Best Cloud-Based HR Software

Choosing the best cloud-based HR software is easier once you separate what cloud changes from what it does not.

What it changes. Updates arrive automatically, so you are always on a current version and you do not control when something moves. Access works from anywhere, which matters for managers approving on a phone. Infrastructure is somebody else’s problem.

What it does not change is your obligations. Records still have to be kept for the required period and produced on request, whoever happens to be hosting them. Award interpretation is still either handled by the product or it is not.

The trade worth understanding is control. Automatic updates mean a screen your team knows well can change without notice, which is fine for most organisations and still worth knowing about in advance.

The Fair Work Ombudsman covers record obligations. This is general information rather than legal advice, and obligations vary by state and territory.

See Sentrient’s HR software and records management software.