HR Functions That HRMS Automates

The HR functions that HRMS automates successfully all share a feature. There is a rule, and the rule holds every time.

Genuinely automatable. Leave accrual. Onboarding task lists triggered by a start date. Training assignment by role. Policy reissue when a new version is published. Probation and review reminders. Access revocation on a termination date. Reporting that used to be assembled by hand each month.

Not automatable, whatever the demo suggests. Deciding whether leave should be approved in unusual circumstances. Assessing performance. Judging whether a complaint needs investigating. Deciding whether an adjustment is reasonable.

Those second ones can be routed, timed and recorded, which is genuinely useful. A system that appears to make them for you is a system whose decisions nobody can explain later.

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