Octopus HR To Provide Another 70,000 Organisations With Integrated HR And Payroll Solution

Online, October 12, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Award winning HR software company Octopus, have just announced a new partnership with Star Computers to provide clients with an integrated HR and Payroll system.

Octopus HR will now be able to offer the Payroll Professional Software as part of the suite of applications allowing for a fully combined service to all clients. Existing clients can now gain a distinct business advantage by having both the payroll software's strong functionality alongside a user friendly web based HR, Compensation and employee benefits solution. Star Computers' software is already used to process the payroll for over 70,000 organisations.

The Payroll Professional software will now import employee details including; permanent pay rates & pension contributions, variable pay run dates and general employee information. It will then export all the details required to populate self-service payslips and P60s in the Octopus Employee Portal.

As this new fully combined service is available 24/7 via web browser, it will create a more efficient, cost-effective and compliant HR and payroll environment for clients. The system can be accessed from any location securely - mobile phone, remote laptop or tablet device - to ensure any HR or Payroll professional can make inputs and check data wherever they may be. Time tracking software will also help clients on the move to keep abreast of events at all times.

Chris Beaumont, Director of Octopus HR stated: "We are delighted with this new agreement. It offers customers an excellent choice of human resource solutions, extending the breadth and depth of functionality for payroll and HR requirements. Octopus HR is committed to the satisfaction of our clients and we are therefore very pleased to be working with Star."

The business partnership with Star marks a strong commercial move by two software leaders in their field. This new link up will enable clients to transform the way their business controls, manages and delivers HR across an organisation. Due to its focus on providing industry-leading human resource technology solutions, Octopus systems contain all the functionality HR teams require, in addition to many other features. Communication tools, salary modelling, recruitment software, automated event alerts, mail merge and more are all included in the packages available to clients.