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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

HR software that works for your business
HR software packed with features
Running a business is time-consuming! Our HR system lightens the load, so you can work smarter.

Employees are the biggest asset to any business; a human resources management system will help you support your teams in the best way and maximize their potential.
From managing shifts and schedules to critical document storage, our effective HR software system has everything you need to streamline your people management.
BrightHR helps you to act faster
Maximize the value of your employees sooner, with human resources software that's quick to implement and intuitive to use.
An HR platform built for growth
We want to help you be the best business you can be. That's why our HR platform is designed to grow with you.
Join 6,000+ Canadian businesses that trust BrightHR
Join 6,000+ Canadian businesses that trust BrightHR






Ready to get started?
Get in touch and discover how BrightHR can revolutionize your people management today.
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.

A Guide to HR Software

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.
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.
Manage staff vacation requests with ease using our vacation planner. Avoid clashes and staff shortages with easy to understand reports.
Better manage staff productivity with easy to use clocking in software, so you know who's working and who's not.
Reward employees' extra working hours with our award-winning overtime tracker. Approve or decline requests in real time with certainty about hours worked.
I absolutely LOVE BrightHR!
Before we had this, our holiday entitlement and absence recording was woefully managed on Excel.
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Gain FREE employee perks and money-saving deals that keep your staff engaged.
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- Attract and retain staff with thousands of offers
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Interested in BrightHR? See it in action
Explore our award-winning software and see our range of end-to-end people management tools for yourself.
FAQs
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.
The right HR software will save you time by automating admin and HR tasks. This will save you money through cost control tools like overtime tracking, expense tracking and sick leave management. It will also help you with attracting and onboarding new staff and storing all employee records. The best HR software, like BrightHR will also provide employment relations and HR documentation including employment contracts, job ad templates, HR policies and guides. Why create an employee handbook from scratch when an intuitive HR software will provide it to you? This ensure small and medium-sized businesses can scale up without falling behind on compliance or losing time because of outdated processes.
With BrightHR you have a choice of software packages, HR, Health & Safety or a combined HR and health & safety software package. You also have the choice of adding HR or Health & Safety advice and documentation services. Within BrightHR all of the features, such as schedule management, timekeeping, clocking in and out, absence management and sick leave, expense tracking and document storage are included in the package. This is offered at a cost effective fixed price based on employee numbers. The features work together with the simplest of design, giving you the necessary tools you need to manage your business.
Yes! You can easily Book a Demo and get one of our expert agents to answer any questions you may have. They will walk you through the features and how to use them. There is no cost or any commitment – the demo is completely free of charge.
To get an accurate quote for your business size and needs it’s best to book a free demo and talk to an agent. There are always offers that we’re running that we don’t want you to miss out on from not talking to one of our agents! We offer fixed pricing ensuring that when you sign up you have price protection with your agreement helping you scale up your business with no hidden fees or costs. Our prices start from $6.00 per person per month depending on business size. Find out more through our pricing journey.
HR software insights
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
HR software pricing
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