5 HR tasks that small businesses should automate today

We get it!

It’s 2024, and you’re still juggling way too many responsibilities as a small business owner. 🤹

While juggling is easy for some, we all agree it takes precious time away from your day. Time that can be used to focus on growing your business with confidence instead of running it. 

But you may have forgotten about one thing – automation.

Automation is every small business owner’s ally in the fight against time.

If you’re looking for a way to ease the load, free up valuable time, and focus on growing your business with confidence, here are five HR tasks that you can automate today!

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#1 Employee onboarding

Payroll and HR providers offer different features and levels of automation, depending on your use case.

Whether you’re a hiring manager or a small business owner, onboarding new hires should be easy and done with just a few clicks.

With Fingercheck, we make it easier and faster for small businesses to onboard new hires. From generating offer letters to enrolling employees in benefits, we can automate your business’s entire workflow from start to finish:

• Generate your new employees’ offer letters and handbook
• Run a background check
• Add your new employee to the payroll before their start date
• Automatically set up their payroll tax status and withholdings based on their location or job site.
• Set them up for open enrollment and 401(k)
• Assign them training or access
• Send them company devices and swag

Fingercheck even offers custom workflows, which means we can automate recurring tasks like onboarding or offboarding. Once you set up your workflow for any of your essential tasks, all you have to do is set it live for your next new hire!

#2 Employee relocation

Navigating HR tasks during employee relocations without automation isn’t as stressful as it is time-consuming.

With a provider like Fingercheck, you can expect us to handle compensation updates, benefits enrollment, payroll tax adjustments, and compliance with state-specific training programs.

And automating compliance safeguards your business from potential fines and legal complexities.

#3 Employee promotions

Employee promotions present opportunities for using automation.Fingercheck simplifies tasks like updating organizational charts, adjusting compensation, and applying expense policies. 

We also offer automated email notifications to ensure a warm welcome for the promoted employee, fostering a positive transition.

#4 Celebrating employee milestones

Recognizing employee milestones is crucial for engagement and overall employee retention. Fingercheck’s automation synchronizes milestones with company calendars, sends celebratory emails, arranges appreciation gifts, and integrates milestone notes into company-wide communications. 

Automation lets you focus on strategic initiatives, leaving milestone tracking in capable hands.

Automation with Fingercheck	Automation with other HR platforms:
Automatic compensation updates synced to payroll	Potential manual compensation updates
Seamless open- enrollment in new benefits	Manual un-enrollment and re-enrollment in benefit plans
Automated payroll tax withholding and account creation	Payroll tax account setup may require manual intervention
Automatic enrollment in state-required training programs	Manual tracking of state-specific training requirements

#5 Employee off-boarding

Efficient offboarding is essential for small businesses. Fingercheck automates tasks like generating separation agreements, scheduling exit interviews, processing final paychecks, and managing COBRA. 

Automation minimizes administrative workload, reducing the risk of errors and security breaches.

Fingercheck empowers small businesses to automate HR tasks confidently, whether simple or complex. We aspire to be the most relied-upon partner a business owner ever has to think about. And whether you’re a new, growing, or mature small business, automation should be your ally. And it should be used across your payroll, time tracking, scheduling, and HR processes.

Simplify your business in 2024 with Fingercheck, where automation isn’t just a tool—it’s a strategic advantage for small business owners.