What is HRIS Software?

A Human Resource Information System (HRIS) is designed to support businesses with time-consuming HR processes by providing easy management of employee's data, automated manual tasks, and clear information organisation. Other names for HR software include Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) or Human Resources Management Systems (HRMS).

At Access PeopleHR, we keep HR software simple. Using our cloud HRIS, you can effortlessly manage employee data, absences and holidays, engagement, and so much more. Get started now.

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Meet our customers

Discover why so many businesses choose PeopleHR.

“Our employees all feel more connected with the business – they love the Self Service functionality, and love that they can access its great modern interface using their smart phones.” - Manager, Ministry of Sound

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Empowering your employees to self serve

Empower your employees with self service. Give your people the ability to update their personal data, enter their absences and request holidays with easy to use HRIS software. Not only will you see improved accuracy within your HR data, but you’ll also be able to save administration time and reduce costs.

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Managing absences and time

Take the stress out of employee absences. Our HR management software enables you to view, log and update absences and holidays in an instant. From automated absence data capturing, to easy to set up ‘absence rules’, our HRIS system gives your team many different ways to understand, manage and report on the different absences throughout your business.

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Recruiting and onboarding

Keep your recruitment processes simple, from job advert to onboarding. With a HRIS, you’ll be able to find, retain and manage your talent from one simple platform. Create the best adverts, compile and understand all of your recruitment data, and bring your candidates to life with intuitive video interviews.

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Features that enhance your HR management

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Employee Self Service

Let your people easily self-serve, and get involved from afar with our HR app

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Recruitment & retention

Track your recruitment efforts with our ATS, and keep people committed to their career with performance reviews.

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Time & attendance

Effortlessly manage absences, attendance, timelogs and staff holiday.

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Payroll management

Stay compliant and worry free with HMRC recognised payroll software and payroll outsourcing.

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Employee engagement

Help your people do their best work with appraisal software and Ripple workflow.

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HR reporting & data

Generate valuable data-driven reports with reporting software.

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Employee benefits

Attract, retain, and motivate your employees with an employee benefits platform.

Flexible pricing plans



Professional

£5

Per employee, Per month

Free 14 day trial

Enterprise

£7

Per employee, Per month

Free 14 day trial

Elite

£9

Per employee, Per month

Free 14 day trial

HRIS Software FAQs

HRIS software helps businesses streamline their HR processes by reducing unnecessary admin and time-consuming behaviour, improves data accuracy, improves compliance, and most importantly, enhances the experience for your employees.

The best software for your business is dependent on your organisation’s size, budget and key HR management problems you need to address. 

If you have a small growing business, you may want a HR software that centralises employee records, manages documents and automates processes with a mobile app. Any business should consider these factors when choosing a HR software:

  • The best price for your business size
  • What essential features you need
  • Any people management problems do you need to combat
  • GDPR Compliance
  • Process optimisation
  • Additional training and support
  • Implementation timescales 

Choosing the right HR software for your business can be a difficult task. Our HR software comparison guide will help you in conducting your own HR software comparison.

HRIS software is important in automating and streamlining essential HR processes as well as improving your overall business efficiency. It also saves you time and resources, giving employees more time to focus on activities that really matter.

HRMS stands for Human Resources Management System. This refers to the various tools and processes that enable HR management through features like applicant tracking, absence management, centralised records and automated expense reporting.

Learn more about the different types of HR software.

Setting up PeopleHR is a simple, proven 4-step process. We’ll help you migrate your HR data and provide first class training for you and your team. PeopleHR can also be integrated with a variety of other systems, from payroll to planning. View our full list of integrations.

Once your new HRIS system is up and running, you'll always have support from a friendly team of experts, who are available during office hours to help you with your queries. Outside office hours, our Help Centre is available at all times to help you with any problems or questions that you might have.

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