Hagel and Company Human Resources Blog - California, Idaho, Washington State HR News

We are proud to announce that we’ve been named to the Sage America President’s Circle again!  This is awarded to the leading sales producers among SBS business partners representing a host of segment-leading brands, including Sage Accpac ERP, Sage Timberline, Sage MAS 90 ERP, Sage SalesLogix, Sage Abra HRMS (human resource management system), Sage FAS Fixed Assets and others.

I attribute the company’s success to the dedication and hard work of all the employees of the company and to the loyalty of its 500+ customers across the Western and Southern United States.

Thank you to everyone who helped us achieve this goal!

photo credit: John Weise

“Out of the Box” is a common phrase in the world of software.  It refers to all the features and functionality that’s packed into the box of Sage Abra HRMS software you purchased.  But sometimes the features in that box aren’t an exact match to your unique HR processes and workflow.  Maybe you’d like to customize the menu or change the sequence of HR processes.  That’s where Sage Abra Toolkit comes in.  It allows you to customize your HR system so “Out of the Box” is transformed into “Fits Like a Glove.”  Let’s take a look.

Improve Workflow and Efficiency

Abra toolkit provides in-depth customization capabilities that give you complete control over how your HR information is categorized, viewed, processed, and organized.  You can modify menus and panels, change actions and processes, create new groups of reports, and modify toolbars.

Let’s say, for example, you’d like to customize your Toolbar so that it only displays buttons that you use most frequently.  Abra Toolkit has you covered.  How about adding a new field to track unique information about your employees or industry?  Abra Toolkit has you covered there too.  In fact, you can completely customize the way Sage Abra HRMS looks and functions so that you can track and record the unique information that’s important to your organization.

Your Own Personal HR System

Whether you use every function Sage Abra has to offer or  you only rely on a handful of common tasks every day, you can use Abra Toolkit to customize your Abra HRMS screens, menus, and toolbars for a personal fit.  With the flexibility and security features of Abra Toolkit, you can create customizations for a single user, group of users, or your entire HR department.

If there are features you don’t use very often and find that they clutter up your workspace, you can move them around (or remove them completely) so the functions you use most often are prominent and better organized. You can also change the order of panels within menus and rearrange the order of reports that are most important to you. Abra toolkit customization capabilities are available for Abra HR, Abra Payroll, and Abra Train.

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Changed HR Policies

Casual Fridays:

Week 1 – Memo No. 1

Effective this week, the company is adopting Fridays as Casual Day. Employees are free to dress in the casual attire of their choice.

Week 3 – Memo No. 2

Spandex and leather micro-miniskirts are not appropriate attire for Casual Day. Neither are string ties, rodeo belt buckles or moccasins.

Week 6 – Memo No. 3

Casual Day refers to dress only, not attitude. When planning Friday’s wardrobe, remember image is a key to our success.

Week 8 – Memo No. 4

A seminar on how to dress for Casual Day will be held at 4 p.m. Friday in the cafeteria. A fashion show will follow. Attendance is mandatory.

Week 9 – Memo No. 5

As an outgrowth of Friday’s seminar, a 14-member Casual Day Task Force has been appointed to prepare guidelines for proper casual-day dress.

Week 14 – Memo No. 6

The Casual Day Task Force has now completed a 30-page manual entitled “Relaxing Dress Without Relaxing Company Standards.” A copy has been distributed to every employee. Please review the chapter “You Are What You Wear” and consult the “home casual” versus “business casual” checklist before leaving for work each Friday. If you have doubts about the appropriateness of an item of clothing, contact your CDTF representative before 7 a.m. on Friday.

Week 18 – Memo No. 7

Our Employee Assistant Plan (EAP) has now been expanded to provide support for psychological counseling for employees who may be having difficulty adjusting to Casual Day.

Week 20 – Memo No. 8

Due to budget cuts in the HR Department we are no longer able to effectively support or manage Casual Day. Casual Day will be discontinued, effective immediately.

Have a wonderful day!

Frank Hagel has been elected chair of the 9 member Sage Software Employer Solutions Business Partner Advisory Council for 2009-2010. The ES Group publishes Sage Abra HRMS, including HR, payroll, training management and recruiting software.

Johnny Laurent, Vice President and General Manager of the Employer Solutions Group said, “The council was established to provide a vital communication link between Sage and the Employer Solutions Business Partner channel. It will advise Sage management on matters impacting and of mutual interest and concern to the client community and the Business Partner channel within the North American market. The ES BPAC addresses issues dealing with sales effectiveness, product issues and needs, market conditions and the competitive landscape surrounding the business.”

Congratulations Frank!