Employee Records
Profiles with roles, departments, managers, start dates, compensation notes, and status (active/leave/terminated).
HR Management
Inner orbit • PeopleYour people, connected at the nucleus. Centralize employee and contractor records, automate onboarding, track PTO, and keep documents audit-ready — bonded through Essentials so handoffs to Jobs, Payroll, and Compliance are automatic.
Onboarding Checklists
Role-aware task lists for day-one essentials: docs, equipment, accounts, and training.
PTO & Leave
Requests, approvals, balances, and accrual rules with calendar visibility and exportable history.
Document Storage & E-sign
Offer letters, contracts, policy acks, IDs — organized and versioned with access controls.
Org Structure & Directory
Teams, reporting lines, locations — all synced with Essentials’ Unified Directory.
Access & Audit
Identity & permissions powered by Essentials. Every change leaves an audit trail.
Connected to your nucleus
Essentials is the bond. HR links identity, directory, notifications, and docs so people data drives the rest of your orbit.
People ↔ HR Management
Identity & AccessUnified DirectoryNotifications
Single source of truth for employees and contractors; roles and access flow from the directory.
Work ↔ Job Management
Docs & SupportNotifications
Assign people to jobs with the right context; updates and comments route to the right folks.
Money ↔ Payroll & Expenses
Billing & Subscriptions
Comp changes, PTO, and status events sync to payroll. Reduce re-keying and errors.
Compliance ↔ Contractor Compliance
Identity & AccessDocs & Support
Gate payouts and assignments until the right proofs are in (US + Colombia ready).
Orbit add-ons for HR
Extend HR with focused modules as you grow. Everything stays bonded through Essentials.
Payroll & Expenses
US & Colombia gross-to-net, contributions, reimbursements; ties to HR profiles and statuses.
Performance & Engagement
Reviews, goals, surveys — lightweight cycles aligned to teams and roles.
Learning & Development
Training, certifications, and skill tracking with due dates and reminders.
Legal & Compliance
Policy acknowledgments, retention rules, and e-sign workflows.
Contractor Compliance
Compliance tab for contractors; status feeds assignment and payout eligibility.
Typical flows
What happens when HR is bonded through Essentials.
New hire → Day-one ready
Offer signed → checklist auto-created → accounts provisioned → first-day tasks tracked.
PTO request → Scheduling → Payroll
Request and approval update calendars and route accruals/deductions to payroll.
Comp change → Pay update
Role/comp changes recorded in HR flow straight into the next payroll run with approvals.
Termination → Access & final pay
One action triggers deprovisioning, final docs, and final payroll calculation.
Release window
Phase 2 — Inner CoreTarget: Apr–May 2026
- Employee records
- Onboarding checklists
- PTO tracking
- Document storage & e-sign (foundation)
HR is designed as an inner-orbit module. It relies on Essentials for identity, directory, notifications, billing, and audit. Handoffs to Jobs, Payroll, and Contractor Compliance use first-party integrations only.