This application employs the Internet to provide a common link between several geographically dispersed regional branches.
Prior to the introduction of this system, the managers in each of the regional branch offices were individually responsible for all aspects of their staff, including their recruitment, pay reviews, termination, etc., as well as the supervision of the staff.
With the introduction of the new system, a head office based Human Resources Manager took over responsibility for all of the staff employed in the branch offices.
As each employee joins the company, their details are added to the system. Details of salary reviews, sickness etc. are added as they occur and holidays are controlled via the system. The system also provides alerts for scheduled events, such as the end of a probationary period, annual reviews, etc.
Terminations are also recorded on the system. Some employees are seasonal, so their records are retained on the system in anticipation of them returning for further periods of employment.
Although most of the employment related responsibilities have been transferred to head office, branch office managers continue to conduct the initial interviews, make various recommendations with regard to pay reviews, etc., and supervise their local staff.
The branch managers also enter the essential details, address, etc. of new employees. Once an employee's details have been entered into to the system, they become the sole responsibility of the Human Resources Manager. The branch office managers are given access to view certain information related to each member of their staff, but they are not given any means of changing the information.
Every addition and change to the data is time and date stamped, so a permanent record is maintained of every action taken in relation to each employee.
All of the users access the information via Internet Explorer browsers running their own PCs in the branch offices.