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Smartly employee app

Our handy employee self-service portal and mobile app empowers your team and gives them more visibility. Plus, it automates some painful payroll processes for you. The simple way to sort your payroll.

Popular app features

Time saving digital timesheets
Say goodbye to manually sorting and calculating your team's hours worked each week. Using the Smartly app, employees can log their hours every pay run and have them flow straight through to payroll. Learn more
Easy access to payslips
View your payslips from anywhere at any time, all saved in one easy to access location in the Smartly app. See your pay information from the last three months at any time from the payslips tab. Learn more
Accurately manage employee leave
Booking leave is simple, and approving it is just as easy. Your team can apply for leave, and managers can approve it – all from the same app. Learn more

More power to your people

With the Smartly app, your team can easily access all their payroll information using their own log in. Employees can view their payslips, see their next pay day, and apply for leave at the tip of their fingers.

Get to know the Smartly app for employees

We've put together everything you need to know about using the Smartly employee app and how it can help you look after your people!

For more information about the Smartly mobile app for managers, check out our video guide here.

Find out what Smartly customers say about us!

Tidy Slabs Based in Wellington and Auckland, Tidy Slabs is a residential and commercial construction-based company with 60+ employees, and it’s growing rapidly. Hear what Cam from Tidy Slabs has to say about Smartly.

Orangebox Ltd Based in Wellington, Helen Thomas is the Office Manager for Orangebox, a mailhouse that prints and sends out hundreds of thousands of letters to people all over New Zealand. Helen loves the reporting and compliance functionality of Smartly.

Uprise Based in Auckland and Wellington, hear what Uprise financial accountant Irene Lin has to say about Smartly Payroll and how it helps her business.

Feature breakdown – what you’ll get when using our employee self-service features

Feature

Self-service on mobile for all employees

Manager approvals (browser and mobile)

Employee leave requests

View and email payslips

Time sheeting self-service

Labour costing self-service

Managers can add and edit entries on the go

Timesheets are easier than ever for employees

How it works

With our slick employee self-service mobile app, your team can easily access all their payroll information using their own log in.

Managing your team is simple with Smartly. Approve or decline leave through the Smartly app or browser. Great for larger teams – it’s all in one place to keep it quick and efficient.

Managing leave has never been easier. Team members can apply for leave and see when it’s been approved all from their app. Plus, your team can even see what their leave balance will be for a future leave request – say booking leave for Christmas.

Hassle-free payslips for your employees with access at any time! View the last 3 months on mobile or your entire history on browser. You can also download and email payslips on browser.

Timesheeting self-service with Smartly is easy. Edit timesheets, save them as drafts and continue to edit them until submitted. You can add individual entries for each day and submit them for approval or wait until the end of a period. Do it all from your app or browser.

Employees can easily assign cost codes for individual pays and cost allowances, split costs across jobs and more!

Managers can easily add and edit leave and time entries for their employees from anywhere with the Smartly app

The app remembers the last timesheet entry and automatically prefills the same hours. Employees can also copy a previous week's timesheet into their current pay period if they've worked similar hours.

How does Smartly work for your industry?

Hospitality
Hospitality payroll can be complex with part-timers, full-timers and contractors. Find out how Smartly makes it easy. Learn more
Professional services
Track hours by job and automate staff payments in Smartly Payroll. Professional services sorted. Learn more
Construction
Tradies love us. Faff-free payroll for staff, contractors and apprentices. Sorted. Learn more

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