Approvals, messages and company news in one place.

One inbox holds everything waiting for a decision and every update. The calendar shows leave, holidays and interviews next to your own events, and chat, calls, the company feed and announcements keep office and field staff in the same conversation.

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Team chat with files and reactions — Team chat in Open Core HR with the approval inbox open in the mobile app.

Team chat in Open Core HR with the approval inbox open in the mobile app.

Everything waiting for you, in one inbox

Approvals, updates and your own requests sit in one panel with live counts, on the web and in the app.

One inbox To do, updates and my requests in one slide-out panel with live counts.
Bulk approve or reject Decide on several requests at once.
Links to any inbox tab Share a link that opens straight on the to-do or updates tab.
Export ready notices An update tells you when a long export has finished.
Shift, form and target notices Employees are told when their shift changes, a form is due tomorrow or a target changes.

Happening now

Sarah Mitchell asked for 5 days of annual leave18–22 Nov · 12 days available 10:04
Expense claim from Zoe Turner3 items · £126.80 10:11
You approved 3 leave requestsBulk approval · Finance team 10:15
Journey plan waiting for approvalKings Cross fortnightly round · Maria Lopez 10:22
Your attendance export is readyOctober · 64 employees 10:30
Your shift changes on MondayLate shift, 12:00 to 20:00 10:36
Store audit form due tomorrowCamden Market Foods 10:41

Push and email notices, in your words

Send push notifications to the app and emails through your own mail provider, using templates you edit per language.

Push notifications Notifications to the mobile app through your own Firebase project.
Email notifications Emails sent through your own mail provider.
Mail templates per language Edit each notification email per language, preview it and switch it on.
Mail provider presets Presets for Gmail, Microsoft 365, SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Brevo and more, with a test send.

Your events next to leave and holidays

Create events and invite colleagues, and see approved leave, holidays, interviews and task deadlines on the same calendar.

Events and invitations Personal events and invitations with replies, repeats and reminders.
Reminders Event reminders arrive as in-app notifications.
Private events Visible only to the organiser and the people invited.
HR dates on the calendar Approved leave, holidays, interviews and task deadlines appear next to your events.

Calendar with events, leave and holidays

Message and call colleagues from the app

Direct and group chat with files and reactions, plus voice and video calls, with history kept on your own server.

Direct and group chat Add-on Messages with reactions, forwarding, read ticks and typing indicators.
Files, images and video Add-on Drag and drop or paste files, and view images and video full screen.
Groups Add-on Create groups, add people and see group details.
Voice and video calls Add-on One-to-one and group calls in the app, through your own Agora project.
Call history Add-on Call history and missed-call notices are kept on your server.

Company news everyone actually sees

Share posts on the company feed, celebrate birthdays and anniversaries automatically, and publish announcements to everyone or one location.

Company feed Add-on Posts with attachments up to 20 MB, comments and reactions, filtered to your location.
Automatic greetings Add-on Birthday, work anniversary and welcome posts each morning.
Announcements Add-on Notices for everyone or one location, with an expiry date, sent by bell, push and email.
Translate with AI Add-on Translate announcements, emails and letters into any language enabled for your organisation.
People and status Find colleagues and see who is on leave, in a meeting, on a break or off today. Set your own status on the web or in the app.

Microsoft accounts that follow employment

Connect your Microsoft 365 tenant once, then create, update and disable employee accounts as people join and leave.

Microsoft 365 connection Add-on Connect one tenant, link employees to their existing Microsoft accounts and test the connection.
Send mail through Microsoft Add-on Send notification emails through Microsoft Graph instead of SMTP.
Account creation Add-on Create Microsoft accounts for new employees automatically or by hand, with a licence and retry.
Status and password control Add-on Disable, enable or reset passwords, with optional sync of account details.
Access ends with employment Add-on Microsoft access is removed when someone’s employment ends.
Account overview Add-on Lists of unlinked employees, recently linked accounts and disabled accounts.

Outlook mail and calendar inside the HR app

Read and send Outlook email from the app, and keep the HR calendar and Outlook in step, with Teams links on meetings.

Outlook email in the app Add-on Read, search, write, reply, forward, flag and archive mail with attachments and drafts.
Outlook calendar sync Add-on Send events to Outlook or sync both ways, with conflicts resolved for you.
Teams meeting links Add-on Add an online meeting link to any calendar event.

Start common tasks from any page

Quick create, top-bar check-in and pinned pages save clicks for the things people do every day.

Quick create Start a leave request, expense, task, announcement, job or other record from any page.
Top-bar check-in Record attendance from whichever page you are on.
Pinned pages Star the pages you use most, and the pins follow you to other devices.
My workspace menu Every personal page in one menu, which grows as you enable add-ons.

Explore every part of Open Core HR

People and HR recordsEmployee records, organisation, dashboards and self-service Time and attendanceShifts, check-in rules, geofence, selfie and review Leave and time offLeave types, balances, team calendar and comp-offs Field sales and operationsPlans, visits, live tracking, orders and collections AI featuresWriting help, Ask HR, HR data questions and receipt scanning on your own AI provider Payroll, expenses and loansExpense claims, pay runs, payslips and employee loans Lifecycle, recruitment and complianceHiring, onboarding, documents, policies, warnings and assets Communication and Microsoft 365Inbox, calendar, chat, calls, feed and Outlook Mobile appOne Android and iOS app for HR and field staff, on phones and tablets Admin, platform and integrationsRoles, settings, languages, backups, imports and webhooks Run it as SaaSWorkspaces, plans, signup, billing and subscriptions

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