How HRIS benefits remote employees: Your 6-step guide

What do employees look for the most while hunting for a job? Flexibility! 

As per statistics, the US saw a 159% growth in the number of remote workers in the last 12 years. With more employees choosing to go remote, working from home is not a mere incentive but a necessity.

As the world grappled with the COVID-19 crisis – what emerged was a trend – that by now has been accepted widely by workers and organizations. 

Work from home or remote working is the new norm.

And to cater to the growing remote employees, as a business you need a robust Human Resource Information System (HRIS) that makes the process easy for your HR team and the potential remote employees. 

Also Read: How HRIS Integration can boost the productivity of your organization

Let’s explore how the Human Resource Information System can help you and your remote employees

Efficient Review system: Limited interaction with the team or managers is a pain point for many remote employees. Implementation of the right HRIS system lets your remote employees give feedback and communicate with managers more efficiently. Most times, managers are not able to strike effective communication with remote employees and the latter is left to feel unheard and undervalued. As an HR you can help resolve the issue by putting an effective HRIS in place that lets both the parties share feedback and reviews. It can also create logs on the progress of a task/project and a better assessment of the same on both ends. Unlike in an in-person review meeting both the stakeholders don’t need to be physically present which again saves their respective bandwidth. 

Employee empowerment: If you look at employee psychology, studies show that employees are more comfortable when working remotely. As a company, when you provide such employees with access to information including payroll, attendance, and leave management, they are bound to feel more empowered, valued and as a result, become more productive. An HRIS helps here big time. When supported by a workforce intelligence platform, employees can update their information and view what’s important to them without having to bother HR individuals. 

Better attendance management: With remote working, the number of hours put in by an employee remains dubious. It can be quite challenging for the HR teams and the team managers to keep a track of individual employees. An HRIS makes all the difference. The self-service system makes attendance management a breeze for HR and payroll. While employees get to track their working hours, the HR team ensures overtime in compliance with the labor laws. 

Improves leave management: This is an important feature of HRIS which lets managers know when an employee is on leave and for what reason. Employees working in a remote setup can accordingly manage their work, discussions, video meetings, and more with this information. Knowing the availability of an individual helps a great deal in a collaborative remote set up. 

Talent retention: Employees are the biggest asset to an organization. True! And the right employees are key to your business growth. One of the most crucial aspects of an HR professional’s job is to retain the right talent. And when it comes to remote employees it becomes all the more important, sometimes difficult. Solution? The right HRIS. The software helps you with performance reviews and feedback which helps you make the call on which employee to retain.

Cost-efficient: This of course goes without much explanation. Your Human Resource department can save both time and cost when managing remote employees. HR teams can not only reduce the cost of operation but also recruit more remote employees through a properly implemented HRIS. Companies can save on workplace insurance, space, utilities, and other necessities if they hire remote employees. 

Also Read: Switching from manual HR process to HRIS: All you need to know

In Sum

Remote jobs are the future of the growing gig economy and although this year we learned how to adapt better to the idea, there are always a few glitches while implementing the same in our HR systems. More than flexibility, organizations need to give remote employees acceptability and a system where they feel like a part of the organization rather than an outlier. A more inclusive and accommodating platform is what the employees need who are working remotely.

If you have questions about how to create such a platform or are looking to upgrade your current HR software, then we are here to assist. Get in touch with our experts today.