An employee management tool is searched for as one thing and is really eight documents and a place to keep them. The employee handbook that sets the rules. The onboarding checklist. The employee contract. The review template. The PTO and overtime calculator on the DOL rule cited below. The true cost of an employee calculator on the IRS and BLS figures. The turnover rate calculator on Gallup's range. The timesheet invoice for contractors. Every one prints free on this site without an account; the record that keeps what they make is the paid product.
The rules and the hire
The handbook with the attendance, PTO, expense and conduct policies inside it, acknowledged at hire; the contract from the offer's terms; the onboarding checklist sized to the role with an owner and a date per line. Three tools, three documents, before the first day.
The people
The review template for the thirty-day, ninety-day and annual reviews; the write-up that cites the handbook when it is needed. Two tools that produce the record a later decision stands on. A review without the write-up is a compliment; a write-up without the review is a complaint; together they are a record.
The money
The PTO and overtime calculator, the true cost of an employee calculator on the IRS's rates and the BLS's shape, the turnover rate calculator on Gallup's range, the timesheet invoice. Four tools that put a figure on a decision before it is made.
The record
Every document against the person it concerns, signed, dated, chased when due, exportable. From the vendors' own pricing pages, cited below: Homebase lists its Essentials plan at $30 per location per month billed monthly or $24 billed annually, with unlimited employees, and a Basic plan at $0 for one location with up to 10 employees; BambooHR starts at $10 per employee per month for Core and $17 for Pro; Deputy's Core plan is $6.50 per user per month. HeadcountDesk Pro is $24 per month per location.
Questions people ask about employee management tool
Which tool first?
The handbook; every other document refers to it.
Do the tools need an account?
No; every one prints from your figures without one.
When does the record pay for itself?
The first time a document goes missing; most small employers know that day when it comes.