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Employee Self Service Q&A

During a time in which many companies are tightening their belts, Abra ESS is one way to save you both time and money. 

How can it help me?  The software allows employees, managers, and administrators to manage personal and company information efficiently.

Employees – Abra 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 saves you considerable administrative time and expense associated with paper forms and manual processes.

Access Personal Information
Employees can access personal data including skills, events, current job, employment history, and performance reviews. With employee self service, they can update fields such as personal information, emergency contacts, education, and medical conditions.

Time-Off Management
Manage time off with access to time-off balances, attendance plans, and absence transactions. Employees can request time off and edit or delete time off requests.

Benefits Information
Employees view personal benefits information, including dependents, insurance benefits, savings benefits, beneficiaries, employee premium costs, and employer contribution costs.

Payroll Information
Employees access payroll information, including paycheck details, pay history, payroll deductions, tax withholdings [W-4], and W-2. They can view and print pay stubs, and authorize W-4 form changes with digital signatures.

Manager Features
Managers can view personnel and job information of their direct reports, view and post notes, access birthday lists and attendance, and review and approve time-off requests.

Supervisor Features
Allow supervisors to view and approve time-off requests without viewing other sensitive employee information.

System Workflow
Automate business processes with flexible workflow features. These include optional, separate HR, Payroll, Training, and Benefits administrators, the ability for managers to delegate approval rights, notifications via Abra ESS and e-mail, and flexible approval and notification assignment settings.

Security
Protect sensitive employee data using password protection, SQL server database security, and an encrypted Sage Abra HRMS database. Abra ESS supports 128-bit SSL encryption to protect data transmitted over the Internet.

Customization
Tailor the employee self service system to suit your needs with customization tools. Create a central portal for your employees to access important company information.

Integration with Sage Abra
Automatically update changes to the Sage Abra database that are submitted and approved by the appropriate administrator.

Ask us about special pricing!

Now through April 30^th, 2010, you can receive huge discounts on Abra ESS which will improve your efficiency and productivity through employee and manager self-service portals!  

The upcoming release of Sage Abra v9.0 will deliver many important features, including View Builder for Abra ESS. You have an opportunity to add Abra ESS before the release of Sage Abra v9.0 and take advantage of substantial prerelease savings.

View Builder is an exciting information-sharing functionality that will enable executives, managers, and HR staff to securely access on-demand information about the workforce that is tailored to each user’s specific data needs.

Until April 30, 2010, you can add Abra ESS to your current system at incredibly reduced prices.  Please contact us at sales@hagel.net or 253-572-2439 for more information.