Sift through specific employees with the new and advanced employee search

Does it ever seem like you're spending more time just navigating to and from employee records than completing the actual task that needs to be done? With a number of employees in the system, you find yourself scrolling up and down, in and out of records just to get to the employees you need. 

We've adapted the People HR employee list so you can zoom through the required employee records and focus more on the task rather then how to get there. Admins can now filter the employee list down to only see those in a specific number of employees.

Once in an employee record, you can use the new arrows to flick through each employee record without having to navigate back to the employee list first!

For more information, please see: https://help.peoplehr.com/en/articles/3474558-navigating-the-employee-list

New plugin allows you to export your reports automatically

You can now export queries directly to a location using SFTP, and with the recently-added 'Schedules' feature, you'll never have to do this manually again!

When exporting an individual query, this will go straight to your downloads. By specifying a given location pathway at your side, People HR can send a number of queries to a specific folder on a regular basis. 

This means you can set it up to send your payroll reports to that Payroll folder and entitlement reports to the HR folder. You can even direct a query to a folder that is linked to an another integration, to be picked up straight away into another work process - without lifting a finger. 

Organisation is great, especially when it's automated! Click here to get started. 

Connect your People HR to Xero Payroll

Integrating your HR and payroll systems should be easy and simple. And this is why we're constantly building on the list of payroll integrations we offer. 

You can now integrate your People HR system with Xero to ensure your payroll is accurate and and keeps up to date with any changes to employee details in People HR. Because of this, the seamless connection allows a quick and easy way to exchange payroll and employee information between systems without any hassle.

Click here to learn how to set this up.

We integrate with many other Payroll systems too! Click here to find out more.

Keep your Exchange Server up to date with People HR holidays and events

The People HR Holiday Sync Service (HSS) is a tool designed to sync People HR holidays to Exchange server. This supports Exchange 2010, 2013 and 2016 - and as of today also supports Office 365!

With a one-time-only set up, you'll never need to swipe between your People HR Calendar and Exchange Server again. Click here on how to set this up. 

Don't use Exchange? We've got you covered. 

Here are some other ways you can link your People HR events to external Calendars:

• Ical Feed: Google Calendar
• Ical feed: MAC calendar
• Ical Feed: Outlook
• Integration: Google Calendar Sync

Quick and easy reports for probation data

You can now log probation status against an employee's record, and add comments to support this. These two new fields are found under the probation end date in the 'Employment' tab, as shown below.

You can select one of our pre-populated probation statuses, or you can customise the drop down list to add your own.

All probation fields are fully reportable in the query builder. Once you have a probation query, you can build explosive reports on probation status and probation history, with the report designer.

Here's a quick example of what you could create with this information!

Here's a link to our Probation help article: http://help.peoplehr.com/en/articles/3415045-probation-information

Save yourself time with the new address finder!

We've improved the address finder tool so that as soon as you start typing a postcode or street name, we'll start suggesting addresses. This includes worldwide addresses with the new 'Change Country' button!

When you select an address, you can be confident that you've got the right details in the correct address lines. 

You'll find our auto-fill address tool in any area where you need to add an address:

• Employee Details
• Emergency contacts
• Applicant information

Integration enhancements

As well as the new exciting changes brought into the logbook settings and authorisation workflow feature, we've also enhanced some of our current plugins and integrations to improve usability!

These include:

• Adding up to 5 devices in your Time & Attendance sync Plugin
• New version of Sage integration tool to fall in line with Sage's new update
• Ability to schedule your plugin tools to run automatically

We're constantly updating our integration tools and internal plugins, we always advise making sure you have the most up to date version of each tool.

Automate key company announcements with our Slack integration

Last month we told you we were working on a brand new integration with Slack, and this plugin is now available!

Keep your employees in the loop with updates feeding from your People system directly into your slack channels, including announcements on birthdays, holidays, new starters, leavers, and work anniversaries.

Connect Slack with your People site today, click here to learn more.

Remove bottlenecks with impressive authorisation workflows

Direct requests to the right person with customisable workflows that suit your processes! Whether is a holiday, timesheet or expense request, we understand that approval processes work differently for many companies. 

We've adapted the Authorisation settings, allowing you to set up customised workflows for approvals of any request type. Specify more granular rules as to who approves what and when!

We've moved some things about, click here for our FAQ on multi authorisation workflow and what this means for you. 

Get flexible with custom logbook screens

We're taking customisation to a whole new level! Not only have we developed a brand new area to manage your logbook settings, we've brought in range of new field types to transform the forms you use on a daily basis into electronic screens on your People system. 

This means you've got everything in one place, with information that can be quick and easy to view, manage and extract into a report.

With checkboxes, slider controls and signature requirements, the logbooks is your go-to place for any type of information where there isn't a specific screen elsewhere.

 This includes:

• Exit Interview

• Medical Information

• Company equipment

These examples are quite common. But there are plenty of creative ways our customers use logbooks, too. For example, mood indicators that record how each employee feels at the beginning of each day. Click here to find some great examples of what you might use logbooks for next.

As we've moved some things about, take a look at our FAQ on logbook changes and what this means for you.