Payroll integration
HR to payroll, fully automated.
Stop manually re-entering HR data into payroll. Synthro pushes employee profiles, worked hours, overtime and approved leave directly into SimplePay — which then generates compliant payslips and handles UIF, PAYE and EMP201 automatically. Your payroll is ready the moment your period closes.
The problem
Manual payroll prep wastes hours and invites costly errors.
Double data-entry errors
You add an employee in your HR system, then re-type all their details into SimplePay. One typo and the wrong person gets paid. Synthro syncs the profile automatically — enter it once and it flows through to payroll.
Month-end timesheet chaos
At payroll cutoff you are chasing spreadsheets to find each person's hours. Synthro captures daily timesheets, calculates regular and overtime hours per BCEA rules, and pushes them to SimplePay — ready and waiting.
Leave deductions missed
An employee took three days unpaid leave and you forgot to tell payroll, so they get paid in full. Synthro syncs every approved leave request — type and date range — directly to SimplePay, so deductions are never missed.
No audit trail for payroll
When an employee disputes their pay, you have no record of what was sent to payroll or when. Synthro logs every sync with timestamps, so you can trace any discrepancy in seconds.
New employees miss first pay
A new starter joins mid-month, HR adds them, nobody tells payroll in time, and they miss their first salary. Synthro flags new employees and syncs them to SimplePay the moment the profile is created.
Overtime calculated wrong
The BCEA requires time-and-a-half over 9 hours a day or 45 a week. Calculating that by hand is error-prone and legally risky. Synthro applies BCEA overtime rules automatically, so the right hours reach payroll every time.
The system
A complete payroll sync, one click to SimplePay.
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South Africa's leading payroll platform
SimplePay is a SARS-compliant, cloud-based payroll solution trusted by thousands of South African businesses. Synthro connects directly to the SimplePay API — so all your payroll processing, payslip generation and tax submissions stay in SimplePay, where your accountant already works.
Profile fields pushed to SimplePay API
How it works
Import, track, press sync, done.
Import from SimplePay
Connect your SimplePay account and import your existing employees in one click — or add new ones in Synthro and they push across automatically.
Track hours and leave
Employees submit daily timesheets and managers approve leave. Synthro calculates BCEA-compliant overtime (1.5×) and maps all nine leave types automatically.
Press sync
One click sends all approved timesheets, leave records and employee changes directly into SimplePay via API. No copy-pasting, no exports.
Run payroll as normal
Open SimplePay — all data is pre-loaded exactly as your accountant expects. Review, process payroll, generate payslips and submit EMP201.
Why it holds up
Legally correct, and far faster.
BCEA compliant by default
Synthro applies all BCEA overtime thresholds automatically — 1.5× for hours over 9 a day, over 45 a week, and for Sundays and public holidays. Your numbers are legally correct before they even reach SimplePay.
Minutes, not hours
Manual payroll prep averages 3–5 hours per cycle gathering data. With Synthro's integration that drops to under 10 minutes — approve the last timesheets, click sync, open SimplePay, run payroll.
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