Welcome to the Human Resources and Management Blog

Sage Abra HRMS Version 8.4, and Sage Abra Suite Version 7.7 are scheduled for release this summer. Both include enhancements, primarily to the Payroll, HR, Attendance, Link, and Workforce Connections modules.

The release incorporates 47 specific enhancements. Check out some of the highlighted enhancements in
our most recent newsletter. Also, sign up for a webcast on the updated versions by visiting our Free Webcasts page.

Make sure and check out the newest addition to our website, the Knowledge Center! After months and months of hard work and collaboration with our web designers our newest resource section has gone live.

In the Knowledge Center you will find anything and everything having to do with HR, Payroll, Recruiting, Taxes, State and Federal information, reports, forms, calculators, performance management, and much more. We have created this site as a tool for our customers and all HR and Payroll professionals, to use as their one stop shop for information. Make sure you bookmark the spot as one of your favorites so you may always check back for needed information.

The site is designed for ease of use and so you can quickly find the information you are looking for. We will constantly be adding new information and resources to this site, and encourage you to provide us feedback and recommend any resources that we may have missed.

Keep an eye out for any articles, websites, or calculators that you would like to see added and if we add them we will reward you with a $5 gift card to Dunkin Donuts as a thanks.

Since we are holding a spotlight session this week on Employee Self Service I thought it may be helpful to revisit what Employee Self Service is and why it is important.

Employee Self Service (also known as ESS) is an increasingly prevalent trend in human resources management that allows an employee to handle many job-related tasks. ESS allows employees to view and request time off, access current benefits and dependents, print pay stubs, and view job requisitions and training history anytime, anyplace via the Internet or an intranet.

Abra ESS automates activities such as time-off requests and W-4 form changes, and can save you considerable administrative time and expense associated with paper forms and manual processes.

Employee Self Service allows you to reduce HR administration time spent on routine tasks as well as:

• Access Personal Information
• Time-Off Management
• Benefits Information
• Payroll Information
• Manager Features
• Supervisor Features
• System Workflow
• Security
• Customization

To learn more about Employee Self Service download the ESS Feature Sheet or read Dawn O’Callaghan’s testimonial and article from Employee Benefits News. Be sure to attend the spotlight Abra ESS webinar this week to learn about ESS from other Sage Abra users!