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HR management software to help you grow

Keep your team productive and engaged with HR software and tools that help you attract and retain the best talent, manage and engage your people.

Sage's HR software key features

HR software, also known as HR management software, provides businesses with the toolkit to manage employee related tasks. 

Create HR reports

Use reports to empower your business to make impactful decisions backed by accurate people data.

Automated surveys

Our HR software allows you to create and schedule automated surveys to get responses from employees.

Access our HR software anytime, anywhere

Mobile apps enable both managers and employees to access and self-serve whenever they need to.

Streamline HR tasks

Your HR team can streamline their processes to keep on top of everyday tasks. Our HR software helps UK businesses keep up with compliance and save hours on admin.

Manage employee performance

Give your employees the chance to thrive in your business, with a full view of productivity and development opportunities.

Make informed business decisions

Customisable reports with filters and data rich company graphs allow you to access insights to make informed business decisions.

An intuitive way to manage time and performance

Our HR management systems help cut time spent on processes, giving you more flexibility to create a positive work environment, and maximise your employees' potential. Keep track of random time off and shift change requests hassle-free.

  • Identify opportunities for resource and new hires
  • Review attendance and absence stats
  • Keep track of staff performance

Improved performance management

Give your employees the chance to thrive in your business, with a full view of productivity and development opportunities within your team.

  • Manage goals, training, and objectives to help grow their skills
  • Schedule meetings without the back and forth
  • Find, hire, and reward the right talent

Automatic delivery of high-quality payslips

Employees can check payslips as soon as they’re published and review historical payslips with our online HR software. Empower employees to self-serve and view payslips and P60s online and on mobile. 

Help your staff thrive with HR software solutions

Sage HR

Flexible HR modules for small and mid-sized businesses.

For small to medium sized businesses that want a modular HR system that will simplify processes across the end-to-end employment journey.

  • Simplified end-to-end HR system that’s easy to administrate
  • Core HR and leave management with additional modules for performance, timesheets, shift scheduling, recruitment and expenses
  • Modular design, pricing and setup
  • Ready to go out of the box, no implementation required
  • Establish a single source of truth for all your employee data
  • Automate people processes to reduce admin and improve productivity
  • Easy to navigate employee self-serve for better employee experience
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Sage People

Flexible HRIS people management software built for mid-sized and global businesses

For medium sized businesses that want to manage global or multi-locational teams from a single, scalable cloud system.

  • Highly configurable HR and people solution managed by your HR team
  • Core HR, attendance and leave, performance and talent management, compensation management with additional recruitment module available
  • Built on Salesforce, an enterprise grade platform
  • Team of implementation experts to get maximum value, followed by a dedicated Customer Success Manager
  • Meet multi-national, multi-currency and multi-locational employee requirements
  • Advanced workflows and configurable reporting to meet specific business requirements
  • Customisable branding and content per business area for personalised employee self-serve

HR software FAQs

HR Software, also known as HR management software, is designed to help designed to help businesses manage and optimise all HR and People related tasks. This can include management of your staff and contractors by bringing all records together in one place.

HR software allows you to streamline some processes and automate others, giving your team the ability to manage time and resources more efficiently. Get notifications, approve requests, and access data anytime, from anywhere in just a few clicks.

HR software resources can cover a vast range of features and tools, including:

  • Managing staff personal details
  • Managing absences including holidays, sickness, parental leave and other absences
  • Staff performance
  • Rewards and recognition
  • Payroll
  • Documentation such as staff handbooks and business policies
  • Working patterns and shift scheduling
  • Timesheet submission and management
  • Recruitment and staff onboarding
  • Company announcements to staff
  • Staff surveys
  • Clock-in and clock-out
  • Expense management
  • Tracking equipment loans such as computers and mobiles
  • Reports for HR and line managers
  • Information for enrolment and recruitment
  • eSignature for electronic document signing
  • Org charts to view and edit company structure
  • Mobile apps for self-service

HR software resources built by Sage can help make your business flow. Human resources software frees up time, money, and resources so that your team can focus on what they do best – creating a better, balanced, and engaging work environment. Sage HR software is flexible and can be customised for your business size and needs, especially as your team grows. 

Whether you need to oversee your employees across multiple countries and locations, manage employee information, or oversee reports to keep you in the loop, Sage helps you do it all. 

People are at the heart of every successful business, and with the right tools and processes in place, you can take your organisation to the next level. Easily manage employee data and contracts, support staff development, and keep your people engaged. Generate detailed, custom reports with just a few clicks, source the best talent, and make sure the needs of your business and your staff are always met.

Human resources software is suitable for any business that employees staff, or has a growing team. Sage HR is ideal for both small and medium-sized businesses with up to 250 employees, as well as those with more complex business and HR reporting needs. This might also include businesses which have recently grown, or are continuing to recruit new talent.

Sage HR is modular and customisable, allowing you to choose the features you need, and set up processes specific to your business.  HR software resources will help you keep on top of admin for your team, no matter how big or small. 

Sage People is ideal for mid-sized, global or multi-locational organisations. It enables organisations to transform the way that they attract, manage, engage, and retain people, wherever they are. Sage People is highly flexible and pricing is dependent on the number of employees, functionality, configuration and other factors.

Sage HR software resources are easy to use, flexible, and allow you to access your data anywhere, anytime.

HR software can help your business in several ways:

  • Reduces admin for HR managers and teams by streamlining all processes, from booking and approving holidays to performance reviews.
  • Improves staff engagement with surveys and announcements.
  • Helps you make better decisions with reports on metrics such as staff absence, performance, and employee retention.
  • Provides better data and GDPR compliance by allowing you to manage and store personal data in one place with secure, controlled access.
  • Keeps all your policies in one place up to date, ensuring all staff have access to the latest versions.
  • Helps you recruit, onboard, and develop talent to give employees the skillsets to progress and help your business grow.

Fuss-free HR and health and safety advice

Get access to cost-effective and legally reliable expertise and advice to support your business. Have confidence knowing you’re managing your workforce in a fair, safe, and compliant way.

"The more we do with Sage People, the more strategic the HR team can be to the business and help achieve our ambitious growth aspirations."

Lee Shaw
Head of HR Service and Delivery, Shawbrook Bank

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