Linux HR Management Systems?

dgcrawford writes "A growing, 100-person company I work for is looking to integrate a Human Resources Management System into their Linux computer base. Does anyone have experience with any products that fit this need? Does it interface well with payroll, applicant tracking, maybe even finance and stock or other non-monetary compensation? I realize most of you would look at this from an IT point of view, but how did the system work across fields? And how important/useful did you find this interoperability?"

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Try this

[Martz]

I haven't tested it, but I was looking into something similar. Open Source at least.

http://www.orangehrm.com/home/

VMWare Appliance for quick testing: http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/72 1

Re:Try this

[Linker3000]

We've looked at OrangeHRM and may start a pilot in house shortly (approx 250 employees). It has promise but it's not there yet - good basic functionality, a slightly quirky interface but not a lot of internationalistion yet.

Sure worth a peek and keeping an eye on.

Applicant Tracking

[j3tt]

Installed and currently trying this Applicant Tracking System ... http://www.catsone.com/index.php May not directly answer your question but it's an interesting HR-related app.

Lots of HR systems run on Linux

[MartijnL]

The question wouldn't be that you're looking for a Linux HR system but something that runs on Linux. There are lot's of business apps that run on Linux such as Peoplesoft. They officially support running it on Linux since april '04. SAP HR also does Linux. Lot's of smaller web-based HR systems also run on Apache/WebSphere etc. so integrating those into a Linux oriented infrastructure will not be a problem. Interfacing with the apps mentioned in the question is what every HR application should to correctly (payrolling being no.1) just make a first selection based on rough features and invite the companies over for a chat.

scalc

[MichaelSmith]

Since our HR department does everything in Excel, this tool would probably do the entire job.

Re:scalc

[jacksonj04]

Ah, you obviously need to inform your HR department about the new EINA-FDB recommendations. The industry has been trying to get them generally accepted for years now.

(Excel Is Not A Fucking DataBase)

We have a simillar issue..

[robzon]

.. in our company and we're considering creating a custom solution (Ruby on Rails makes it possible at sensible cost!). Plus, it's easier to later adjust your own code rather than something written in PHP. And of course then we can map proccesses occuring in our company onto the application, not the other way round. This way is good for some companies (not for everyone tho).

Re:We have a simillar issue..

[Anonymous Coward]

We're an ISP that's created a lot of management software in house, including our time clock system. We track hours in a MySQL database. We have a few legacy PCs with a touch screen LCD and a barcode scanner at the entrance to each of our offices. Everyone scans their bar code and enters a 4 digit PIN on the touchscreen when entering (clocking in), and scans their bar code when exiting (no PIN needed when leaving / clocking out). Add a PS/2 keyboard wedge to the barcode scanner, a standard HTML form with an input box, a little JavaScript (specifically, we set our focus to the input box when the "swipe" screen is up, and monitor the number of characters in the barcode input box, waiting for a whole barcode to be scanned).

So, with all of our employee hours in a database already, it would not be hard for us to write an application to manage our payroll and export data to any application (or even a PDF) to be printed onto a real check automatically. Granted, I would probably wait 20 or 30 checks working on the alignment when creating the PDF, but the up front cost savings would be large. But, there are some things that are better left to outside companies. Payroll is one of these things, as there is a bit more to it then (hours*wage-(wage*tax rate)).. Payroll can be a time consuming and involved process.Let a company handle it for you. They will take out taxes, allow you to offer direct deposit, and will be your agent for dealing with the state in regards to taxes, unemployment, and workman's compensation insurance. Also, when an employee files for unemployment (or, better yet, gets fired, moves away, and files in a different state where you haven't even established an account before), they will be your liaison with the state in regards to all unemployment proceedings. The service we use (Paychex) will even go to court for you for matters of unemployment and workman's comp.

ABS

[ClaraBow]

At our company we use ABS software packages which run on Linux servers and are accessed on the desktop via ANSI terminal. Very reliable, but it does it isn't free.

Debian has it all ;-)

[Skinny Rav]

A quick 'apt-cache search human resources' revealed The Truth:

craft - Warcraft 2-like multi-player real-time strategy game
dstat - versatile resource statistics tool
t1utils - A collection of simple Type 1 font manipulation programs

Bugger, it might not be what you were looking for after all ;-)

Cheers

Raf

Brightmove ATS

[q-the-impaler]

This is a software-as-a-service system that I heard will be open sourced soon.

http://www.brightmove.com

Tiny ERP

[Marc D.M.]

I've been following this project for a couple of years now. Tiny ERP is an open-source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) suite written in Python and uses PostgreSQL.

It's a client server application, with the client available on Windows, Linux and Mac. The server will run on Linux.

It has HR and many other modules that you can use. And you can use one module or many modules for your installation. It will also allow you to integrate with your existing data sources. Check it out.

Oh, and I don't work for them, just like the software.

]project-open[ includes HR components, no Payroll

[fraber]

Hi,

]project-open[ is a project management system with several HR components. Links: http://www.project-open.com/ and http://www.project-open.org/

There is:
- An integrated employee file with all available information
- Basic employee information and hiring workflow
- Portrait component & "Employee of the day" option
- (Very) basic payroll information, specially protected.
- A skill database (non-FOSS extension module)
- A forum associated with each employee for comments etc.
- A file storage associated with each user to store CV etc.

No idea if that suits your needs, but it might be a good starting point for further development. The only inconvenience: The system is written in TCL and based on PostgreSQL, which might require a few hours of training for PHP developers...

Cheers,
Frank

All the big ones

[afabbro]

Oracle, Peoplesoft, SAP, etc. all run on Linux...

...unless you're using the word "Linux" to mean "no cost".

suggestion

[TheSHAD0W]

I recommend you send an email to Catbert, he has some uber-delicious tools. I've only seen a few, but they're quite useful!

Re:Okay, this does it.

[Provocateur]

Please. To have to interface well with payroll, and have applicant tracking, maybe even finance and stock or other non-monetary compensation, AND block Zonk's posts is reaallly asking a bit too much of any HR management software, open source or otherwise.

Why not a web based application service?

[PDG]

There are a lot of them available that will integrate with your existing systems.

Authoria (http://www.authoria.com) is one such company which offers a full suite of HCM based products.