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What Is Employee Self-Service? (2024)

If routine employee inquiries are taking up a large portion of your human resources (HR) department’s time and resources, you may want to consider implementing HR self-service tools. Most highly rated human resources software platforms have some type of employee self-service options. Employee self-service (ESS) enables team members to handle a lot of HR-related tasks on their own, without having to go through the HR department. Here’s what you need to know about ESS.

What is employee self-service (ESS)?

ESS is a self-service portal that is included in a lot of HR and human resources information system (HRIS) software.