For gig and task work
Payments for gig and task workers
PayrollMaster pays fixed-fee task and gig workers as a first-class model, not as an hours-based workaround. Work is paid per job with staged payments, resident and non-resident withholding tax is applied correctly, and the withholding certificate is issued automatically — alongside your salaried payroll.
The problem
Why casual pay is where payroll breaks
For delivery platforms, marketplaces and anyone paying per task.
They are not paid by the hour
A task worker earns a fixed fee for a job done, not a rate for time spent. Forcing that through an hours-based payroll is a square peg, and the workaround is always a spreadsheet.
The withholding is your obligation
Pay a task worker and the withholding tax is on you — at a different rate depending on whether they are resident. And they will, quite reasonably, ask for the certificate.
Work pays in stages
A job delivered in milestones is paid in stages. Tracking which stage was paid, to whom, across hundreds of workers, is exactly how a payment goes missing.
Task workers paid per job, taxed correctly, certificate issued.
How it works
How does casual payroll work?
Four steps, from the gate to a compliant payslip.
- 1
Capture the attendance
Hours come in by manual entry, QR code, biometric or geofence — whatever suits the gate, the field or the site. Hours are computed automatically rather than transcribed from a notebook.
- 2
Hold the wage floor
Minimum-wage floors apply by region and job category, not as one national number. Anything below the applicable floor is flagged before you pay it, not after an inspection.
- 3
Rate the hours
Overtime is computed by type — weekday, rest-day and public-holiday hours each pay at their own rate, across the whole crew, without anyone doing it by hand.
- 4
Tax it correctly
Sub-monthly earnings get sub-monthly PAYE, with prorated relief and below-threshold exemption. Fixed-fee task workers get withholding tax — resident or non-resident — with the certificate issued automatically.
What you get
What you get for casual and gig teams
Everything below is in the product today. Casuals run on the same payroll as salaried staff — same run, same statutory return, same filing.
See pricing- Two models — timesheet-based casuals and fixed-fee task/gig workers
- Attendance via manual entry, QR code, biometric or geofence, with automatic hours
- Overtime computed by type — weekday, rest-day and holiday rates
- Minimum-wage enforcement with region and job-category floors, and below-minimum flagging
- Sub-monthly PAYE handling with prorated relief and below-threshold exemption
- Task workers: staged payments, resident and non-resident withholding tax with automatic certificates
Every market you operate in
Casual teams in more than one country?
Minimum-wage floors and sub-monthly PAYE are maintained per market. Every worker is paid against their own country’s rules.
Also for
Not quite your sector?
Casual & daily-rate teams
For employers who run large casual, seasonal or daily-rate teams.
Read moreFarms & agribusiness
For tea estates, flower farms, horticulture, coffee and plantations.
Read moreConstruction
For contractors, developers and site managers running daily-rate crews.
Read moreHotels, restaurants & events
For hotels, lodges, restaurants, banqueting and event staffing teams.
Read moreFactories & production
For manufacturers running shift crews alongside production casuals.
Read more
Questions
Gig & task workers: common questions
Can I pay workers a fixed fee per task?
Yes. Fixed-fee task and gig work is one of two first-class models, alongside timesheet casuals. A task worker is paid for the job rather than the hour, and can be paid in stages as milestones complete.
Is withholding tax handled for task workers?
Yes. Resident and non-resident withholding tax is applied to task-worker payments at the appropriate treatment, rather than being calculated on the side and remembered at filing time.
Do gig workers get a withholding certificate?
Yes — automatically. The withholding-tax certificate is generated for the task worker, so you are not producing them by hand each time somebody asks for proof of what was withheld.
Can gig workers and salaried staff run in one account?
Yes. Task workers, timesheet casuals and salaried employees all live on the same platform and the same payroll cycle, so you are not reconciling a gig spreadsheet against a payroll system.
Run one crew free
Start free, add a single crew, and run one real month — the attendance, the overtime, the wage floor and the PAYE that comes out of it. Compare it against your muster roll before you switch anything.