Office administration rostering & staff scheduling software
Cover reception and admin every hour you are open, see leave before you publish and pay correctly — without enterprise complexity.
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Reception and front desk rosters
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Clerks — Private Sector Award rates built in
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Integrates with Xero and MYOB
Designed for the realities of office work
An office roster looks like the easiest one on this site until two people take the same Friday off and the front desk is empty at 9am.
Reception covered every open hour
Leave that collides at the same time
Part-time and job-share arrangements
Hybrid and on-site days
Overtime approvals and TOIL
Clerks Award classifications
Reception and administration rosters that hold
A reception roster has a single point of failure, and it is whoever opens the door at nine.
Cover the desk, see the leave
Clashes visible before the roster is published
Build the roster against approved leave and part-time patterns so a gap is visible while it can still be filled.
- Roster reception and front desk cover explicitly
- See approved and requested leave against the roster
- Handle part-time and job-share patterns
- Route overtime for approval before it is worked
Time and attendance for office teams
Flexible hours still need a record — of what was worked, and of what was approved.
Attendance reconciled to the roster
Desktop, kiosk or mobile clock-in
Staff clock in at a kiosk, a desktop or on their phone, and approved hours reach payroll without re-keying.
- Clock-in at a kiosk, desktop or on a phone
- Flexible and hybrid arrangements recorded accurately
- Overtime captured against an approval
- Worked hours convert straight into payroll-ready timesheets
Office award compliance, made simpler
Penalty rates, overtime and break rules vary by day, time, employment type and shift length — and one week’s roster touches most of them.
Clerks — Private Sector Award (MA000002) — pay rates by period
| Period | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|
| Ordinary hours (Mon–Fri 7am–7pm) | 100% | 125% |
| Saturday (ordinary 7am–12.30pm) | 125% | 150% |
| Sunday (all day) | 200% | 225% |
| Public holiday | 250% | 275% |
Casual rates are set by the award directly, not by adding a loading to the permanent rate. Rates change each 1 July; the full breakdown by classification, junior age and allowance is in the clerks award pay guide. Always verify against Fair Work.
Payroll-ready workforce data
Approved hours should reach the pay run without being re-keyed, penalties and all.
From the roster to the pay run without a spreadsheet in between
Award interpretation already applied
RosterElf connects office scheduling and time tracking to payroll, so approved hours flow cleanly to Xero or MYOB with penalties already applied.
- Fewer payroll errors from manual data entry
- Less time reconciling timesheets each fortnight
- Clear records for audits and compliance checks
- Faster pay runs, even through a busy period
Australian offices and administrative teams using RosterElf report significant time savings on schedule creation. Based on customer feedback and ROI calculator data.
More than office scheduling software
Scheduling is one job of several. RosterElf puts communication, HR and time tracking in the same place, so a office team has one app rather than four.
Why offices and administrative teams choose RosterElf
RosterElf is built for Australian workplaces, with Fair Work compliance, modern awards and local payroll integrations as the starting point rather than an add-on.
Save hours on scheduling
Less time building and re-fixing the roster every week.
Control labour costs
See live wage cost as you schedule — no guesswork until payday.
Australian compliance
Clerks – Private Sector Award rates and penalties built in.
All employment types
Works for casual, part-time and full-time staff.
Easy to adopt
Intuitive for managers and staff, with minimal training.
Single or multi-site
Scales from one site to a group.
Calculate your office scheduling savings
See how much time and money your business could save with RosterElf rostering software.
Your current rostering
Based on 70% time reduction with automated rostering
Your potential savings
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Trusted by offices and administrative teams across Australia
Hear from Australian businesses that simplified their scheduling 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."
Common roles in office & administration
Download free job description templates for your office & administration team
Relevant awards for office & administration
Stay compliant with Australian Modern Award pay rates
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Try office staff scheduling free
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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
Office staff scheduling FAQ
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The best office scheduling software shows approved and requested leave against the roster while you build it, handles part-time and job-share patterns without hand-editing, routes overtime for approval before it is worked, and exports to payroll with Clerks Award rates applied. RosterElf does all four.
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Roster the desk as its own requirement rather than assuming the team covers it. Reception is the one office role with no redundancy, and it is the role most often left to be sorted out on the morning.
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In Australian usage a roster names who is working which shift, while a schedule more often means a sequence of tasks or appointments. In practice the words are used interchangeably for staff scheduling — and this page uses both, because half the people looking for it search one and half search the other.