100% free tools for Australian employers
Free tools to help Australian businesses with rostering, indicative pay estimates, and draft templates. General information only—professional review required before use.
Available tools
Free tools ready to use right now.
AI-powered tools
Free AI tools for indicative estimates and draft templates. General information only—verification required.
Free roster builder
Build staff rosters instantly with our free drag-and-drop tool. No signup required. Print or share with your team.
AI tools provide general information only. Outputs are not legal, payroll, or compliance advice. Verification and professional review are required.
More free tools on the way
We're building a library of free tools to help Australian employers with awards, rostering, payroll, HR, and more.
Awards & pay
- Find my award
- Penalty rates explainer
- Public holiday pay calculator
- Overtime rules checker
- Casual loading explainer
- Minimum wage checker
- Annualised salary checker
- Underpayment risk checker
- Fair Work compliance checker
- Award coverage checker
- Payslip compliance checker
Rostering
- Staff roster generator
- Weekly roster builder
- Shift planner
- Roster cost estimator
- Shift cost calculator
- Labour cost calculator
- Break rules checker
- Minimum shift length checker
- Split shift rules checker
- Fatigue risk checker
Time & attendance
- Timesheet generator
- Timesheet error checker
- Missed clock-in assistant
- Time rounding rules checker
- Time clock compliance checker
Payroll
- Payroll readiness checker
- Payroll export checker
- Xero timesheet checker
- MYOB payroll readiness checker
- Payroll cost forecast tool
- End-of-pay-period checklist
HR & contracts
- Casual contract assistant
- Part-time contract assistant
- Full-time contract assistant
- HR policy generator
- Code of conduct generator
- Leave policy generator
- Performance review assistant
- Warning letter generator
- Termination letter generator
- Redundancy process assistant
- Employee onboarding assistant
- Employee offboarding assistant
Leave
- Leave entitlements checker
- Annual leave calculator
- Sick & carer's leave assistant
- Long service leave checker
- Unpaid leave rules checker
- Leave accrual explainer
Industry awards
- Hospitality award assistant
- Retail award assistant
- Childcare award assistant
- Aged care award assistant
- Healthcare award assistant
- Construction award assistant
- Manufacturing award assistant
- Cleaning award assistant
- Security award assistant
Planning
- Wage budget planner
- Staff cost forecast assistant
- Labour cost percentage calculator
- Staffing level planner
- Workforce growth planner
How these tools help
Save time with free tools for rostering, indicative pay estimates, and draft templates.
Live tools available now (roster builder + 2 AI tools)
More tools planned across awards, rostering, payroll, and HR
Free to use with no RosterElf signup required
Important note
These tools provide general information only and do not constitute legal, financial, or professional advice. Results should always be verified with official sources before making business decisions.
For award pay calculations, verify with the official Fair Work Pay Calculator. For employment contracts, have documents reviewed by a qualified employment lawyer or HR professional before use.
Some of these tools run on OpenAI's ChatGPT platform. You'll need a free ChatGPT account to use them.
Frequently asked questions
- Yes, all tools on this page are completely free to use. There are no hidden fees, subscriptions, or paywalls. The free roster builder works directly in your browser, while AI tools run on OpenAI's ChatGPT platform (free account required).
- No, you do not need a RosterElf account. The free roster builder works instantly in your browser. AI tools require a free ChatGPT account since they run on OpenAI's platform.
- These tools are designed for Australian businesses. The roster builder helps create staff schedules, while AI tools provide indicative estimates and draft templates for general information only. Professional review is required before relying on AI outputs.
- Yes, we are actively developing more free tools across categories including awards and pay, rostering, time and attendance, payroll, HR and contracts, and leave management. Check back regularly for new additions.
Need more than free tools?
RosterElf helps Australian businesses manage rostering, time and attendance, and payroll integration—all with built-in award interpretation.