Introducing openHR+. A set of premium features available now.
These new features include asset management, asset checkouts and attachments everywhere.
Keep track of all assets assigned to employees with ease and precision and as always, super-fast.
You can also add attachments everywhere whether it be employee CVs to the employee’s profile, an invoice to an asset, or a signed loan form to an employee advance. Your supporting documentation is only a click away.
Our free features will remain free, and we remain committed to keeping them free. These include multiple unlimited companies, unlimited users, unlimited employee profiles and unlimited payslips, audit trail, notes, clothing report, employee reviews, advance forms, disciplinary code, leave, EMP201 reports, UIF submissions, year to date reports, confirmations of employment, addresses and certificates of service, manual UI19 printing, IRP5's, permit management, employee warnings, tax directives, expense claims and refunds, telephone extension list, jobs manager, surveys, and training management.
Other updates in our latest rollout are:
· You can now delete a company from the delete tab when you manage a company.
· When payslip take-on data is missing, the system will send you an email explaining the tax implications and how to fix it.
· At least one user must have company permissions when editing users.
· Password validation was upgraded – passwords, company, and employee personal information remain encrypted as always.
· File upload sizes are limited to mostly 5MB and a system wide single submission of 50MB to protect user experience.
· Document notes and attachments now reload when creating a new one.
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