Who Uses HRMS

Asking who uses HRMS reveals something that changes how you should evaluate one. HR is the smallest group of users.

Employees are the largest. They log in to request leave, check a balance, update details, complete training and acknowledge a policy. Most do this a handful of times a year, from a phone, with no training and no patience.

Managers are next. Approvals, team information, reviews, onboarding tasks.

HR and payroll are the smallest group by headcount, and they are also the only group that will ever be trained on the product properly.

Which means the system gets judged by people who were never taught to use it. If the employee view is confusing, adoption fails regardless of how good the administrator experience happens to be.

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

See Sentrient’s employee management system and HR management system.