We described below all aspects of using PeopleHR as a manager user type.

Starting with PeopleHR

When your company launches PeopleHR, you need to complete the following four actions:

Welcome email: You receive a welcome email containing your login link. Set your password and use the link for future access.
Create your password: Ensure it's eight characters including one capital letter, one small letter, one symbol and one number.
Confirm your details: Ensure your personal details are correct.
You're ready to go: On this page, there is a short tutorial video to give you some insight into the system, but once you are ready, click Let’s Go and you will now log into your PeopleHR system.

Areas

Area	Details
Dashboard	Depending on your permissions and what PeopleHR features your company benefits, you can view some of the below icons. Have a quick read of your holiday statistics. Click the My Dashboard icon: Check out the news published in your company, comment or add your own news. Click the News icon: Complete any ripple or view the archived ones. Click the Ripple icon: View your teams' new members and absences. Click the People icon:
Company Planner from Access Button	View holidays and other leave within your team. Select which employees you wish to view. The planner may work in the form of a heat map. This explains why different days are shown in different colours.
Me	Overview View a few basic details about your employees. Planner Within the employee's planner, you can view their attendance information, their sickness percentage, annual leave entitlement, Bradford Factor score, and Sick Days Heat Map. You are also able to: Book sickness on their behalf. Add TOIL. Add annual and other leave. Complete a return to work form. Add documents and electronic signatures. Log lateness for the employee. Record timesheets and assignments on their behalf. The timesheets option allows you to clock the employee in and out. Whereas with an assignment you can log times against particular projects, tasks, and details. Personal View your employee's personal and job details. You can't amend these details. Documents View your own personal documents. View certain documents if you have been granted access. You may also, in certain circumstances, you can add documents. Logbook Your HR team may wish to use this tab to store additional information against their record. Some of these logbooks you may be able to fill out yourself, whereas others may only be available for your HR team to record the details. Your employee also may also be able to fill out some of their own logbooks. If you see a plus icon, you can add that type of logbook. You can then add the information required in the logbook and hit Save to record the data. Skills and Thanks Show appreciation towards your employee in the form of a thanks badge. Each thanks badge links to a particular set of skills. In Skills, view which skill points you've received. Performance Your company may have a performance module. From here you can undertake performance reviews and submit feedback to your managers. You can launch your company performance review and view past performance reviews.
Team	View employees who report to you. By default, the page displays your direct reports. To refine the list select Filters, then choose from the following options: Indirect reports – Employees who report to your direct reports. Additional reports – People who have listed you as an additional manager. Include proxy – Shows users for whom you have edit or access rights. Leavers – Former employees who previously reported to you. You can also select Employee playlists to view an alternative, grouped layout. These playlists provide pre-filtered employee groups that support everyday workflows, such as absence management and leave requests.
Documents	View the company documents HR shared with you. They may also add links here you may need to access. You can download and view documents from your system. You can also access them through the PeopleHR mobile app.
Thanks	If your company opts to use the Thanks functionality, you can thank your colleagues from here. You can also view all the Thanks badges everyone received.
Tasks	View your own personal tasks. You can also assign new tasks to your colleagues.
Authorisations	View the status of any requests you make in the system. These could be in the form of holidays or other events, timesheets, logbooks, and expenses and whether they have been approved or declined or are still pending.
Reports	You may also have access to one report. This shows the top facts about your company. Simply click the report to run.
Notifications	Get alerts of any relevant activity in the system and recap any amendments you've made to your record.
Org Chart	The organisation chart shows who reports to who in your company. You can use the zoom feature, filter by companies, locations, and departments, and are also able to export the org chart to a PDF.