The all-in-one workforce platform for restaurants & hospitality businesses
- Roster teams in minutes
- Simplify award compliance
- Control wage costs and profit margins
- Manage HR, payroll and your workforce — all in one place
TRUSTED BY 390,000+ WORKPLACES ACROSS THE GLOBE
Save time & cut costs with Deputy
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“Reduced time spent writing rosters by 93%”
Daniel Sorridimi, co-owner, Blackwood Pantry
Roster staff in minutes
Replace the manual spreadsheets, paperwork, calls and emails
Create efficient rosters for your team without any of the usual hassle. Easily schedule available staff, see how your wage costs compare to your budget, and instantly find last-minute replacements if someone calls in sick.
“Reduced time spent writing rosters by 93%”
Daniel Sorridimi, co-owner, Blackwood Pantry
Award updates
Simplify timesheets and Award compliance
Pay with confidence. Record accurate work hours with every shift, simplify award wage calculations and export to payroll with the push of a button.
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Hire, onboard, and roster shift staff
straight from their smartphones
Skip corporate HR bloat and hire shift staff in minutes. Deputy HR delivers paperless mobile onboarding, helping you send contracts, tax, and super forms straight to smartphones with VEVO checks and rostering alerts.
Frictionless mobile recruitment
Let AI write your job ads and instantly publish them to SEEK, Indeed, and 25,000+ job boards. Screen candidates fast with mobile video applications and keep them engaged with automated SMS updates, moving them from applied to onboarded in hours.
100% paperless onboarding
Send digital offer letters, TFN declarations, super forms, and company policies straight to new hires' smartphones for e-signing before day one.
VEVO & credential verification
Run Australian right-to-work checks via VEVO integration and collect required qualifications and certificates, such as RSA, during onboarding.
Shift-built performance management
Track attendance history, record real-time shift feedback, and log manager floor notes directly on worker profiles, eliminating complex corporate 360-degree reviews in favour of actionable shift insights.
Turn approved timesheets
into STP Phase 2 Payroll in minutes
Skip CSV exports and disconnected workflows. Deputy Payroll brings approved timesheets into your pay run, applies configured pay rules, and lets you review your payroll before submitting STP reporting to the ATO.
Pre-configured modern awards
Apply configured rules for base rates, penalty rates, overtime, late-night allowances, and split-shift rules across HIGA, GRIA, SCHADS, and major industry awards supported Award libraries.
Keep pay rates up to date
Deputy helps you keep base pay rates up to date with supported award rate updates and configured pay rules.
Streamlined STP Phase 2 filing
Submit STP Phase 2 reporting to the ATO and send digital payslips to the Deputy employee app.
Support your Payday Super compliance workflows
Deputy Payroll calculates super as part of your pay run. Review and submit eligible super contributions through the Beam clearing house, then track their status within your regular payroll workflow.
PREMIUM MOBILE EXPERIENCE
Run your teams remotely without missing a thing
Manage rosters, timesheets and team communication anywhere, on any device. Deputy is optimised for iPhone, iPad, Android, and desktop — employees seriously love our app.
micro-scheduling
Micro-shifts built to match demand
With Micro-scheduling, you can easily divide a shift into multiple segments to support check-ins, dining service, events, and more. Guaranteeing full coverage when guests expect it most.
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The payoff of using Deputy
Cost savings are critical for cafes, bars, and restaurants. How much could you save with our rostering app?
Why use Deputy?
Our software’s power, simplicity, and mobility has earned us 390,000 happy customers — who are our greatest advocates. With Deputy, you’re not just saving time and money. You’re making life easier for your teams and helping them provide better service.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is Restaurant Employee Rostering software?
Restaurant employee rostering software makes it simpler to manage hourly and salaried employees working in hospitality, including management, servers, bartenders, server assistants, and hosts — as well as kitchen staff. Deputy’s scheduling software helps schedule team members according to their availability, time off, and skills, while giving managers full visibility over wage costs for an efficient schedule.
- What makes Deputy's rostering software best for hospitality?
Deputy's rostering software offers a wide range of features to help you run an efficient hospitality business. You can roster each individual area of your restaurant, from Barista to Head Chef, to match highs and lows in demand, easily adjust your staffing to meet your labour budget, and instantly share rosters with your whole team. Deputy can help save hours in admin tasks by automatically rostering your employees with the help of AI-based on factors like staff availability and your budget.
- Can Deputy help Restaurants & Cafes roster meal and rest breaks?
Absolutely! Deputy's Break Planning allows you to roster, manage, and record all of your hospitality employees' breaks and break types for each shift.
- Why do hospitality business owners love Deputy?
According to our reviews, Deputy wins over hospitality businesses because it’s extremely easy to set up and easy to use. It’s simple to onboard all of your hospitality employees, get up to speed with all the Deputy features, and start saving hours on your employee admin.
- How can Deputy's rostering software benefit my hospitality business?
Hours are spent every week on admin tasks like rosters, payroll, and communication. Deputy's rostering software offers a wide range of smart features to help streamline your rostering and timesheets — while giving you visibility over your wage spend so you can control costs.
- How can Deputy's rostering software reduce labour costs?
With Deputy's Demand Forecasting, you can plan your staffing to match peaks and valleys in demand and reduce unnecessary costs. Our software also gives you clear visibility over your wage spend and how it compares to your forecasted sales, so you can achieve an ideal labour cost percentage.
- Will Deputy work with my other systems?
Absolutely. Our rostering app has been built to function seamlessly with all sorts of accounting, HR, and point of sale software including Xero, Vend, and iPayroll. For a full list of integrations, click here.
