Casual and daily-rate payroll
Payroll for casual and daily-rate workers
PayrollMaster pays casual and daily-rate workers on the same platform as salaried staff. Attendance arrives by manual entry, QR, biometric or geofence; overtime is computed by weekday, rest-day and holiday rates; region and job-category minimum-wage floors are enforced; and sub-monthly earnings get sub-monthly PAYE with prorated relief.
The problem
Why casual pay is where payroll breaks
For employers who run large casual, seasonal or daily-rate teams.
The hours live on paper
A muster roll, a notebook, a supervisor’s memory. By the time it reaches payroll it has been transcribed at least once, and a transcription is a wage dispute waiting to happen.
The wage floor is not one number
Minimum wage moves by region and by job category. Apply the wrong floor to the right worker and you have underpaid — which stops being a payroll problem and becomes a labour-office one.
Sub-monthly pay gets taxed monthly
Somebody paid for nine days is not a monthly employee. Apply monthly relief to sub-monthly earnings and the PAYE comes out wrong — sometimes in the worker’s favour, sometimes in yours. Both are findings.
Casuals paid correctly and compliantly, on the same run as everyone else.
How it works
How does casual payroll work?
Four steps, from the gate to a compliant payslip.
- 1
Capture the attendance
Hours come in by manual entry, QR code, biometric or geofence — whatever suits the gate, the field or the site. Hours are computed automatically rather than transcribed from a notebook.
- 2
Hold the wage floor
Minimum-wage floors apply by region and job category, not as one national number. Anything below the applicable floor is flagged before you pay it, not after an inspection.
- 3
Rate the hours
Overtime is computed by type — weekday, rest-day and public-holiday hours each pay at their own rate, across the whole crew, without anyone doing it by hand.
- 4
Tax it correctly
Sub-monthly earnings get sub-monthly PAYE, with prorated relief and below-threshold exemption. Fixed-fee task workers get withholding tax — resident or non-resident — with the certificate issued automatically.
What you get
What you get for casual and gig teams
Everything below is in the product today. Casuals run on the same payroll as salaried staff — same run, same statutory return, same filing.
See pricing- Two models — timesheet-based casuals and fixed-fee task/gig workers
- Attendance via manual entry, QR code, biometric or geofence, with automatic hours
- Overtime computed by type — weekday, rest-day and holiday rates
- Minimum-wage enforcement with region and job-category floors, and below-minimum flagging
- Sub-monthly PAYE handling with prorated relief and below-threshold exemption
- Task workers: staged payments, resident and non-resident withholding tax with automatic certificates
Every market you operate in
Casual teams in more than one country?
Minimum-wage floors and sub-monthly PAYE are maintained per market. Every worker is paid against their own country’s rules.
Also for
Not quite your sector?
Farms & agribusiness
For tea estates, flower farms, horticulture, coffee and plantations.
Read moreConstruction
For contractors, developers and site managers running daily-rate crews.
Read moreHotels, restaurants & events
For hotels, lodges, restaurants, banqueting and event staffing teams.
Read moreFactories & production
For manufacturers running shift crews alongside production casuals.
Read moreGig & task workers
For delivery platforms, marketplaces and anyone paying per task.
Read more
Questions
Casual & daily-rate teams: common questions
Does PayrollMaster handle casual and daily-rate workers?
Yes, and it is a genuine strength. Timesheet casuals and fixed-fee task workers run on the same platform as salaried staff, with attendance capture, overtime by type, region-specific minimum-wage enforcement and sub-monthly PAYE handled correctly.
How is attendance captured for casual workers?
Four ways: manual entry, QR code, biometric or geofence. Hours are computed from the capture rather than typed in later, so the payslip traces back to a record rather than to a notebook.
Does it enforce minimum wage?
Yes. Floors apply by region and job category, and anything below the applicable floor is flagged before the payroll is paid. That is the check a labour inspection makes, done before the money leaves.
Can casuals and salaried staff be on the same payroll run?
Yes. Casual, seasonal and permanent staff run together — one run, one set of statutory returns, one filing. You do not keep a second system for the people paid by the day.
Run one crew free
Start free, add a single crew, and run one real month — the attendance, the overtime, the wage floor and the PAYE that comes out of it. Compare it against your muster roll before you switch anything.