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Unleash employee potential with workforce management software
Robust workforce management software can drive operational excellence by getting the basics right. Remove bottlenecks, reduce queries and eliminate employee frustration, while freeing up time for managers and HR to focus on strategic HR initiatives that drive business success.
Workforce management solutions at your fingertips
Get started quicker with onboarding solutions
Get bespoke checklists, automated new hire tasks, compliance and completion tracking, and a customisable social hub. Our onboarding solutions ensure strong new hire engagement and shortened time-to-productivity.
Let employees be in control with our holiday booking system
Empower your team by putting control in their hands with our intuitive holiday booking system. Streamline the booking process, enhance employee autonomy, and bring efficiency to managing time off.
Track & monitor sickness with absence management
Managers can track attendance, sick leave and time off in one place and receive real-time notifications of any changes. Move away from manual processes and achieve full compliance.
Optimise the workforce with rostering software
Our leading rostering solution ensures the right people are in the right place, at the right time. Generate smart rotas based on organisation-specific parameters while allowing for collaborative shift swapping.
Use HR self service to reduce bottlenecks
With a self-service HR portal, your people can request holidays, swap shifts, view policies and timesheets, complete appraisals, edit their details, and check their pay online - at a time that suits them and from any device.
Strategise easily with workforce management reports
Gain actionable insights, turn complex data into easy-to-understand charts, and stay ahead of the curve with the simplicity and precision of our dedicated workforce management reporting software.
Pay people right every time with payroll software
Ensure accurate and timely payments with our payroll software integration. Streamline your payroll processes, eliminate errors, and guarantee precision in compensating your workforce, making payday a seamless experience.
Cineworld success story
"Access People was the only provider we spoke to that could give us an end-to-end, secure, cloud-based HR and Payroll solution that works on any device, allowing us to transact and transform all on one platform, “We realised we could have a fully integrated system and go from roster to time and attendance, pay deductions, payment and beyond in one system," says Leon Foster Hill, Senior Human Resources Business Partner at Cineworld.
Workforce management is a part of our extensive HR suite
Our HR and payroll software consists of lots of different modules, from recruitment and onboarding to workforce management, pay, performance, learning and development and engagement. Choose the ideal HR solution tailored to your business size to get started.
HR software for small businesses
Access PeopleHR
Designed for businesses with up to 250 employees, including startups.
HR software for medium to large businesses
Access PeopleXD
Designed for businesses with 250 employees or more.
Benefits of workforce management software
Experience improved operational efficiency and workforce productivity through the implementation of our workforce management solutions.
- Save time by automating admin-heavy processes including rostering
- Employees can book and swap shifts
- Increase engagement with a self-serve app
- Enable automated workflows to speed up manager approval processes
- Integrate with other key HR software to achieve efficiency and accuracy
- Move away from silos with unified workforce management
- Manage and track legal obligations, including working time regulations
Improve operational efficiency and empower your people with workforce management software
Our workforce management solutions at a glance
Proud to be working with 13,000+ organisations in the UK and Ireland
“Although our principle driver for a move of HR and payroll software and services was a financial one, the results of this change have far surpassed simply a monetary value.”
"The support we received from the Access People Project Team throughout the entire project has been fantastic… It would be challenging enough under normal circumstances but to do this during the pandemic is a huge achievement."
“Access People was the only provider we spoke to that could give us an end-to-end, secure, cloud-based HR and Payroll solution that works on any device, allowing us to transact and transform all on one platform. We can now go from roster to time and attendance, pay deductions, payment and beyond in one system.”
“The feedback we have received so far has been very positive and employees generally feel happier that we have made a difference to their working day. Commercially we will achieve the return on investment in two years. However, in real terms the hours saved for each manager are significant.”
“The ability to centralise a number of siloed systems had a profound impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of our HR team - especially as a multinational conglomerate. After the project, we saw significant improvements in key areas of the business, like employee retention and GDPR compliance.”
Workforce management software FAQs
What is workforce management software (WFM)?
Workforce management software is a system that helps businesses to manage and optimise their people’s time and productivity and ensure organisations are working at maximum efficiency. This includes scheduling, rostering, time and attendance, absence management and planning, and ensuring the right people are in the right place, at the right time. Workforce management software can consist of desktop programmes and mobile apps with self-serve features as needed.
Why is workforce management software important?
Workforce management software is important to ensure the right people are in the right place at the right time to achieve efficiencies and maximise productivity. The right workforce management software allows businesses to simplify and streamline manual processes cost-effectively while keeping track of hours worked and staying compliant with working time regulations.
What are the key functions of workforce management?
The key functions of workforce management are scheduling, absence management, time and attendance and people management, allowing organisations to forecast labour requirements and get the most out of teams. The overall aim is to ensure business objectives can be met by allocating and managing labour effectively.
What does good workforce management involve?
Good workforce management involves the careful planning of labour and resources, ensuring the right people are in the right place, at the right time. The correct combination of skillsets needs to be accounted for through rostering and absences must be dealt with effectively to maintain business productivity.
How do I choose workforce management software?
Start by assessing your specific business needs. Identify key pain points, such as scheduling, time tracking, or performance analytics, and prioritise solutions that address these challenges. Consider scalability, ease of use, and integration capabilities with your existing systems. Finally, explore the customer reviews and try demos of the software.
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Our HR and payroll software solutions support every aspect of your people strategy, from recruitment and onboarding right through to training, talent management, payment and rewards.
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