Abra Employee Self Service® : Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQ's)
Abra Employee Self Service® provides employees and managers with the power and flexibility to view and/or update their personal information using an internet browser. Abra Employee Self Service data sheet
What is Abra ESS?
Abra ESS® increases the value of the Abra Suite® product line by providing employees and managers the power and flexibility to view or update their personal information in Abra Suite. Built exclusively for Abra Suite this product significantly reduces the administrative burden on HR/Payroll departments so now more then ever they have time to work towards contributions that directly affect the companies bottom line.
What are the benefits of Abra ESS?
- Reduce costs - by allowing for the employee and manager to make changes or view their own personal information HR department headcount can remain steady even while the company grows.
- Empower employees/reduce turnover - Employees that have access to their own information and additional sources to retrieve help in their daily questions gives immediate satisfaction to employees. Satisfied employees staying longer in organizations in turn saves on recruiting and training costs.
- Free HR/Payroll managers to work on strategic initiatives - Simply put, less time answering the phone or questions from employees means more time preparing for corporate initiatives that will improve the overall organization.
- Improve data integrity/quality/timeliness - Who better then the employee to make changes to or verify his personal information?
Additionally, the employee can verify that his information is correct and make immediate changes.
- Improve customer service - HR/Payroll personnel spend so much time answering questions that important items are pushed to the side or forgotten altogether. By providing employees with their own information at their fingertips, HR can spend more time providing additional value-add activities.
What are some of the main features of Abra ESS?
- Employee can view/update/request change for their own information
- Managers have access to their employee's information (defined by Administrator)
- Pages can be setup to link to other web sites/intranet locations
- System parameters allow for employee or department specific information for unique employee pages (job description)
- View company message of the day, birthday lists
- Security:
- Request time off- managers can approve or reject
- Encrypted password protection
- Auto logout function
- Reports to view employee access/attempts at login
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