Smarter Succession Planning
With the right tools and strategies in place, organizations can identify, develop and retain their top talent – while maintaining stability during times of change. Look to the future with Unit4.
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Unit4 HCM software for
Core HR management
Manage and analyze your workforce, track employee absences and streamline expense management with automated processes and self-service entry. Simplify your HR tasks and improve efficiency across the board, by leveraging next-gen employee management tools.
Upgrade your Core HR system
In a fast-evolving world, your workforce, how people work, and even the skills and competencies you need to keep the business working are constantly shifting. Unit4 Human Capital Management (HCM) offers a strong, flexible and reliable Core HR solution to help you navigate change and deliver an exceptional employee experience.
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Key capabilities
Get a complete picture with Employee Management
Manage your global workforce from one place. With a single employee record across the entire Unit4 platform, you can register and maintain all your people’s details from personal information to engagement levels, competency levels and performance. You can also source the key insights and reports you need to support your Diversity, Equity and Inclusion ambitions and requirements.
Automate and report on absences
Unit4 Absence Management is an intuitive and effective capability for both managers and employees to request and approve time off. HR can easily record, monitor and report on any type of employee absence, within an integrated system, harnessing next-gen employee management tools. Giving you the real-time insights to identify trends to be addressed.
Simplify expenses
With Unit4 Expense Management simplify the job of registering, approving, calculating, and paying travel expenses on a variety of devices with our digital assistant Wanda. Saving time and cost and enabling your employees to focus on their work.
Manage complex employment scenarios
Created for people-centric organizations, Unit4 Core HR software supports organizations with employees working in multiple concurrent roles. All conveniently assigned to one employment record.
Elevate your approach to compensation planning
Unit4 Salary Review enables companies to manage pay and rewards by planning, allocating, and communicating compensation decisions effectively, ensuring fair and transparent employee rewards, which in turn boosts employee satisfaction and retention.
Look to the future with Succession Planning
Ensure organizational continuity and increase talent retention:
- Identify key positions and missing successors
- Determine the skills and qualifications required
- Use competency and performance data to assess readiness
- Seek feedback on shortlisted candidates
- Determine and monitor development for successors
Create a better way to work
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One record – get a complete understanding of your people with a single employee record that captures data across the entire Unit4 platform.
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Fully integrated – capture data from engagement to payroll and performance and gain insights to navigate the new normal with integrated HR planning software.
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Valuable insights – use data on absence, employee churn, competencies and diversity, equity and inclusion to gain a full picture of your workforce and proactively take action.
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Workflow approval – different teams: different approval flows. With Unit4 Core HR software you can configure different workflows for specific processes and teams.
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Self-service – cloud HR management gives your employees autonomy to update and manage their personal information with ease, while taking away the burden for HR.
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Concurrent roles – created for people-centric organizations, Unit4 Core HR supports employees with several different positions and differing pay levels, with multiple reporting options.
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Document management – upload any kind of employee documents such as contracts, visas, work permits, or medical certificates in one place and easily administer them.
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Flexible competencies – Unit4 Core HR provides a full library of competencies, which can be customized, grouped and rated for employees.
Trusted worldwide by organizations that serve people
“Unit4 is making the council smarter and more agile. By automating and streamlining processes in the cloud, as well as introducing self-service, Southampton City Council can direct more resources to front-line services."
Helpful resources
eBook
Unit4 Human Capital Management
Explore how Unit4’s cloud HCM solutions can help engage your people and bring even greater value to your organization.
Analyst report
Fosway: 2025 9-Grid™ for Cloud HR
Unit4 is rated as a trusted provider and “Core Challenger”, for our capabilities, market performance and total cost of ownership.
Blog
Discover Why Unit4 HCM Is a Top Choice in the Constellation ShortListTM
Find how our unified HR and Finance delivers a platform that empowers mid-market organizations to connect people and performance.
Executive brief
Data-driven HCM, people-centered outcomes
Turn people insights into action and create an employee experience that will attract and retain the talent needed to achieve your organizational goals – all with Unit4 HCM.
Blog
Why buying ERP with HCM modules from one provider is the smart choice
Discover how combined solutions – like Unit4’s – can boost efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance data accuracy for your organization.
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Explore the large collection of additional support materials, blogs and videos in our resource center.
Empower your people-strategy with modern HR software
Changing workforce expectations and evolving business models are putting Chief Human Resource Officers (CHROs) at the heart of organizational success. Our Core HR capabilities are complemented by the rest of the Unit4 HCM suite – giving you the tools to modernize HR operations, enhance talent engagement and align workforce planning with strategic goals.
Payroll Management
Gain a time-saving, self-driving payroll management system to increase your teams' agility, simplify processes, cut manual input and reduce the risk of errors.
Talent Management
Harness people-focused talent management to equip managers and teams with the right tools to boost productivity, engagement, and growth.
Employee self-service (ESS)
Empower your people with a self-service HCM homepage that meets all their needs – from holidays and payslips to managerial actions, like approving timesheets.
People planning & analytics
Make better-informed decisions by bringing together workforce planning, analytics, financial budgeting and operational business planning in a single view.
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