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What is Sage HR?

Find out more about the features available in Sage HR and how they can solve your HR challenges so you can focus on your business.

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Written by Oliver Cook
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Sage HR is a cloud-based human resources management solution to help you remotely track, manage, and engage your employees as easily as you do in the office.

You can use Sage HR to integrate workforce management and provide yourself with the tools to automate repetitive tasks.

Give your employees instant and remote access to everything they need with an individual login to Sage HR. You can control access by setting permission levels, to protect sensitive information.

There are seven HR modules available in Sage HR

  • Core HR

  • Leave Management

  • Timesheets

  • Shift Scheduling

  • Expenses

  • Performance

  • Recruitment

📌TIP: Payslip functionality is also available if you set up Sage HR to integrate with Sage payroll software.


Core HR

The Core HR module provides essential functionality to help simplify your HR workflows and enjoy the convenience of having all your employee data and HR needs in one place.

Sage 50 Payroll (UK) integration


If you're a Sage 50 People Package customer, you have the Core HR module included as part of your package which you can set up straight away. You can then subscribe to Leave Management and other Sage HR modules if or when you want to use them.

If you're unsure whether you have the Core HR module, it's easy to check.

Sage Payroll (UK) integration

All Sage Payroll UK customers get access to a basic version of Sage HR called Sage HR Essentials. This is a version of Sage HR that includes some features of the Core HR modules.

You can find out more about the differences between Sage HR Essentials and Sage HR with the Core HR module in the guide below.


Leave Management

Have a shared calendar, and allow your employees to request time off, check holiday balance, and see who else is away. You can also approve time off requests digitally.

📎NOTE:

Sage Payroll UK integration

All Sage Payroll UK customers get access to a basic version of Sage HR called Sage HR Essentials. This is a version of Sage HR that includes some features of the Leave Management module.

You can find out more about the differences between Sage HR Essentials and Sage HR with the Leave Management module in the guide below.


Shift Scheduling

Managers can create and edit shifts, and then notify their employees at the click of a button.


Timesheets

A fast, easy way for employees to track time worked and overtime.


Performance

Share goals and priorities to unite team efforts while you can’t be in the office.


Expenses

Let employees submit expenses, simply by photographing the receipt directly from the Sage HR mobile app.


Recruitment

Create job ads, manage applicants, and schedule interviews.


📌TIP: Take our short survey to find out if Sage HR can simplify your business.

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