Approved hours,straight to payroll.
Once timesheets are approved, Backfyl sends the hours to Xero payroll, matched to each employee and split the way they were costed: ordinary, Saturday, Sunday, public holiday, overtime, and evening and night amounts. Not on Xero? Download them as a spreadsheet.
In Backfyl WorkforceFrom $2 a person a month


Set up once,send every pay period.
Connect Xero.
An admin signs in to Xero and chooses the organisation.
Match who’s who.
Each person is matched to their Xero employee, by email and then by name. Match everyone suggested in one step.
Choose the pay items.
A Xero pay item for each kind of hours: weekend, public holiday, overtime, recalls, evening and night. Anything without one goes to the person’s ordinary pay item.
Send approved hours.
Look over the pay period first, then send. Only approved timesheets go.
Payroll that startsfrom the roster.
- Spreadsheet download
- Hours by person and date range, for any payroll system.
- Your pay week
- Set the day your pay week starts.
- Payroll access
- Only the owner and the people they choose see pay and costs.
- Leave balances held
- Annual and personal leave balances are kept in Backfyl, from approved hours.
Part of Backfyl Workforce
The complete rostering platform: the roster, allocations, hours, leave, pay costs and cover in one app. $25 a month for up to 10 people, then $2.50 a person a month, or $2 a person a month paid yearly. Four weeks free, and no lock-in contract.
How each industryuses it.
Works well withthe rest of Backfyl.
Every part shares one roster, one team and one app. Use the parts you need and leave the rest out.
Questionspeople ask first.
Which payroll systems does it work with?
Xero payroll directly. For any other system, download the approved hours as a spreadsheet.
Does Backfyl run the pay run?
No. Xero runs the pay run and makes the payslips. Backfyl sends the approved hours.
Which plan includes payroll?
Backfyl Workforce.
From the rosterto the pay run.
Set your team up today. Nothing is charged until day 29, and you can cancel at any time before then.