A Human Resources Information System (HRIS) frees up the Human Resources staff by performing the many administrative tasks that kept them away from more strategic initiatives and functions. Some of the benefits are…
- Employees can change or update personal data such as changes in address, name, beneficiaries, and so on without disturbing HR staff.
- Current and past data are archived for timely reports on compliance, labor burden, benefits distribution, and employee development.
- Senior HR and other executives can access information at their convenience from any accessible platform.
- Permitted managers can access departmental information easily and quickly for performance development and evaluation.
- Will allow for the choice between outsourcing payroll or keeping it in house
What can I expect from the best HRIS?
All HRIS programs are not the same. They vary with cost, experience, and capacity. You are looking for a system that fulfills your current and future needs. Some menu items for best choices include:
- Functional intelligence that manages employee data as well as information. You need integration as well as specialization.
- Customized reporting and analysis that serves the varying needs of the executive suite: operations, finance, customer service, and so on.
- Access to a library of corporate documents like safety rules, employee handbook, disaster recovery plan, and more.
- Provide a portal for open enrollment, status changes, and updating of group employee benefits.
- Integrates employee data with cross-disciplinary needs including payroll, IT, operations, purchasing, shipping and handling, and others.
- Manage employment applicant tracking, resume management and talent management.
- Retain and organize EEO, Affirmative Action and Employee Commute Reduction Program.
A quality HRIS provides decision-making data and integrated reports used by Human Resources pros and other senior executives with the information previously maintained manually or in segregated databases.
Labor burden becomes human capital
Business employees represent a company’s highest cost of operations. They have to be managed, motivated, developed, and evaluated. A high performing HRIS will cost-effectively simplify the task, freeing administrators to plan and strategize ways to maximize the value of human assets.