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Sage HR: Effortless employee management

Ready to attract, engage, and nurture the best talent, all from one place? With Sage HR for small and medium businesses, it’s simple. Attend a demo, or take a free trial.
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Core Sage HR & leave management

"It's an easy to use HR solution that helps us save money, save time, make informed decisions and plan more accurately."

Moe Jame, Team Extension

Leave management

Simplify leave management : automate time-off processes, allowing employees to request, managers to approve, and HR to track leave seamlessly.

Employee Database

Organise and store all your employee information one central and secure place.

Mobile App

Fully mobile access to data, calendar, requests, and approvals for managers and employees.

Customise Sage HR to fit your business

Choose the add-on modules you need and bring all your HR tools into one platform.
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Performance Management

Set your people up for success with effective performance management tools.

  • Set goals and OKRs that challenge and develop your people. Align individual and team efforts with your business objectives.
  • Schedule and manage 1-to-1s
  • Collect 360° and fast feedback from teammates and managers
  • Create surveys to gauge employee satisfaction and engagement
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Timesheets

Streamline processes, increase project visibility, and stay on budget with timesheet software that can be accessed anytime, anywhere.

  • Employees track hours worked and submit timesheets to manager for approval
  • Set up who approves timesheets for whom
  • Employees clock in and out via Dashboard or mobile app
  • Run quick and easy reports to see timesheet approval statuses
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Shift scheduling

Take the hassle out of shift scheduling. Set up, manage and assign shifts in Sage HR using a digital and interactive planning tool.

  • Interactive and fully automated drag-and-drop tool to manage and plan shift schedules
  • Employees can view all assigned shifts, including automatic ad hoc updates
  • Groups, areas, and templates slash the time spent on admin
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Expenses

Snap receipts, attach them to expense reports, and submit for approval through the Sage HR app.

  • Employees can submit expenses to managers for approval using their mobile
  • Review expenses and approve with the touch of a button
  • Turn receipts into expense entries automatically
  • Uncover insights into expenses incurred by your employees
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Recruitment

Fill your positions, reduce time to hire and feel confident you’ve hired the right person for every job.
  • Use custom application fields for open positions and make it easy for applicants to apply
  • Customise a hiring flow, and organise pipelines by hiring manager or other filters and automate tasks
  • Keep candidate information in one place, including application form, documents and conversation history.

Sage HR modules and pricing

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Build a custom plan for your business and get everything you need from a people solution in a single package. You’re free to cancel or upgrade at any time. No payment details needed for trial. No long-term contracts, commitments, or hidden fees.

What's included:

  • Core HR and Leave Management

Optional add-ons can be added when you purchase Core Sage HR + Leave Management:

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"I've got so much more time now to work on higher level strategic initiatives. I was doing so much admin work."

Joely Clark
Cleveland Group

What our customers say about Sage HR

Technology & Software

What I love about Sage HR is that you can add on modules as you grow.

Anna Jagric
Director of Operations
BetterSpace

Technology & Software

It was the easiest integration ever, and it's been the best support I have received for a platform.

Cristina Oană
Project Manager
Team Extension

Business Services

It is one of the greatest tools we have; we will eventually use pretty much everything it offers.

Laura Di Prisco
Global Culture & People Experience Lead
Findasense

Technology & Software

It was a pretty easy choice to go with Sage HR ; the price was competitive, and the service was better and more personal than the competition.

Elizabete Dikmane
HR Manager
Sonarworks

Business services

With growth comes new employees and HR functions that I have to cater for which meant I needed an efficient system.

Aisha Gassangwa
HR Manager
Newscafe

Business Services

Our goal is to be in 2,000 schools across South Africa … Sage and Bright Path [are] the solution we needed.

Kiara Ramklass
Founder
Marimba Jam

Business Services

The support team is great, very responsive, and easy to communicate with. They have been helpful throughout.

Carmen Roșca Mănețoiu
Global Head of HR
Lingo24

Sage HR: Frequently asked questions

Sage HR is best suited to small and medium businesses for work on site or on the go. The intuitive design carries over to the Sage HR app so that employees, managers, and HR people can submit and manage time off, expenses, feedback, payslips and more from a desktop or mobile device.

HR applications are used for managing human resources functions like managing time off, expenses, reviews, and payslips. Our core HR mobile application works alongside Sage HR, our web-based solution that helps SMEs manage talent, giving users faster access to key features from their mobile devices.

It's free to use if you have a Sage HR monthly subscription. Prices start from R24.

Online HR apps are a great way to take care of HR tasks on the go.

Your employees can:

  • Request time off from absence to holidays
  • View payslips and IRP5 Tax certificates
  • Access the shared calendar to see who’s available in their team
  • Request feedback from other colleagues
  • Claim expenses in multiple currencies

Your managers and HR teams can:

  • Accept or decline time off requests with instant notification
  • Publish and view payslips and IRP5 Tax certificates
  • Access the shared calendar to see who’s available in their team
  • Share feedback with other colleagues
  • Accept or decline expenses in multiple currencies

Yes, Sage HR has a mobile app, which is available for download on both iOS and Android devices. The mobile app allows employees and managers to access key HR information and perform various HR-related tasks on the go, such as checking their work schedule, submitting time off requests, viewing payslips and more.

The Sage HR mobile app is available from Google Play on Android and Apple App Store on iOS. You can also access Sage HR via your web browser in Safari, Chrome or Edge.

Sage HR is the ideal choice for small to medium-sized businesses, whether you have a handful of employees or up to 250 employees. The software is designed to be user-friendly and easy to navigate, even for those with limited HR experience. 

Sage HR is perfect for businesses that want to simplify their HR processes and automate administrative tasks such as self-service, timesheets, leave management, performance management, reporting, benefits administration, and more.

 

Absolutely. If you purchase Sage HR and want to cancel for any reason, you simply click “cancel my subscription” on your dashboard. Then your subscription ends and you will not be billed for the following month. You can also cancel individual add-on features just as easily. 

Sage HR is ideal for companies with fewer than 250 employees whereas Sage People is ideal for growing multinational businesses with 250-5,000 employees.  

Both are designed to be long-lasting systems, and both solutions give you the fundamentals of workforce management: HR statistics, workforce planning, absence management, timesheets, performance reviews, fast reporting, and hiring. 

Our customer support team are committed to providing excellent customer support by sharing the latest HR insights, knowledge and resources. You can get support by phone, email, online chat, and live online Q&As.

You will also get 24/7 access to the following support resources: 

  • Our online community: Ask questions, share ideas, raise product ideas, and solve issues with Sage customers, employees, and product experts. 
  • Instructor-led corses and e-learning: We have hundreds of training courses designed for multiple experience levels and job roles. Get certified and earn badges that show your expertise and build up your resume. 
  • Knowledgebase: A library of resources, Sage Knowledgebase gives you access to the same support articles and product documentation our experts use. 
    Support tickets: Customers can open online support tickets and track their progress. 

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