HR & safety software for NZ employers
Run your people, rosters and safety in one place.
Timesheets, leave, rosters, health & safety and payroll hand-off to Xero, with every change on record. Backed by real NZ HR advisers.
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- Hosted in Sydney, Australia
- Sensitive fields encrypted at rest
- An audit log nobody can edit
- How we protect your data
- Built in New Zealand
- Privacy Act aligned
Most employment problems start with a missed step.
Not bad intent. A missing agreement, an unrecorded break, a hazard nobody logged.
3,070
ERA applications. A missed step in a disciplinary or restructure can become one.
3,070 applications were lodged with the Employment Relations Authority in 2025, up 11.8% on 2024.
5 years
WorkSafe duties. Notifiable events must be reported fast, and incident records kept for 5 years.
Source: Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, section 57
$1.8 billion
Leave and pay errors. Holidays Act mistakes are costly to fix, and the Employment Leave Act is changing the rules.
Health NZ has budgeted $1.8 billion to repay staff underpaid under the Holidays Act, and has spent more than $191 million fixing it.
Source: RNZ, via the Otago Daily Times
Everything your team needs. In one place.
- Digital employee records with encrypted IRD and bank details
- Onboarding checklists that block activation until paperwork is done
- Document vault with expiry alerts for visas and certificates
- Digital employee records with encrypted IRD and bank details
- Onboarding checklists that block activation until paperwork is done
- Document vault with expiry alerts for visas and certificates
Ask AI
NZ employment basics and how-to-use-it answers, in plain English, inside the app.
Clock in and out
Clock in from any phone, with location and a photo if you want them, or a face kiosk on a shared tablet.
Roster
Build and publish the week, post open shifts, and let staff claim them from their phone.
Timesheets
Weekly timesheets with a declaration, break rules on every day, and payable hours payroll gets unchanged.
Leave
Every NZ leave type, clash warnings for approvers, and a team calendar.
Expenses
Expense claims with receipts attached, a receipt rule you set, and manager approval.
Payroll export
Approved hours and leave exported to Xero Payroll, with a minimum wage check first.
Reports and audit packs
Built-in reports, audit packs for inspectors, a report builder, scheduled emails and a feed for Power BI.
Onboarding
Checklists from your own template, and a new starter who cannot go active until the required items are done.
Recognition
Nominations and votes in cycles you set, with winners announced to the whole team.
Health and safety
Hazards and incidents in seconds, a QR poster for anyone on site, and the registers you are expected to keep.
Compliance you can prove.
When someone asks 'can you show me?', you can.
An audit log nobody can edit
Sign-ins, exports, documents, expenses, pay-rate exceptions and who viewed a person's record are written to an audit log with who, what and when. The database refuses to update or delete an entry.
Compliance rules with review dates
The employment and safety figures the platform quotes, including thresholds, retention periods and notice rules, carry their source and the date a human last checked them. The register says when a check is overdue, before a figure goes stale.
The minimum wage and break rules are kept separately by Ask Your HR, as dated rule sets, so a past week is always assessed against the rules of its own date.
A minimum-wage check, before the rate is saved and again before payroll
A pay rate below the minimum is flagged the moment it is saved and recorded as an exception. Before a payroll export goes out, the rates in it are checked again; a below-minimum rate has to be acknowledged, and administrators are alerted.
It warns and records. It never decides which minimum applies to a person. That stays with you and your adviser.
Employment Leave Act readiness
The coming leave law accrues in hours against standard hours. A report shows whose contracted-hours records are ready, whose are missing, and whose actual pattern disagrees with their contract.
A readiness check on your records. Leave under the new Act is not yet calculated here.
Expired contractor insurance prevents site approval
A contractor company whose recorded public liability cover has expired cannot be approved onto a site until the certificate is renewed.
Checked when they are approved, from the expiry date recorded on the contractor company they are linked to.
Ask AI
NZ employment basics and how-to questions, answered in plain English inside the platform. It sees the question typed and our guidance, never your staff records. Conversations are not stored.
General guidance, not legal advice. When the answer depends on your situation, it points you to an adviser.
Got an HR question? Just ask.
Ask AI answers NZ employment basics in plain English inside the platform.
- ‘What breaks is someone on an 8-hour shift entitled to?’
- ‘How do I record a near miss?’
- ‘Can I pay out annual leave?’
General guidance, not legal advice. For your situation, talk to an Ask Your HR adviser.
Built for everyone on your team.
Owners
See everything. Prove anything. Compliance dashboard · reports and audit packs · payroll-ready hours.
Managers
Approve in a tap. Timesheets, leave and expenses · rosters · safety inspections.
Staff
All on their phone. Clock in · see their roster · request leave · report a hazard.
Works with the tools you already use.
Approved hours and leave flow to Xero Payroll. Reports connect to Power BI.
- Xero
- Power BI
Early feedback from pilot users
“Ask HR 360 has made managing HR compliance so much easier for our business. Having everything organised in one place gives us confidence that we're meeting our obligations while saving valuable time. It's a great solution for business owners who want peace of mind.”
Anna, CEO “As an HR professional, I appreciate how practical and user-friendly Ask HR 360 is. It simplifies everyday HR processes, keeps important documentation organised, and makes managing compliance much more efficient. A valuable tool for any HR team.”
Sarina, HR Business Partner “Ask HR 360 takes the complexity out of managing HR and Health & Safety. The platform is straightforward, easy to navigate, and helps us stay on top of our responsibilities without getting caught up in paperwork. It's exactly what a busy business needs.”
Chris, Managing Director “What stands out about Ask HR 360 is how it brings essential HR processes together in one platform. From documentation to compliance management, it helps create consistency, improves efficiency, and gives HR teams better oversight. A smart solution for modern businesses.”
Sarah, HR Director
Your people's data, protected.
- Hosted in Sydney, Australia
- Sensitive fields encrypted
- Two-factor sign-in available
- Privacy Act data exports
- Records kept as the law requires (6 years for wages, 5 years for incidents)
Questions employers ask us
How long does setup take?
Does it work with Xero?
Can contractors use it?
Where is our data stored?
Is Ask AI safe to use?
What do the advisers do?
Can I cancel anytime?
See it with your team's rosters and rules.
A 20-minute demo with an NZ specialist. No obligation.