Workforce management software is considered one small part of the human resources (HR) section where it can assist HR practitioners in planning, managing, and tracking of:

• Work done by employees 
• Employee requirements like state laws and employee unions 
• Employee work schedules 
• Paid time off (PTO)

Why should HR practitioners consider workforce management software?

• Automate their employee management process 
• Improve employee experience, thus reducing churn rates 
• Ensure ongoing communication between the HR department and employee 

Here is a list of workforce management software to be considered

1. Paylocity

Their workforce management enables employees to clock in via their mobile app, physical kiosk, web, and several other options. 

Other features include a geofencing option to ensure employees punch in from specified locations and a temperature scan log report to ensure the health of employees.

2. Bamboo HR

They offer specialized time-off management software where it helps with managing paid time off (PTO) with employees and HR practitioners as well. 

With their time-off calculator feature, employees are able to check any upcoming scheduled time-off periods on their phone and see how much vacation have they accrued by a certain date. 

They also offer an unlimited PTO policy for a single team to:

• Create individual policies for certain employees 
• Introduce paternity leave policies company-wide
• Create various policies across different departments 

3. Rippling 

What differentiates Rippling's workplace management software is the customization option for different HR practitioners. 

They allow HR practitioners to create their own automated workflow, which essentially creates your very own HR automation.

For example, in the customization process, if an employee works for more than a certain hour at a certain date which acts as the trigger, it leads to an action being done which is to pay 1.5 times more than the base pay rate. 

Even though the customization process may be daunting, they provide various pre-built workflow templates to be implemented instantly.