# Pike and Employment Hero

> Sync employees, leave, and work hours from Employment Hero, and pay hourly staff from approved hours.

Canonical URL: https://usepike.com/integrations/employment-hero
Last updated: 2026-11-04

## At a glance

- **Direction:** Employment Hero to Pike for people and leave, every 3 hours. Pike to Employment Hero for timesheets, when enabled.
- **Who sets it up:** A workspace admin, with an Employment Hero admin who authorizes the Pike app.
- **Source of truth:** Employment Hero, for person fields.
- **Plan:** All plans
- **Documentation:** [Employment Hero docs](https://usepike.com/docs/integrations/employment-hero)

## What syncs between Employment Hero and Pike

| Employment Hero | Pike | Direction |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Employees | Members, matched by email | Employment Hero to Pike |
| Teams | Teams | Employment Hero to Pike |
| Work hours | Capacity per week | Employment Hero to Pike |
| Approved leave requests | Time off | Employment Hero to Pike |
| Timesheet entries | Approved hours from a closed Pike pay period | Pike to Employment Hero, when **Send hours to payroll** is on |

Approved time off creates Pike time off of the mapped type and comes off capacity. Pending or rejected requests do not sync.

**Send hours to payroll** is off by default. When on, closing a pay period posts approved normal and overtime hours for hourly employees as timesheet entries.

## Set up and use Employment Hero

### Connect

1. Go to **Workspace settings → Integrations → Employment Hero**, click **Add integration**, and authorize your organisation.
2. Map leave categories to Pike time off types and pay lines to work types, then click **Import data**.
3. Turn on **Send hours to payroll** when you want approved hours sent each pay period.

### How to use it in your business

- **Pay from the hours you bill.** Approved Pike hours become Employment Hero timesheets, so the pay run and invoices use the same numbers.
- **Plan on contracted hours.** Work hours and approved leave set each person’s capacity, so utilization for part-time staff is right.

### Limits

- Salaried employees’ hours are not sent.
- Pike does not run payroll or calculate tax or superannuation.
- Only approved time in a closed pay period is sent.

Setup steps and field mappings: [Employment Hero docs](https://usepike.com/docs/integrations/employment-hero).

## Employment Hero integration questions

### Does Pike integrate with Employment Hero?

Yes. Pike syncs Employment Hero employees, teams, work hours, and approved leave every 3 hours, and can send approved hours for hourly employees as timesheets.

### Can I send Pike timesheets to Employment Hero Payroll?

Yes. With Send hours to payroll on, closing a Pike pay period posts normal and overtime hours for hourly employees as timesheet entries for the next pay run.

### Does Employment Hero leave reduce capacity in Pike?

Yes. Approved leave requests remove those hours from capacity, so allocations and utilization stay correct.

## Related

- [Humaans](https://usepike.com/integrations/humaans): People, departments, working patterns, and time away.
- [Gusto](https://usepike.com/integrations/gusto): Employees, contractors, time off, and payroll hours.
- [Time tracking in Pike](https://usepike.com/features/time-tracking): Timesheets, timers, and approvals.