People, pay and the books, in one well-kept workspace.

One record. Every decision.

SureWork keeps your people, pay and books in one place, so leave feeds payroll, timesheets feed the pay run and the client’s invoice, expense claims are paid back with the salary, and, with Accounting, all of it reaches the ledger without anyone retyping it.

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   People and onboarding

   Employee records with SA ID checks and Employment Equity fields, imported from a spreadsheet or filled in by new starters themselves.

   • A secure onboarding link for bank details, tax number and ID copy, checked by HR before anything is saved
   • Departments, job titles and reporting lines in an org chart

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   Joiners and leavers

   Checklists for new starters and for people leaving, with an owner and a due date on every task.

   • Tasks tick themselves off when the work is done, such as a signed contract or returned equipment
   • Exit interviews, final-pay steps and reminders, so nothing is missed

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   Leave and calendars

   BCEA leave with balances that accrue on their own, approved by each person’s line manager.

   • Annual, sick and family responsibility leave on BCEA rules
   • Company and personal calendars with SA public holidays and .ics feeds

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   Time and attendance

   Clocking on the web or a shared kiosk, with breaks, rosters and shifts, and hours checked against BCEA limits.

   • Overtime, Sunday and public-holiday hours counted separately
   • Approved timesheets flow straight into the pay run

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   Payroll

   PAYE, UIF, SDL and ETI on SARS’s tables, with proration, leave payouts and fringe benefits.

   • Payslip PDFs and a bank payment file
   • Two-Pot withdrawals and a tax calculator
   • UIF declaration and COIDA figures prepared for you to submit

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   Expense claims

   People photograph receipts on their phone, managers approve, and the money goes back with the next salary or by bank transfer.

   • Mileage at the SARS rate and daily allowances worked out for you
   • With Accounting, approved claims post to the ledger; with Consultants, they can be re-billed to a client

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   Performance

   Review cycles with ratings and calibration, goals, one-to-one meetings and feedback in one place.

   • Probation and review reminders before anything is due
   • Improvement plans with agreed steps, check-ins and a record of what was said

8. 08/

   Training and skills

   Courses, sessions and certificates, with required training and renewals tracked for every person.

   • A skills matrix, and training costs sent to Accounting
   • Figures and files for your SETA Workplace Skills Plan and Annual Training Report, prepared for you to submit

9. 09/

   Engagement

   Announcements people confirm they have read, recognition from colleagues, and surveys.

   • Survey results hide any group too small to stay anonymous
   • Anonymous feedback to HR that can be followed up without revealing who wrote it

10. 10/

    Hiring and careers

    A public careers page with share links, a candidate pipeline, and interviews on the calendar.

    • Returning candidates apply again in one tap, with their saved CV and details
    • POPIA consent from every applicant, kept for 12 months and renewable by email

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    Documents and e-signatures

    Versioned documents with visibility rules, policies to acknowledge, and templates that turn into PDFs.

    • In-app e-signatures with an evidence trail
    • Expiry reminders and retention rules

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    Consultants and clients

    Place consultants with your clients, on your own payroll or as independent contractors who invoice you.

    • Hours captured in SureWork or imported from the client’s own timesheet file
    • Approved hours become client invoices, and contractor invoices become supplier bills

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    Accounting

    Invoicing, bills and banking on a double-entry ledger, with each approved pay run posted for you.

    • Quotes, recurring invoices, supplier bills, and bank statements reconciled with rules
    • VAT201 figures, aged debtors and creditors, and financial statements

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    Xero and QuickBooks

    If your books live in Xero or QuickBooks, SureWork sends them the journal for each approved pay run, so payroll isn’t typed twice.

    • Each approved pay run goes across once, with a clear history and a retry if it fails
    • You connect and disconnect it yourself, and the connection details are stored encrypted

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    Reports and dashboards

    Reports across people, pay and the books that show each person only what they may see.

    • CSV, Excel and PDF exports, and scheduled reports by email
    • Configurable dashboards and an executive overview

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    API and webhooks

    A REST API and signed webhooks to connect your other systems.

    • Keys that act with a named person’s access, and only in the areas you choose
    • Webhooks that tell your systems when something changes, with a delivery log and resend

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    Single sign-on

    Sign in through your own identity provider, over SAML or OpenID Connect.

    • Set up by an Owner and tested with a real sign-in before it is switched on for everyone
    • An emergency sign-in for Owners if your provider is down

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    Your accountant

    If your accountant’s firm uses SureWork, give them limited access to your books and payroll, for as long as you choose.

    • You decide what they can see and do, and you can stop it at any time
    • Everything they do is in your audit trail, marked with their practice