The general settings is page is where you can customise how your company appears in Sage HR.
To get to these settings:
Click on your name on the right, then click Settings
Click General.
Company name
Company name
Customise the name of your company in Sage HR
Header logo
Header logo
Customise the logo that's displayed in the top-left corner of Sage HR.
📌TIP: For best results, make sure use a PNG or GIF format image has a transparent background.
Login page and email logo
Login page and email logo
This is where you can control the logo that's displayed on the login page and on any emails sent from the system. By default, this is the Sage HR logo,
Phone number
Phone number
Enter your company telephone number.
Country
Country
Select the country your company is based in.
📎NOTE: If you can't find your country visit our list of supported countries.
Default system language
Default system language
This is the interface language for your new starters.
📌TIP: You can change the language for specific employees.
Time zone
Time zone
Amend the time zone of your company.
Date format
Date format
You can select the format of how you want dates to show in Sage HR:
16 Nov 2025
2025-11-16
16-11-2025
11-16-2025
16/11/2025
11/16/2025
November 16th 2025
Time format
Time format
Select the format of how times show in Sage HR:
12 hour (3:00pm)
24-hour (15:00)
Number of digits shown after comma
Number of digits shown after comma
You can control if certain stats show as decimals, and if so how many decimal places. You choose for stats to show up to four decimals places e.g. 1.2345.
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