Payroll that starts from the truth.
Payroll doesn't go wrong in the pay run — it goes wrong upstream, in hours that were never approved and penalties that were never applied. Orbit Payroll builds the pay from the roster and the clock-in, applies the award as you go, and hands your payroll a number that's already right.
Shift to pay run
Every step feeds the one after it
Most payroll software meets your hours for the first time on payday. Orbit has watched them since they were rostered — so by the time they're paid, they've already been costed, approved and checked.
Real hours
Scheduled hours meet actual clock-ins. What was rostered, what was worked, and the gap between them.
Award rates
Penalties, overtime, evenings, weekends and meal breaks applied from the award — as the shift is built, not after payday.
Approved
A manager signs off the timesheet. Once approved it locks — no quiet edits between approval and pay.
Reconciled
Orbit's figure is checked against what your payroll actually pays, and every difference is flagged for a human.
Awards, built in
The penalties, before the argument
Evenings, weekends, public holidays, overtime, meal-break rules — Orbit applies the award rate to each shift as it's built, and snapshots the person's pay rate onto the shift so historical cost stays accurate even after a raise. When someone asks why a shift paid what it did, there's a line-by-line breakdown, not a shrug.
Orbit's pay figures are estimates to check your run against — your STP-registered payroll stays the system of record for tax and super.
How this shift was paid
Illustrative — cost estimate only.
Orbit vs your pay run
A real difference, surfaced for a human — not buried.
Reconcile
Catches what payroll quietly changed
Your payroll system stays the system of record — Orbit doesn't replace it, it checks it. Orbit lines its own figure up against your Xero pay run and flags every gap: a shift paid at base instead of overtime, a missed penalty, an extra half-hour no one approved. You see the difference before the money leaves, not in a complaint after.
Payslips your team can actually read
Every pay run can send a clear payslip straight to each person — hours, rates, penalties and total, on the same phone they clock in on. Fewer “what was I paid for?” questions, and a record that stays with the business, not a shoebox.
Everything in Orbit Payroll
Pay the right number, the first time
Orbit Payroll is part of Orbit OS — it starts in the roster and follows the shift all the way to the payslip.