Hospitality HR, rostering & payroll software
Smarter rostering for Less admin, happier staff, and more time focused on delivering great customer experiences. Built for Australian small businesses.
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Build costed rosters with live labour budgets
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Track RSA, food safety, and hygiene certifications
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Integrate with Xero and MYOB
Trusted by Australian businesses
From local cafes to national retail chains, thousands of businesses rely on RosterElf for rostering, HR and payroll.
Rostering software for hospitality businesses
From restaurants to hotels, RosterElf helps Australian hospitality businesses manage their workforce with award-compliant rostering and RSA tracking.
Restaurants
Build rosters around peak times, manage casual staff, and control labour costs with real-time budgets.
Cafés
Schedule baristas and floor staff around peak coffee hours with award-compliant rostering.
Hotels
Manage front desk, housekeeping, F&B, and maintenance teams across departments and shifts.
Bars & nightclubs
Late-night rostering with RSA tracking, award penalties, and flexible scheduling.
Catering
Scale staff up and down for events with casual pool management and on-demand scheduling.
Bakery
Early morning shifts, production schedules, and retail hours with award-compliant rostering.
Pizzeria
Manage kitchen, delivery, and counter staff with peak-time scheduling and casual workforce management.
Winery
Coordinate cellar door, vineyard, production, and events staff with seasonal workforce management.
Liquor stores
Schedule retail staff with RSA compliance tracking and extended trading hours coverage.
Airports & aviation
Coordinate ground crew, terminal staff, and flight operations with 24/7 shift coverage.
Short-term rentals
Manage cleaners, maintenance, and guest services for Airbnb and holiday rental properties.
Ski resorts
Seasonal workforce management for lifts, ski school, hospitality, and mountain operations.
Everything you need to manage your hospitality workforce
Six powerful modules working together to simplify hospitality rostering, HR, payroll, time tracking, payroll, HR, communication, and analytics.
Hotel rostering
Schedule across all departments
Build rosters for front desk, housekeeping, F&B, and maintenance. Manage seasonal fluctuations and events.
- Department scheduling
- Occupancy-based rosters
- Event staffing
- Multi-property support
Time & attendance
Track hours across your property
GPS clock-ins verify staff are on-site. Digital timesheets capture shift times across departments.
- Property clock-in
- Department tracking
- Break compliance
- Overtime monitoring
Payroll integration
Hospitality Award rates automated
Connect to Xero or MYOB. Automatic penalty rates for nights, weekends, and public holidays across hotel roles.
- Hospitality Award
- Role-based rates
- Penalty automation
- Xero/MYOB sync
HR for hotels
Manage staff across departments
Onboard staff digitally. Track RSA, food safety, and department-specific training. Manage seasonal workers.
- Digital onboarding
- RSA/Food safety tracking
- Training records
- Seasonal staff management
Hotel communication
Connect your property team
Share guest requirements and event details. Instant notifications for roster changes. Coordinate handovers.
- Guest briefings
- Event coordination
- Roster notifications
- Shift handover notes
Hotel analytics
Optimise labour vs occupancy
Track labour costs against revenue. Analyse staffing levels vs occupancy. Make data-driven decisions.
- Labour cost tracking
- Occupancy analysis
- Department costs
- Wage-to-revenue ratio
Employee rostering for hospitality
Match shifts to skills and service peaks
Hospitality demand changes daily, and overstaffing eats into margins. RosterElf's rostering tools use Perfect Match AI to align skills, availability, and labour budgets to create optimal rosters in minutes.
Managers drag-and-drop shifts, check costs live, and fill gaps instantly, ensuring the right staff are on hand for busy services without blowing budgets. Track labour cost analytics and performance with <a href="/industries/hospitality/analytics" class="text-primary-700 underline hover:text-primary-800">real-time reporting and insights</a>.
Time & attendance for hospitality
No more timesheet guesswork
Hospitality runs on split shifts and late nights, making attendance tracking critical. RosterElf's time and attendance replaces paper timesheets with mobile or tablet clock-ins, photo verification, and GPS options for off-site catering.
