Payroll and HR software for your first employee
Where to run pay, keep staff records, advertise a role, and train a new starter.
The first employee needs payslips and RTI filings, not a spreadsheet. This page names software. It is not employment, pension, or insurance advice.
HydraTax can run PAYE from the same file as the accounts. BrightPay and Staffology are the other payroll systems we introduce when a client wants a dedicated payroll product. Holiday, contracts, and sickness belong in Breathe HR or CharlieHR once the team is more than a couple of people.
Advertise the role on Indeed, Totaljobs, or Reed. Put new starters through a short health and safety or data protection course on iHasco.
Workplace pensions follow soon after you employ someone. Smart Pension is the scheme named here. A referral link is published only when Hydra is allowed to introduce pension business. Auto-enrolment duties are explained by The Pensions Regulator.
Hydra may earn a commission if you buy through a link on this page. You pay the provider’s price, not a Hydra price. Loans, insurance, and pensions are regulated. We only publish those links after the provider allows us to introduce them.