Everything about your people. One place.
A look at what Shiftly actually does — and what it deliberately leaves to the payroll software you already use.
Employee management
Your entire team, in one directory.
Search, filter and open any employee without hunting through folders or asking someone to send the latest spreadsheet.
- Employee records
- Departments and job roles
- Locations
- Status at a glance
- Search and filters
- Employee self-service
People
Sarah Jacobs
Sales Manager
Thando Mokoena
Sales Consultant
Ayesha Khan
Operations
Kabelo Dlamini
Team Leader
Nadia Petersen
Payroll Administrator
One profile per person.
Employment details, leave, documents, reviews and history — on one screen, not four systems.
- Employment status
- Start date and type
- Manager and department
- Leave available
- Document checklist
- Full history
Employee profile
Thando Mokoena
ProbationSales Consultant · Cape Town
- Employment status
- Probation
- Start date
- 12 January 2026
- Department
- Sales
- Manager
- Sarah Jacobs
- Employment type
- Permanent
- Leave available
- 8.5 days
- Next review
- 12 April 2026
- Documents
- 4 of 5 complete
1 document outstanding · Proof of banking
Leave
Leave requests without the WhatsApps.
Requests come in, balances update, and you can see who's off before you approve more.
- Leave requests and approvals
- Annual, sick and family responsibility
- Balances kept current
- Team calendar
- Public holidays
- Leave history
Leave
3
On leave today
2
Awaiting approval
14
Days booked this month
Team calendar
14 – 18 September
Ayesha Khan
Annual leave · 24–26 September · 3 days
Know who's in before the day starts.
Attendance and working hours recorded per employee, ready when payroll runs.
- Clock in and out
- Working hours
- Absences
- Late arrivals
- Shift management
- Daily overview
Overview
Good morning, Sarah 👋
Here's what needs you today.
48
Employees
3
On Leave Today
4
Actions Required
2
Documents Expiring
Leave request
Sarah Jacobs
Annual Leave
18–20 September
Probation ending
Thando Mokoena
7 days remaining
Missing documents
3 employees require documents
Documents
Your employee documents, where they belong.
Contracts, IDs and policies attached to the person they belong to — with a reminder before anything expires.
- Digital documents
- Contracts
- Document checklists
- Expiry reminders
- Policy acknowledgements
- Secure storage
HR actions
Document expiring
Thandi's work permit expires in 30 days
Written warning recorded
Kabelo Dlamini · 5 August · Expires in 6 months
Policy acknowledgement
3 employees haven't signed the leave policy
Audit history
Sarah Jacobs approved leave for Ayesha Khan
Today 09:12Sarah Jacobs uploaded a contract for Thando Mokoena
Yesterday 16:40System flagged 2 expiring documents
Yesterday 06:00New starters, set up before day one.
A profile, a contract and a document checklist from the moment someone is hired.
- Onboarding checklists
- Contract generation
- Document collection
- Probation tracking
- Welcome information
- Progress at a glance
Thando Mokoena
Employee timeline
12 January
Joined the company
12 January
Employment contract signed
15 January
ID document uploaded
12 April
Probation completed
3 June
Annual leave approved
21 July
Performance review completed
5 August
Salary adjustment recorded
10 September
Leave request approved
Performance
Reviews that actually happen.
Probation and performance reviews with reminders before the date, not after it.
- Probation reviews
- Performance reviews
- Goals
- 1-on-1s
- Training records
- Review history
Performance
Reviews due
Thando Mokoena
Probation review
Kabelo Dlamini
Annual review
Ayesha Khan
1-on-1
Thando Mokoena
ProbationGoals
A record you can point to.
Warnings and disciplinary records kept with dates, detail and history — so nothing rests on someone's memory.
- Written warnings
- Disciplinary records
- Expiry of warnings
- Supporting documents
- Audit history
- Employee timeline
HR actions
Document expiring
Thandi's work permit expires in 30 days
Written warning recorded
Kabelo Dlamini · 5 August · Expires in 6 months
Policy acknowledgement
3 employees haven't signed the leave policy
Audit history
Sarah Jacobs approved leave for Ayesha Khan
Today 09:12Sarah Jacobs uploaded a contract for Thando Mokoena
Yesterday 16:40System flagged 2 expiring documents
Yesterday 06:00Reports
The numbers, without the spreadsheet.
Headcount, leave liability, attendance and turnover — pulled from the records your team already keeps up to date.
Headcount
By department, location and status
Leave
Balances, days taken and what is still owed
Attendance
Hours, absences and late arrivals
Turnover
Starters and leavers over time
Documents
What is outstanding and what expires soon
Audit history
Who changed what, and when
Shiftly keeps HR moving.
Get important reminders before small HR tasks become big problems.
Probation ending
Kabelo's probation ends in 7 days.
Schedule reviewSignature required
3 employees haven't signed the latest company policy.
Send reminderDocument expiring
Thandi's document expires in 30 days.
View employeeLeave request
Ayesha requested annual leave.
Review requestLess chasing. Fewer missed tasks. More control.
HR doesn't need
to be complicated.
Get your company running on Shiftly.
We'll even help set it up for you.