Every minute worked flows into payroll-ready timesheets, ensuring accurate pay, fewer disputes, and easier compliance with workplace laws.
Payroll integration for hospitality
Fair Work compliance built in
Hospitality awards are among the most complex in Australia, covering penalty rates, overtime, and allowances. RosterElf's payroll integration connects rosters and timesheets directly to Xero and MYOB.
Award rules are applied automatically, reducing errors, protecting compliance, and ensuring staff get paid right — every single shift.
Leave management for hospitality
Leave requests without the chaos
Staff request leave through the app, and managers approve with full visibility of roster impact. No more back-and-forth texts or paper forms.
Approved leave syncs instantly to rosters, preventing double-bookings during busy periods. Managers see availability in real time when building schedules.
Mobile apps for hospitality teams
Rosters in every pocket
Staff view rosters, receive shift updates, and confirm attendance from their phones. Push notifications reduce no-shows and last-minute surprises.
Shift swap requests happen in-app. Managers approve with one tap, knowing skills and availability are already checked.
Certificates & permits for hospitality
Track RSA, food safety, and more
RSA, food safety, and hygiene training are essential in hospitality. RosterElf's certificates & permits centralises staff credentials and sends expiry reminders before they lapse.
Managers avoid non-compliance risks and ensure only qualified staff are rostered on shifts — keeping customers safe and regulators satisfied.
Employee onboarding for hospitality
New starters ready faster
Digital contracts, policies, and induction forms sent before day one. New staff complete paperwork on their phone, reducing admin burden.
Collect tax file declarations, superannuation details, and emergency contacts in one place. Staff arrive ready to work, not fill out forms.
Workwise AI for hospitality
Instant answers to HR questions
Get instant answers to Fair Work, award interpretation, and HR compliance questions. Workwise AI understands hospitality-specific requirements like penalty rates and split shifts.
Reduce reliance on external advisors for routine questions. Confident decisions backed by up-to-date compliance guidance.
Trusted by hospitality businesses
Hear from restaurants, bars, and venues that simplified their workforce management with RosterElf
Andrew Nathan
November 13, 2025
"We are extremely happy with Roster Elf, it's a great improvement on the previous system we were using. Sean and all the staff have been fantastic, really know their stuff and make using RosterElf a pleasure."
Monica Van De Laak
October 16, 2025
"Sean was an amazing help, very patient and thorough."
Mary C.
October 13, 2025
"I can see my roster, enter availability, put leave in advance and clock on and off easily."
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Relevant awards for hospitality
Stay compliant with Australian Modern Award pay rates
Common roles in hospitality
Download free job description templates for your hospitality team
Hospitality rostering FAQ
- RosterElf handles split shifts, overnight shifts crossing midnight, and complex hospitality shift patterns with ease. The rostering software shows accurate labour costs including penalty rates for every shift configuration.
- Yes, create reusable templates for Friday nights, weekend trading, public holidays, and special events. Perfect Match AI suggests optimal staff based on skills and availability while keeping labour costs within budget.
- Yes, RosterElf is designed for casual workforces. Staff submit availability, managers build rosters around it, and casual loading is applied automatically to pay calculations.
- Staff request swaps through the app and managers approve with one tap. RosterElf checks skills, RSA certifications, and availability automatically, ensuring qualified staff are always on shift during peak service times.
- Yes, manage rosters for multiple restaurants, bars, or venues from one platform. Track labour costs by location and move staff between sites while maintaining accurate time tracking across all venues.
- RosterElf automatically flags scheduling conflicts when staff are double-booked or rostered for overlapping shifts. The rostering software prevents publishing conflicting schedules.
- Yes, labour budgeting shows real-time wage costs including all penalty rates as you build rosters. Compare against targets and adjust staffing before publishing.
Compliance resources
Official resources for hospitality employers in Australia.
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Real support from people who understand your business
At RosterElf, support isn't a ticket system — it's part of the product. Our Australian-based team helps you set up correctly, understand award rules, and stay compliant as your business changes. No scripts. No offshore handoffs. Just real help when you need it.
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Guided setup and onboarding
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Award and payroll questions answered
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Ongoing help as your team grows
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