of your full-time job.

When managers are building rosters in spreadsheets, timesheets arrive with missing data, and award interpretation requires manual checking every pay run, you're not managing your workforce – you're surviving it.

The challenge: your workforce data is working against you

The challenge

  • Schedules change at the last minute
  • Timesheets come in incomplete or incorrect
  • Award rules are too complex to apply
  • Actual costs don't match plans

The impact

  • Payroll and managers are under stress
  • Managers waste hours on admin with deadline pressure
  • Operations/Finance can't see timely labour costs and budget comparisons

A better way

Your people are your biggest investment. You deserve systems that make managing them easier, not harder.

Here's the plan

1

Create schedules that work

Build rosters in minutes. Employees see schedules instantly. Managers handle swaps with a click.

2

Capture time in one step

Timesheets capture hours, projects, and allowances. Route automatically to approvers.

3

Automate award rules

The engine applies complex award conditions accurately, every time. Set it and forget it.

4

See costs in real time

Compare scheduled vs actual. Spot variances before they become problems.

Rostering: plan coverage, handle changes

Build personal or team schedules using fixed patterns or flexible shifts. Real-time costing means you know the price of the plan before you publish.

  • Fixed rotating patterns of any duration
  • Flexible shift allocation based on demand
  • Employee availability tracking
  • Real-time costing with payroll accuracy

Best for: Manufacturing, Distribution, Retail, Services

Smart Rostering Interface

Timesheets: capture everything in one place

Highly flexible management that captures hours, cost centres, projects, and allowances. Configurable views for different employee groups ensure precise data. Rostering and T&A data flows through our workforce integrations for a seamless end-to-end process.

  • Compare to roster/schedule automatically
  • Direct entry, biometric, POS or Excel import
  • Up to 12 configurable costing fields
  • Exception highlighting (overtime, missing time)
Digital Timesheet View

Intelligent award interpretation

Stop manually translating legal documents into configuration screens. We intelligently parse your EBAs and Awards into precise implementation code.

  • Direct parsing from source documents (EBAs, Awards)
  • Validate requirements rather than specifying from scratch
  • Auto-detects public holidays and overtime triggers
  • Handles full range of AU/NZ award conditions
Award Interpretation Rules Engine

Costing IQ: see costs as they happen

Complete view of scheduled and actual payroll costs. Compare rostered to actual paid, and optionally compare to budget or revenue.

  • Multiple costing views (individual, team, project)
  • Compare scheduled vs actual vs budget
  • Filter data for focused analysis
  • One-click export to Excel
Costing IQ Dashboard

What success looks like

For payroll

  • Timesheets arrive complete and accurate
  • Award calculations happen automatically
  • Pay runs take hours, not days

For managers

  • Schedules built in minutes
  • Coverage gaps spotted instantly
  • Time freed up to manage people

For finance

  • Labour costs visible in real-time
  • Variance analysis without waiting
  • Budget confidence instead of surprises

What happens if nothing changes?

Manual processes keep consuming time for strategic work.

Award errors create compliance risk and costly corrections.

Workforce costs keep surprising you with yesterday's data.

Intelligence, partnership, and local

Intelligence

Real-time visibility into workforce costs. Exceptions flagged automatically. Variances explained before you ask.

Partnership

A dedicated local expert who knows your business. Flexible models from in-house to fully managed.

Local

Modern Awards, EBAs, Collectives, Holidays Act – compliance baked in. One platform across AU and NZ.

Ready to stop juggling and start leading?

See how one AU/NZ-built platform can transform daily operations, keep journals clean and give you back time for the work that matters.

Workforce management data flows directly into payroll.