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EmploymentHero Outage History

Every past EmploymentHero outage tracked by IsDown, with detection times, duration, and resolution details.

There were 89 EmploymentHero outages since November 2021. The 38 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Minor June 2, 2026

June 2026: HR - Performance Management responses not visible in web.

Detected Jun 2, 2026 12:29 AM EDT · Resolved Jun 2, 2026 2:40 AM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

EmploymentHero experienced an issue where admin and owner users could not view published performance review responses on the web platform. The problem affected the secure.employmenthero.com component for 2.2 hours before being identified and resolved with a fix implementation.

Major June 1, 2026

June 2026: HR - Platform slowness / intermittent error 500s

Detected Jun 1, 2026 12:22 AM EDT · Resolved Jun 1, 2026 7:59 PM EDT · Duration about 20 hours

EmploymentHero's platform experienced significant slowness and intermittent 500 errors affecting secure.employmenthero.com for 19.6 hours. Engineers identified the root cause and implemented mitigation measures to restore normal performance. The issue was resolved after a monitoring period to ensure stability.

Minor May 31, 2026

May 2026: HR - HR system notifications not sending

Detected May 31, 2026 9:30 PM EDT · Resolved Jun 1, 2026 12:24 AM EDT · Duration about 3 hours

EmploymentHero's HR platform experienced a 2.9-hour outage affecting critical notifications including password resets, invitations, workflows, and payroll admin notifications. The incident impacted the secure.employmenthero.com service, preventing users from receiving essential HR system communications. Engineers resolved the issue and processed the backlogged notifications, though some users experienced minor delays during recovery.

Minor May 26, 2026

May 2026: HR - Platform performance degraded.

Detected May 26, 2026 1:31 AM EDT · Resolved May 26, 2026 2:22 AM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

EmploymentHero's HR platform experienced degraded performance affecting some customers for 51 minutes. The issue impacted the secure.employmenthero.com component. Engineers successfully resolved the performance degradation.

Major May 7, 2026

May 2026: HR - Platform Outage

Detected May 7, 2026 4:48 AM EDT · Resolved May 8, 2026 5:37 AM EDT · Duration 1 day

EmploymentHero experienced a major platform outage affecting secure.employmenthero.com that lasted 24.8 hours. The incident began with system performance issues that escalated to a complete system outage, preventing users from accessing the HR platform. Engineers implemented a fix and monitored the system before fully resolving the incident.

Minor April 29, 2026

April 2026: Degraded Payroll Platform Performance

Detected Apr 29, 2026 2:47 AM EDT · Resolved May 1, 2026 12:26 AM EDT · Duration 2 days

EmploymentHero's payroll platform experienced significant performance degradation for 45.7 hours, causing users to encounter slow response times and general service issues. The technical team identified multiple contributing factors and implemented fixes to address the root causes. The incident was fully resolved after monitoring confirmed the fixes restored normal platform performance.

Minor April 12, 2026

April 2026: Payroll - A small number of NZ Pay runs stuck/not loading

Detected Apr 12, 2026 11:34 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 13, 2026 3:16 AM EDT · Duration about 4 hours

EmploymentHero experienced a payroll issue where pay runs were stuck or not loading for fewer than 10 New Zealand customers. Engineers investigated and worked to remediate the affected customers while preventing additional impact. The incident was resolved after 3.7 hours.

Major April 7, 2026

April 2026: HR > Payroll sync impacting expenses.

Detected Apr 7, 2026 3:28 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 7, 2026 5:35 PM EDT · Duration about 14 hours

EmploymentHero experienced a major incident where timesheet synchronization between HR and payroll systems failed for some customers, impacting expense processing. The issue affected secure.employmenthero.com and lasted 14.1 hours before engineers successfully mitigated and resolved the synchronization problem.

Major March 24, 2026

March 2026: HR - Error when accessing Asset Register

Detected Mar 24, 2026 9:03 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 24, 2026 11:06 PM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

EmploymentHero experienced a major incident where customers were unable to access the Asset Register feature on secure.employmenthero.com. Engineers identified and resolved the issue after 2.1 hours of investigation and remediation work.

Minor February 24, 2026

February 2026: HR - Timesheet editing - erroring under certain scenarios.

Detected Feb 24, 2026 2:07 AM EST · Resolved Feb 24, 2026 3:45 AM EST · Duration about 2 hours

EmploymentHero experienced a minor incident where some customers encountered errors when editing timesheets through the timesheet management page. The issue affected the secure.employmenthero.com platform for 1.6 hours. Engineers identified the root cause and deployed a fix to resolve the timesheet editing functionality.