Canadian HR software that makes people management easy

Everything you need to manage your HR processes and staff all in one place

  • Stay fully staffed with absence management tools
  • Create conflict-free shifts and schedules with ease
  • Go paperless with unlimited document storage
  • Simplify time-tracking with our clocking-in app
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Discover some of BrightHR's core HR software features

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With accurate tracking plus desktop and mobile accessibility, you can lower your HR admin burden and maintain compliance with Hours of Work Requirements. All thanks to Blip.

  • Make flexible working easier with geofence technology
  • Let staff clock their hours in seconds on the Blip app
  • Record and approve your staff’s overtime hours

Join 6,000+ Canadian businesses that trust BrightHR

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Explore the HR tools included in our HR software

Stay fully staffed with our user-friendly absence management software. Get instant notifications and a central hub to keep track.

Access all the HR and employment documents you need in your pocket. Enjoy unlimited document storage space. Upload, store, and view documents in seconds.

Create, assign, and edit shifts and schedules with ease across ANY working pattern. Plus enjoy flexibility with our new open shifts feature.

Meet your CRA obligations and keep accurate records. Store all your payroll details in one central location. So, you can lower your risk of error and enjoy better peace of mind.

Get answers to over 10,000 of your burning HR and health & safety questions—instantly.

Get the right person for the job every time. Track, store, organize, and manage your applicants from job openings to onboarding.

I absolutely LOVE BrightHR!

Before we had this, our holiday entitlement and absence recording was woefully managed on Excel.

Natalie ReynoldsGeneral Manager UK & Ireland – Haulotte

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Get in touch and discover how BrightHR can revolutionize your people management today

BrightExchange: Included in all our HR software packages

Cut your advertising costs. Reach 1 million+ potential customers on our free online marketplace.

Gain FREE employee perks and money-saving deals that keep your staff engaged.

  • Create and publish unlimited ads in minutes
  • Attract and retain staff with thousands of offers
  • Drive up your sales in our global community
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A Guide to HR Software

A Guide to HR Software
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Monday, November 4, 2024

Your guide to choosing the right HR software

The right HR software can become the backbone of your business. But there’s lots to consider when choosing your provider.

From a handy checklist of the features you need to look for, to the risks that software can help you avoid, our Guide to HR Software covers it all.

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FAQs

Q. QuestionWhat does HR software include?

BrightHR’s software gives you the end-to-end tools that remove HR admin burden from your people management. This includes tools like schedule management, time tracking, absence management, expense tracking, document storage and payroll reporting. But with BrightHR we also include other features such as an online advertising marketplace and employee perks platform, a learning management system, e-learning and chat tools to access expert HR advice helping you stay compliant.

Q. QuestionWhat are the benefits of an HR software for businesses?

Q. QuestionDo I have to purchase all features?

Q. QuestionCan I view or try the software before purchase?

Q. QuestionWhat is the cost of your HR Software?

Optimize and streamline your human resources functions

At BrightHR, we keep it simple. Our cloud-based HR software lets you manage employee data, performance management, absence, staff vacations, shifts and schedules, employee expenses, and training—all in one secure and user-friendly online HR platform.

Our HR software is made for Canadian businesses of all sizes

As a Canadian based HR software company, we’re passionate about supporting small and medium businesses with their human resources.

From startups looking to make their mark with their core employees, to small businesses that want to be compliant with provincial employment law, all the way to well established medium-sized businesses; we have the right HR solutions for you.

We help you stay compliant with your provincial employment standards

Many businesses in Canada struggle to stay compliant with the ever-changing tides of provincial employment legislation. Within our HR software, we enable you to build your documents from compliant templates, and offer an on demand, unlimited, 24/7 advice line for your most important employee relations questions, helping you put your best foot forward in every situation.

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Explore our award-winning software and see our range of end-to-end people management tools for yourself.