Australia and New Zealand launch for HR software firm

Alan Price

HR software and support service firm BrightHR has launched its products in Australia and New Zealand.

Establishing in the ANZ market as a new service it will be offered exclusively by Australia and New Zealand’s outsourced HR solution Employsure.

At the time of launch, the HR software already has more than 600 ANZ businesses registered with access to the software.

Launched in the UK in 2015, Manchester-based BrightHR’s key objective was to make managing employees easy for small business owners.

Four years later, more than 25,000 businesses and in excess of 250,000 people in the UK and Ireland now use its HR software.

BrightHR users can record, monitor and manage employees’ absences, annual leave requests, rosters and shifts in a single place.

It also has a feature for workforce scheduling that allows employers to assign and share these working schedules to the team quickly.

With the software being accessible through the cloud and its mobile app, time-off requests and approvals are easily accessed by employees and managed by employers making record management and people management simple.

BrightHR’s chief executive, Alan Price, said: “With demand across the globe for our product increasing fast, I’m delighted that we’re able to help Australia and New Zealand’s diverse and highly-skilled small business community tap into the benefits of our cloud-based HR software.

“Whether businesses are using our software on their laptop, tablet or mobile, BrightHR will save employers time, money and effort.”

Employsure’s, managing director, Ed Mallett, said: “Employsure is about empowering businesses, helping them to understand what systems and practices they need to have in place to meet their obligations.”

He added: “The BrightHR service aligns perfectly with Employsure’s key vision to make managing employees easy for small business owners and start-ups.

“In a world powered by cloud-based apps we’re bringing innovative solutions to small businesses to save them time, help them comply, and give them a tool that can be used daily by every member of their business. Most importantly, BrightHR seamlessly complements existing components of the Employsure experience.”

As well as Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Ireland, BrightHR’s software is also available in Canada.

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