JULIE gets Ascentis

Ascentis, which sells human resources software, has announced that Illinois-based Joint Utility Locating Information for Excavators (JULIE) has invested in Ascentis HR to automate such human resources processes as open enrollment, employee benefits and data management, COBRA management and asset tracking, reports TCM Net.

JULIE HR Manager Laura Donahue said she was "struggling with manual HR processes and paper-based files for two and a half years." Before implementing Ascentis HR, she had to "pull data from multiple sources, including the benefits management system, a time-clock system, and reports from payroll."

But the work was just starting, she then had to manually integrate, edit and organise the information -- "and hope it was accurate. It could take up to two days to do something as a simple as verify employment status,” she said. “And something as straightforward as a turnover report required manual payroll check counts.”

The city of St. Paul, Minnesota, has signed a multi-suite contract with Lawson Software that includes the Lawson Enterprise Financial Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Intelligence and Enterprise Asset Management suites, states Fibre2fashion.

It also includes Lawson Human Resource Management and Workforce Management suites along with Lawson Smart Office.

These applications will help the city improve service levels and reduce costs by helping to simplify and automate many business processes and giving employees greater flexibility with self-service options for many typical HR functions. The contract was signed during Lawson's first quarter of fiscal 2010, which ends Aug. 31, 2009.

Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions, announced the availability of Click4HR says Korea Newswire.

This is aimed at SMEs as a simple and secure way for companies to manage employee data online.

Companies that sign up for Click4HR have immediate 24/7 access to a 'click and go' online HR software solution, a secure storage server and free, automatic updates from any Internet-enabled computer loaded with a personalised certificate from Patersons.