Sage 50 HR

Performance Management
An up to date, accurate list of actions taken during a disciplinary is vital when
performance managing. Sage HR allows you to maintain, report on and view
instantly all of this information giving you the confidence to deal with this specific HR
process effectively.
Most companies follow some sort of appraisal procedure. Sage 50 HR 2010 has an
appraisal record for you to update and complete. This allows you to forward plan in
terms of when the next appraisal will take place and also monitor the individual’s
performance through action plans.
Skills and Qualifications
Opportunities arise in businesses where a certain skill or qualification is required.
Through recording this information in Sage 50 HR 2010 you can identify people who
could be considered for specific roles. In addition you can review the skills/
qualifications of those already in such roles to assist in producing job descriptions.
Work Patterns
Record the normal work pattern for the employee, allowing you to identify part-timers
or shift workers. As many employees may work similar patterns you can create work
pattern templates saving you time on data entry.
Document Manager
Document Manager allows you to maintain control over all documentation relating to
a number of areas within Sage 50 HR 2010. You can store, view, modify and print
attachments such as employee contracts and disciplinary letters. Passport details
and driving licences can also be scanned and saved against each employee record.
New Report Designer
Your business is unique, and so is the information that you need from your Sage 50 HR 2010 data. Everyone requires different levels of detail, fields and content. It can be
frustrating when you are unable to tailor reports to your exact needs, or if you have to
spend time collating reports. So, we’ve made it easy for you to get the information
that you need, in one report. There’s unrestricted access to enable you to add all the
fields you need, as well as to tailor the overall design of your reports.
The Report Designer includes: Unlimited access to any variables on reports, without
any restrictions, direct output to Microsoft Excel and Word, the ability to edit reports
from the New Report Designer allowing novice/advanced mode, more extensive
reporting, Report Selections, Report Drill down.

Key Features of Sage HR 2010:

• Powerful screen designer
• Record any information that’s relevant to your business e.g. industry specific registrations, training, licences, company assets, clothing sizes etc.
• Improved reports
  Record information specific to your business and report on it. For example, add specialist qualification records to your employee details, and then run reports to see who has them.
• New report selection
  Save time by combining reports together into your own unique selections and then run them in one go.
• Improved calendar and events management
  You can create events with automatic reminders to prompt you when things like permits or specialist qualifications are due for renewal.
• Improved eligibility checks
  Record any kind of background check including Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) and Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) checks.
• New auto email address
  Set up email address templates that you can automatically apply to all your people to communicate quickly and easily.
• Improved absence management
  Keep records of cancelled holidays and absence, rather than just deleting them.

Recommended hardware

• An IBM®-compatible computer with a 2GHz (or equivalent) processor
• At least 512MB RAM
• At least 600MB of free disk space after Microsoft® Windows has been installed
• Display Settings: 1024 × 768 resolution

Minimum hardware

• An IBM®-compatible computer with a 1GHz (or equivalent) processor
• 512MB RAM
• 500MB of free disk space after Microsoft Windows has been installed
• Display Settings: 1024 × 768 resolution

Compatible operating systems:

• Windows 2000
• Windows XP Service Pack 3
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7
• Windows Server 2008
• Windows Server 2003

Technical notes

• Performance will be improved with higher specification computers and networks,
• Works with Microsoft Office 2000 and all later editions
• Please ensure you have the latest Microsoft updates installed.
• This product will not install or run on the Microsoft Windows 95,98,ME,NT4 systems.
• The latest service packs should be installed before installing or upgrading Sage
• 32-bit Operating Systems recommended.
• We recommend Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or above for internet access to Sage.

Apple Mac compatibility
Sage software is not compatible with Apple Macs, unless you are running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 via Apple’s Boot Camp utility.

To comply with the law the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry) suggests businesses
should use personnel software to keep records on:

• hours worked – to meet the requirements of the Working Time Regulations.
• holidays – to comply with the Working Time Regulations.
• accidents, injuries and dangerous occurrences – to meet H&S requirements.

Further the DTI suggest that it is a good idea to keep records of:

• personal details – name, address, emergency contact, qualifications, disability.
• employment history – date employment began, promotions, job title(s).
• terms and conditions – including a copy of each employee’s employment contract.
• absence details – records of lateness, sickness, and any other absences.
• training and appraisals.
• meetings with trade unions/employee representatives.
• disciplinary action.
• termination of employments and redundancy consultations
• show you have complied with redundancy legislation
• provide evidence to defend claims made against you.