Giving more working flexibility to employees' schedules is a trend, but how should HRs administer it? At flair.hr, we have developed a solution for cases when employees' workload differs week by week or even when there are no repeatable patterns at all.

We called this the "Flexible workload model". To start working with it click "Add new workload" on the employee's page and select Flexible in a workload model field. Now you may set the schedule for one week or set a repeatable pattern of several weeks with varying working day lengths. If an employee's workload has no repeatable pattern - you may save the workload without any template and set the schedule manually later.

After you save the workload, a calendar view will appear with the patterns automatically applied. This calendar is open for editing and lets you consider the occasional updates that may happen to an employee's schedule.

We've also provided some tips that'll help to reduce your manual work even more.

Week templates. You can save any weekly schedule as a template and apply it to either the workload itself or to any week in the calendar.

Workload templates. If the schedule repeats for multiple employees, save the workload as a template and apply it within a click.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate to contact us. Thanks for using flair!

Too many absence categories in a list? No longer a problem. We have added a possibility to group any absence categories to make a list shorter and more organized.

HRs can do this on their Salesforce app in the Absence Settings:

Employees will see the grouped categories as follows:

As always, let us know if you have any questions or feedback. We're always happy to help!

We're constantly working to improve your recruiting experience, so we made some improvements to our recruiting job page! Here's a summary of what's been improved.

Candidate Count: We added a column on the job list, now you can see the total number of candidates who applied for a particular job on the list

New job layout in Salesforce: View your job page in a neater and simpler layout. All charts have been moved to the right to give you better visibility and we've added a tab for advertising so you can view and get insights on your job advertisements posted on other platforms

Filter by Stage and Source in the Employee hub: We've made available the option to filter candidates by multiple stages and by source right in the employee hub.

Job name on candidate evaluation form: We've included the name of the job candidates applied for on the evaluation form to ensure evaluators get all relevant information they need about the candidate.

We hope you like these improvements. Feel free to share your feedback, Let us know what you think!

Oftentimes it's important to make workflow tasks invisible to the employees. For such cases, we've added a "Hide from Assignee" option. This is a great way to be sure that everyone will see only the tasks that are relevant to them.

To access this new option, simply click on the "Hide from Assignee" checkbox in the item modal of a workflow template. Now, the task will be visible to the responsible person and hidden from the assignee. Feel free to check it out!

We've added new auto items to expand your possibilities with the workflows and let you cover new cases. 

Now, you can also add to your templates the following auto items:

• Cycles: ideal for addressing conversations, follow-up, training, test, etc.
• Evaluation: ideal for decision-making processes such as the end of the probation period.

Additionally, we've also improved our process so now you can edit, delete and add new items not existing in the template. 

We are in the process of keep on improving our workflows to make them more intuitive, flexible and suitable to cover different business needs and processes. Feel free to try them and let us know your thoughts!

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our Salesforce Employee Centre — a new, fully customizable employee experience only in Salesforce! 

Some of the feature components available in our new salesforce employee centre include:

Documents: Send and receive documents from your employees quickly and easily within the employee centre salesforce app. 

Time Tracking: Let your employees track time either automatically or manually on Salesforce. They can clock in, clock out, take breaks... everything is just one click away! They will always see relevant information such as the total hours of time tracked and time that is left to fulfil their work journey. 

They will also have access to details for past entries in a new and clean visual design, and their timesheets with all the information they need to know

My Data: Let your employees check and fulfil all the information your organization needs from them easily and autonomously. They will see a message requesting information in case something is still missed.

Absences: Your employees can check their upcoming absences, see available vacations days and request time-off right in the employee centre on salesforce. A list of all previously approved or declined absences  can be viewed on the 'history' tab

We are looking forward to hearing your feedback and If you have any questions about this new service, don't hesitate to contact us. And don't forget to subscribe to keep yourself updated about our new additions! 🙂

Of course, we couldn't forget about one of the most requested features by companies: time tracking. Now, it's also available on the new Salesforce Self-service! 🎉

Let your employees track time either automatically or manually on Salesforce. They can clock in, clock out, take breaks... everything just one click away! They will always see relevant information such as expected time, time tracked and time that is left to fulfill their work journey. 

They will also have access to details for past entries in a new and clean visual design, and their timesheets with all the information they need to know.

We are looking forward to hearing your thoughts about this new feature!

We're happy to announce the release of our most requested feature: Avatars!

At flair, we always support the strengthening of company cultures. This has become a critical topic for distributed teams. One of the steps to create stronger interpersonal relationships is to humanize the technology to identify the people behind it. That's why we've added the option to let you change your avatar and be much more than initials for your organization! 

Now, you can easily add a picture to your profile on the employee hub and employee self-service accounts in Salesforce. You can upload, change or chose to remove your avatar if you want to. Your chosen picture will show up across the hub and self-service platforms. 

Try it out and let us know what you think!

We're constantly working to improve your shift planning experience, here's a summary of what's been improved.

Assigning labels to shifts: You can set up labels for your predefined shifts to help your employees identify areas they need to work on during their shifts. Labels can be used in different ways; either as deliverables for your employees during their shift or even as locations or sections where your employees need to work during a particular shift.
Think of it as indicators for your employees, so they can instantly know what they need to focus on during their shifts.

Notifications for shift changes: Now employees will receive email notifications for when they have been unassigned from an open shift and when an assigned shift has been deleted.

Save confirmation when editing a shift: We have added a button to prompt you to save when editing a shift. Now you can be sure all your changes when editing a shift has been successfully saved

We hope you like these improvements. Feel free to share your feedback, Let us know what you think!

One of HR's missions is protecting its employees' well-being. When people skip their break time or have just a tiny break during a hard-working day, this can affect badly on how they act and feel, and both a person and a company lose from this. Moreover, this can also go against the law requirements for breaks.

The good news is that flair now offers HRs an instrument to set up the employees' break time rules. HRs can set break rules in the Breaks section of a Time Framework. After the rules are set, the next step is to apply the Time Framework to an employee's workload. As soon as it's done, break rules become active for the employee.

Here is a video guide to getting you into the details:

We'd be happy to hear your impressions and feedback on how it works for you.