Human resources management includes the development and implementation of HR policies and systems. A company with the proper HR knowledge, skills, and experience is more successful than a company without the right people.

The challenges facing the Human Resources Department have increased in recent years, triggered by the various global situations affecting companies around the world. Remote working has become a way of life for companies. To ensure that the workforce remains productive, engaged, and committed to achieving organizational goals, a human resources management system is an essential element that will help improve this process.

The software will help HR and senior management to track staff performance, improve the quality of recruitment, plan resources faster according to job responsibilities, process and add new contracts, create and approve leave requests in a few clicks, etc.

In this article, we will take a look at the Odoo family of modules for HR management, explore the functionality and give some examples.

Odoo is a modular platform whose interconnected applications make data entry and processing more straightforward and simpler. By integrating Odoo into your business, your business benefits:

• comprehensive human resources management functionality;
• simple control of working time;
• expenditure management;
• real-time notifications.

It is all achieved through a single system, and we will look at each module separately below.

Odoo Employees module

This module serves as a hub for the most important information about employees. The Employee module allows you to create company departments and management hierarchies and designate a responsible manager. This will allow easy tracking of the company's structure and level of responsibility.

In the module, we can store all the necessary information about the employee. This information is also used in other modules when necessary, for example, when calculating the employee's salary and sending the pay slip to the email address.

When you create an employee profile, you can add their CV, which will be visible right there on the profile. If your company provides outsourced services where the client needs to provide the CV of the employee, this is very easy to do with Odoo, and you will send up-to-date information about your employee.

Odoo Recruitment module

With Odoo, the selection of new employees will be taken to a new level, becoming a transparent and controllable process. The module allows you to design the selection stages according to your needs.
In case of a successful interview, the candidate's application is moved to the next stage, and the system automatically sends an email notification.

Odoo Time Off module

Odoo helps to manage the absence records of each naturalist in one system electronically. The process is simple, the employee creates an electronic application, selects the days, and submits it. The module displays the available days of leave and additional leave.

After entering a leave request, Odoo automatically creates a task for managers to approve. Multiple approval levels are possible. The task remains active until processed so you can forget about unapproved leave.

Odoo Appraisals module

Odoo helps you keep track of your employees' growth and motivation levels. Create surveys, and collect and analyze results.

Odoo Fleet module

Odoo enables you to track your fleet by managing your fuel log, costs, and transport service.

The module allows you to monitor the expenditure related to each vehicle: leasing, fuel, repairs, etc.

Leasing costs related to the vehicle are automatically added to the accounts.

Control the maintenance and repair work for each company vehicle, as well as the associated costs that are added to the report.

Odoo offers more than 30 standard apps, not including those developed by partners, to tailor the solution to local and global needs. The main value is that these apps interact with each other and facilitate data entry and provide a broader range of functionality, resulting in easier and faster execution of daily work tasks.

Odoo Expenses module

Are staff expenses currently managed manually? Odoo makes this process easy by allowing employees to create a record of costs, either by paying with a company card or on reimbursement. Cheques can be added in different ways, by filling in an application form or emailing it to the accountant, automatically adding it to the Odoo system.

All employee costs are available in one list, which you can go through to approve or reject, and add a comment to the employee in case of rejection.

The cost module integrates with the accounting module, allowing you to reimburse an employee in a few clicks.

Payroll module

Odoo implements payroll functionality. The system takes care of leave and payroll by automating the management of working days, holidays, hours worked, shifts, and overtime. This feature makes everyday working life more convenient for both employees and HR management.

Odoo allows you to send a pay slip to each employee by email, showing all positions.

The payroll module connects to the accounting module and automatically updates payroll entries.

We've looked at several apps that help make the HR process easier and more efficient daily. As we can see, the process is much more complex than it might first appear. Odoo has built-in functionality based on best practices provided by feedback from Odoo users. This is evidenced by the annual system updates and enhancements incorporated into the latest system versions.

By choosing Odoo as your software provider, you get systems that can scale and evolve with you, increasing the functionality you need.

At Midis, we have certified Odoo integrators. By integrating the system, we have developed local solutions for our customers, one of which is payroll.