EW Assist
HR Software

EW Assist is an online system that allows you to efficiently monitor, control and report on many aspects of both routine and strategic HR matters such as holiday planning, sickness and injury reporting. 

It eliminates the need for paper-based administration systems and complex spreadsheets meaning you can spend more time on productive, proactive management.

EW Assist is exclusively available to Ellis Whittam’s Employment Law & HR Fixed Fee Unlimited Support clients.

KEY BENEFITS OF EW ASSIST

• Online system accessible from any workstation - no need to install software.

• Eliminates paper-based systems: entirely automated so no more manual calculations of leave and sickness or complex spreadsheets.

• Gives managers at-a-glance real time views of sickness and leave for rapid response to resource planning.

• Automated reminders such as when to conduct return to work interviews.

• Produce management reports at the click of a key.

• All backed up by EW’s employment law advisers.

KEY FEATURES OF EW ASSIST

EW Assist comprises of a series of interlinking modules:

Leave

This module will help you plan your resources and ensure you are never under staffed.

• Employees submit requests for leave through their own EW Assist interface. An email is automatically sent to the manager to accept or reject.

• The dashboard shows the manager at a glance who else is on leave on the requested dates. Rules can be set to prevent too many employees taking leave at the same time, or to prevent leave on certain dates.

Sickness

Easily and effectively monitor sickness absence, with prompts to remind you to take timely action and take control of absenteeism.

• Prompts and drop down boxes ensure that all details are captured such as nature of illness, expected return date, when next contact is due.

• The system automatically emails the manager to remind them that contact is due.

• The system calculates and reports on the Bradford Factor.

• Excess sickness is monitored and alerts sent to you and your adviser at EW.

• Reports analysing absence can be generated with just a few clicks.

Injury

Make sure you comply with legislation by recording all incidents and monitoring patterns to allow you to take preventative measures.

• Replaces the traditional Accident Book.

• Mandatory fields ensure all details are captured.

Contacts / Directory

Improve efficiency by introducing centralised storage for all your contacts.

• A place to store all your contacts and share across all colleagues.

• Simply click to email through Outlook.

HR Lite

Cut down on paperwork and provide easy online access across all sites.

• Store personnel records such as next of kin, medical details, bank accounts etc.

• Secure password protected access from any location with internet access.

Training

Reduce bureaucracy by removing the need to keep paper based records.

• Request and record training undertaken and use to monitor CPD.

• Search for contacts and colleagues by discipline and skill e.g. First Aid, Fire Warden, and Excel specialist!

In / Out

Keep control of staff whereabouts to improve efficiency and security.

• See at a glance who is away from work on leave, sick and out of the office etc.

• Ideal for managers to plan cover and for receptionists to know where to route calls.

• Can be integrated with swipe cards to record who is in/out of a building.

COMING SOON

New modules in development include: Appraisal, Disciplinary, Time Sheets, Expenses, Asset Register, Project Lite and New Starter.