WaypointHR Overview

After a short gap we decided to get back with the HRM software. We delved into an open source human resource database for managing employee records and personal information - WaypointHR. It is an HR database that features a PHP based web-interface and a MySQL database. Effective management reports and ease of use are the major focus of this HR software.

WaypointHR provides a flexible Human Resource Information System (HRIS) developed by HR-Fundamentals ltd, primarily for UK, European and US employers. WaypointHR streamlines the process of storing essential personnel records such as employee contact details, job description and salary in an easy and efficient way.

WaypointHR is available in two version the free one and On-Demand.  For the free version employee data of the organization is stored in the in-house servers. In case of WaypointHR On-Demand system employee data in stored in their secure data center on the WaypointHR servers. In both versions WaypointHR retain full employee history, and allow the user to create employee records and company reports.

We had a close insight into the key features of WaypointHR.

User Interface

WaypointHR features a web based interface. It requires no special or technical skills to use the system.

Easy Modification

Since Waypoint is a open source application, the source code can be modified and software functions extended according to the requirements of the organization.

Free Server Grade Software

WaypointHR on-demand option provides you with server grade software that would require an in-house server. This would remove the hassle of maintaining or upgrading companies in-house server.

Absence Management

WaypointHR offers advanced Online Absence Management software tool to help the organizations to track, monitor, manage and analyze absence records, trends and sick leave. This application automates the absence management by paper-based records, speeds up the sickness and medical investigation process.

Absence Planner

All the employees on WaypointHR are assigned with a current absence record that enables the users to record different types of leave - annual leave, sickness and injury, training and development days, other types of leaves, whole days as well as half days.

Review, Monitor and Approve

The absence planner manages the following facilities

• View departmental and individual leave records
• Assess current, future and historical absence data
• Sort records by department, individual employee or set of individuals
• Record annual leave requests and days to be taken
• Approve absence leave requests
• Monitor absence, sickness and injury levels
• Review, approve and record training and development days

Inform the employees

WaypointHR provides a Online Absence Management portal that provides the user with an initial sick leave details and a elaborate sickness self certification SSP1 form before they even return to work.

Analyse and Report Absence

It’s Online Absence Management software allows analysis and report on absence data that includes identifying trends and patterns across your organization highlighting issues such as recurrent or excessive absence. WaypointHR also provides interactive manager assessment and analysis tool for review and print flexible management reports.

Tracking and Monitoring absence

The web-based Online Absence Management application can be used to access the PC via a web browser. It includes several features to help the HR and line managers in monitoring, managing and handling sickness, injury and medical leaves.

Facilities of the Online Absence Management software

• Defining and requesting return-to-work form
• Ask for additional information from an employee
• Online completion and email receipt of return-to-work forms
• Filter results and print management reports
• Request medical reports via email

Major Facilities

WaypointHR provides extensive facilities to simply the process of employee record management

• The employee records are fully editable
• Add new employee facility in 5 simple step
• Retain similar information on all employees
• Interchangeable screen grid or table view
• Multi-site layering facility
• Interchangeable screen grid or table view
• Interchangeable employee or department view
• Interchangeable employee or department view
• Expandable department on screen view
• Creating company reports on staff data
• Individual employee reports
• Export reports to PDF, if needed

Other Major Features of WaypointHR

Comprehensive employee records: It encloses personal details, working hours, role, job and department, emergency contacts, contact information of employee etc.

Management Reports: Sample employee summary report, creating Adobe Acrobat PDF reports

Easy and simple set-up: It’s easy to use and to input employee data, store and record employee data quickly, customize software, manage a variety of employee information etc. Moreover, any required database changes is automatically implemented with the intelligent database update.

Provides low cost data hosting:

• Easy access from any computer or laptop anytime, anywhere
• Ability to assign data access to individual users according to requirement
• Regular data backup on our servers
• Fully managed and hosted data service that doesn’t require any internal IT staff
• Free software support
• Continuous software development

Conclusion

WaypointHR is an open source which would benefit from fast growing community of users, software developers and business professionals.  With efforts from all these corners for WaypointHR will surely thrive as a freely available software platforms that end users can adopt and rely on.