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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-service 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 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 online and on mobile. 

Help your staff thrive with HR software solutions

Sage HR

Sage Business Cloud

Solve your HR challenges. Onboard your employees, automate your HR process and get meaningful insights :

  • Achieve full visibility of your remote workforce, with an online employee database that’s your single source of truth
  • Give your employees instant and remote self-service access to everything they need, such as payslips, company policies, updates, absence requests, schedules, and more
  • Enable your people to request leave, check holiday balance and see who’s away, any time, anywhere
  • Share goals and priorities to unite team efforts while you can’t be in the office. Align with your company vision, and keep track of progress
  • No risking infection by multiple handling of receipts or unnecessary journeys to the office - employees submit expenses simply by photographing the receipt directly from the mobile app

Sage Payroll

Sage Business Cloud

Our effortless cloud-based payroll solution for small businesses with up to 100 employees.

  • Get accurate, compliant payslips each pay period in just a few clicks
  • Whatever the latest changes, we’ve got your legislative reporting covered
  • Access reports and analyse your payroll to make informed decisions 
  • Make automated payroll calculations and submissions
  • Get expert support anytime, anywhere, all year round
  • Share access with your accountant

Payroll Professional

Sage Business Cloud

Powerful payroll software with simple statutory HR functionality for employee management :

  • Cloud-based solution that can be accessed from anywhere, anytime through a link
  • Easy to use software
  • This solution allows you to add integrated modules and combine functions to expand its capabilities - adapting to fit your requirements no matter how fast your business grows
  • Country specific statutory reports for over 13 African countries including : Angola, Botswana, DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
  • Automatic legislative software updates
  • Intuitive real-time reporting
  • Three distinct modules can be integrated into a single package : Payroll, Personnel Management and Sage Self-Service

Sage 300 People

On-premise

Advanced all-in-one payroll, HR and Self-Service software with strong HR functionality.

  • Local desktop solution that can be hosted through a Managed Cloud Service
  • Intuitive software
  • Reliable solution for scalable growing businesses that are more complex. This solution is ideal for multiple companies with multiple legislations to consider
  • Legislation available for 28 African countries, including Saudi Arabia and UAE
  • Automatic legislative software updates
  • Advanced reporting embedded within the system that supports API integrations with analytical tools
  • End-to-end HCM solution for medium businesses with key modules that include : Expense Management, Job Costing, Advanced batch processing, Job Management, Performance Management, Budgeting and Core ISV integrations via API's

Sage Pastel Payroll

On-premise

Protect your business against fines and other penalties with Sage HR & Payroll’s software solution. Be 100 % SARS compliant with tax and other regulations, and have peace of mind when processing your Tax Year End returns :

  • Consolidated reporting for effortless SARS submissions from multiple companies utilising multiple databases
  • Automated software updates for processing that always complies with legislation
  • Automatic creation of employee payslips and IRP5’s
  • Unlimited telephone and e-mail support
  • Add-on modules for extended capabilities and improved business performance

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 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.

 "It really helps support our hiring managers fill vacancies within their teams."

Elizabete Dikmane
HR Manager, Sonarworks

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