Join 1000's of other construction and trades businesses in staying HR happy.

Australia’s leading HRIS and payroll platform for construction and trades, simplifying onboarding, rostering, performance, and compliance.

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Trusted by thousands of Australian businesses and partners.

4 reasons why your construction and trades business needs Happy HR

Better ROI

Construction and trades in Australia is a fast-paced industry that typically has high levels of employee and sub-contractor turnover. We make onboarding and offboarding a breeze and it takes less than 2 minutes to invite an employee!

Legal requirement

It’s a legal requirement to keep your workplace health & safety documents, licences and employee documents on file. Happy HR informs you when a document is going to expire so you remain legally compliant.

Easily manage your people

Ensure the effective performance management of your staff and contractors. Ensure your procedures,SWMS and safety training is managed at the click of a button!


Manage it on the go

Manage your HR and compliance from your mobile phone, making life easy for everyone in your organisation.



Our HR Cloud Software is trusted by thousands of Australian businesses plus over 100,000 employees.

Seamlessly connect to your favourite apps!

Boost your productivity, reduce paperwork and save administration time by seamlessly integrating with apps including Xero, Quickbooks, Tanda, MYOB, Cloud payroll, ReckonDeputy and PaySync to name a few.

Join thousands of Australian construction and trades businesses already slashing up to 90% of their HR admin time.

Trusted by thousands of Australian businesses and partners.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, Happy HR is easy and intuitive, and you do not have to be an IT wizard to take advantage of what it has to offer. Our HRIS process enables clients to seamlessly run their organisations – not get in the way. We will ensure that we provide support, training, and webinars so you and your staff understand how to successfully use the Happy HR platform.

Happy HR is an easy-to-use cloud-based HR software created by HR professionals! We’ve done our bachelor’s in HR so you don’t have to. Having managed countless changes to the Fair Work Act 2009 and other legislations, we’ve ensured HR compliance for thousands of clients through our reliable online HR software.

Happy HR simplifies everything from onboarding to performance management and even includes free recruitment software, making it easier to support and develop your people.

How do we do this? Well, we’re glad you asked!

Happy HR is an awesome HR cloud software that streamlines the way you manage HR. As a market-leading online HR management software, it simplifies everything from onboarding to payroll — all in one place.

Plus, our cloud HR software comes with qualified HR support that’s second to none. Experience the power of HR software online built by experts who understand your business needs.

Our team of qualified HR consultants will collaborate with you to set up the system, ensure your HR policies are in line with your values and write your position descriptions to ensure that the activities in each position description are truly aligned to your strategic and operational goals.

We collaborate with you to become a master user and provide training to managers and employees as well. The software is easy to use and will reduce 90% of your HR administration. Also, if you need support, our dedicated Client Relationship Team is here to help you with all enquiries. See the process on our pricing page.

In general, clients are up and running in about 3-5 hours. You simply choose a plan, then fill out a simple questionnaire, which will populate ready to use legally compliant HR policies that are tailored to your company.

From there you create your position descriptions, organisational chart, and you are ready to go.

Happy HR will help manage the entire implementation process. In fact last year 40% of our growth was clients coming to us from another provider as they wanted a more comprehensive software and best practice integrations and HR support, for less.

There are two journeys depending on your business needs, self guided or pro plan. You can find detailed information on our HR pricing page.

Happy HR is the most cost effective and most comprehensive platform in the market, offering everything from fixed fee recruitment to complete HR management tools. 

There are two journeys depending on your business needs, self guided or pro plan. Starting from $8.00+GST per employee, you can find detailed information on our HR pricing page.

Happy HR will save you a significant amount of time and money. Typically up to 90% of HR admin time. Having all your documentation in one place in an easy to find format means everything is at your fingertips.

Yes, it is. Happy HR takes data protection very seriously. We are ISO 27001 compliant. Happy HR has policies and procedures to store personal information securely. We respect the privacy of our client’s personal information and our commitment to them is demonstrated by using the same principles required by Australia’s privacy legislation for dealing with customer information.

This information is strictly confidential and will only be used for the purpose for which it was collected and no other purpose without your written authority. Furthermore, we only provide access to those who are required to perform the administration activities.

We undertake that the information we receive will be kept confidential and will not be passed on to another party without your express permission or unless we are required to by law. Learn more: https://www.happyhr.com/security

Happy HR is suitable for all businesses small and large. You have a legal obligation to have HR policies to govern your business or you risk being like the other cases that ended up at Fair Work Australia last year because they did not have a legally compliant HR process and or HRIS system.

Yes, Happy HR integrates with many different platforms, depending on the software you are implementing. You can find out which integrations are compatible and best suited to your business.See more on our integrations page.

You will have access to 15 minutes of phone-based support per month. We also provide Zoom support, and virtual screen sharing so we can demonstrate features to you on the spot. We want to ensure that you and your staff know how to successfully use the Happy HR platform.

If you have a HR question, an anxiety, a question about performance management or how to handle a difficult situation, or need to talk to a HR professional about any situation in your workplace as your HR partner we are here to help by emailing help@happyhr.com