Your human resources team members didn’t enter the field to chase timesheets, manually rekey paperwork, or untangle payroll errors. They want to be interacting directly with members of your workforce and building a productive, cohesive culture. Unfortunately, many organizations quietly get bogged down with administrative HR tasks that eat away at the work week.
On average, organizations used 26 HR modules in 2024, compared to around 10 modules in 2020. You don’t need to pile on even more tools to that stack. Instead, consolidating, streamlining, and refocusing is how you give that time back. Here’s what you need to know.
The Hidden Cost of Administrative Overload
Your human resources team has so many different tasks on their plate, including:
- Enrolling employees in benefits
- Completing new hire paperwork
- Tracking time and overtime
- Approving vacation requests
- Handling payroll
However, these tasks shouldn’t consume all of your HR team’s effort. For many organizations, these responsibilities become overwhelming. Automating these tasks and empowering employees with self-service tools can drastically reduce the burden on HR. You can take it one step further through outsourcing, which gives you predictable costs while shifting the burden to a reliable third-party.
Manual processes also create errors, and errors expose your business to compliance risks. Reducing the risk of errors is a major incentive to explore automation, outsourcing, and self-service. The goal isn’t just to do things faster, but to increase accuracy and confidence so that your people can spend time where it counts.
Start With the Right Payroll Partner
Payroll is the least forgiving task in HR. Your employees are going to notice if something is wrong immediately. If you break their trust, even through an honest mistake, it’s going to take time to rebuild it. A strong payroll partner can help support this critical process by providing:
- Accuracy and reliability every pay period
- Data that connects to your HR, time, and benefits workflows
- Real people who know your business and pick up the phone
That last point matters more than most buyers expect. When something urgent comes up, you need someone who knows your team and is there to deliver solutions.
Technology That Works as Hard as Your Team
The right platform will take busywork off the table before it reaches your desk. AssetHR delivers its services on iSolved. Our cloud-based human capital management platform brings several foundational administrative functions together, including:
- Payroll, HR, time tracking, and benefits in one system
- Employee and manager self-service
- Onboarding and applicant tracking
- Reporting and compliance tools
When you create a single, reliable employee record, you can cut down on manual data entry and drastically cut down on errors. Your human resources department can manage your team members using a core resource, which means they will no longer be buried in redundant tasks that eat away at their week.
Why Technology Alone Isn’t Enough
As evidenced by the opening statistic, HR teams have more apps than ever. Adding more tech to the mix isn’t the solution. It can actually exacerbate the problem if you don’t have a method to the madness.
Consolidating disparate tools with a unified platform and choosing the right HR partner is what moves the needle in the right direction. An experienced partner will provide a guided implementation experience, ongoing support, and training from your team so you can unlock a condensed time to value.
Where to Start
If you’d like to make meaningful changes to your HR workflows and cut down on burdensome administrative tasks, start with the following:
- Track where HR’s time goes
- Flag the repeat offenders
- Evaluate your payroll and technology together
- Choose a partner, not just a product
You need great technology, along with someone to call if things go wrong.
Give Your HR Team Their Time Back
AssetHR delivers valuable tools and resources through iSolved. Our consolidated technology solution gives you access to support and a user-friendly interface so you can handle HR more efficiently.
Is your team stretched too thin? Contact AssetHR and let our team give your human resources staff their week back with iSolved.