Staff management tools, for a small employer, are documents before they are software: the handbook that sets the rules, the onboarding checklist that gets a hire productive, the contract, the review template, the calculator that shows what a seat costs, the one that shows what leaving costs, the PTO and overtime sheet and the timesheet invoice. Each has a free tool on this site that prints it from your figures, without an account. This page is the index; the paid product keeps what the tools make.
The rule documents
The employee handbook template prints the handbook with the code of conduct, attendance, PTO and expense policies inside it. The employee contract tool prints the contract. Both are acknowledged at hire, and the acknowledgment is the record.
The people documents
The onboarding checklist sized to the role; the employee review template for the thirty-day, ninety-day and annual reviews; and the write-up that refers to the handbook when it is needed. Each is printed from the employer's own figures and policies rather than from a generic form, so the document matches the handbook it refers to.
The money documents
The true cost of an employee calculator, which loads the wage with the employer's payroll taxes and benefits on the IRS and BLS figures cited below; the turnover rate calculator, which prices what leaving costs on Gallup's range; the PTO and overtime calculator on the DOL rule; the timesheet invoice for contractors.
Keeping them
The software's job is to keep every document against the employee it concerns, ask for it when due and remind the manager of the review. 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 staff management tools
Which tool first?
The handbook; every other document refers to it.
Are these the same as HR software?
They are the documents HR software keeps; the tools print them free and the subscription keeps them.
Do the calculators need my payroll data?
Your figures, entered on the page; the tax rates are the IRS's, cited.