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Features, in detail

Every job, done for you, not stitched together

Fifteen modules, built to work as one. For each, you'll see exactly what it looks like, where it saves you time, and what it retires: the spreadsheets, bureaus and separate bills most teams have learned to live with.

Rota & shift planning

Build next week's rota in minutes, publish it to everyone at once, and let staff swap shifts themselves. No more chasing people or rebuilding spreadsheets.

The old way

A spreadsheet you rebuild every week and a WhatsApp group that never stops pinging.

With PeopleGem

Drag and drop the whole week together in minutes

  • Reuse recurring rotas instead of starting from scratch
  • Let staff pick up open shifts and swap between themselves
  • Count hours fairly when people work across branches
  • Send the finished rota straight to WhatsApp, SMS or email
This week's rota · Brighton Published
MonTueWedThuFri
Mia9am9am·12pm9am
Alex12pm12pm9am·12pm
Sam·9am9am9amOff
Priya9am·12pm12pm9am

Attendance & time tracking

Always know who's in and who's late. Staff clock in and out on a kiosk or by face check-in, and their hours land in payroll already rounded and break-adjusted.

The old way

Paper timesheets and guesswork, re-typed into payroll by hand.

With PeopleGem

Clock in and out on a shared kiosk or by face check-in

  • Forgotten clock-outs close on their own at shift end
  • Hours arrive rounded and break-adjusted, ready for pay
  • Spot absence patterns early with Bradford Factor scoring
  • Bring history across from your old attendance system
Today · who's in Live

9

clocked in

1

late

2

off

Mia08:57 On time
Alex09:14 Late
Sam· On break

Leave & holiday

Let your team ask for time off in a tap and approve it in one click. Balances stay right on their own, and a calendar shows you who's away.

The old way

Holiday requests on scraps of paper and a wall planner nobody keeps up to date.

With PeopleGem

Staff request time off straight from their phone

  • Approve or decline in a single click
  • UK bank holidays already in the calendar
  • Balances and entitlement update automatically
  • Handle maternity and other statutory leave properly
August · time off 2 pending
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Amelia, holiday 18 to 19 Aug Approved

Employee self-service app

Give every member of staff their own app. They see their shifts, swap them, book time off, clock in and pick up their payslips, all from their phone, so your managers field far fewer questions.

The old way

Staff texting the manager for every rota, payslip and holiday question.

With PeopleGem

See this week's shifts and what's coming up next

  • Book time off and check holiday balance in a tap
  • Pick up open shifts and swap with colleagues
  • Clock in and out, and see worked hours
  • Get payslips, contracts and documents in their pocket
  • Works in their own language, seven to choose from
Your app · Mia Turner On shift

Today

9am to 5pm · Brighton

Next: Wed 12pm to 8pm

Book time off Clock in Swap a shift My payslips
Holiday: 14 days left

UK payroll

Run proper UK payroll in-house. PAYE, National Insurance, pensions and statutory pay are all worked out for you, and reported to HMRC in real time (RTI).

The old way

A bureau you email spreadsheets to, then wait days, and pay per payslip.

With PeopleGem

PAYE, National Insurance and auto-enrolment worked out for you

  • Report to HMRC in real time (RTI FPS/EPS filing)
  • Statutory pay for sickness, maternity and paternity
  • P60, P45, P11D and CIS produced for you
  • Send payslips straight to each person's inbox
August pay run · 12 people Filed to HMRC

Mia Turner

Stylist

£1,842.60

net · paid

Alex Reid

Therapist

£1,690.14

net · paid

Priya Shah

Manager

£2,210.75

net · paid

Total net pay£21,486.42

Workplace pensions

Meet your auto-enrolment duties without the headache. PeopleGem works out who to enrol, manages contributions and talks to your pension provider for you.

The old way

A separate provider portal you log into every month, hoping you enrolled the right people.

With PeopleGem

Works with NEST, The People's Pension and NOW: Pensions

  • Works out who needs enrolling, automatically
  • Manages contribution schedules and opt-outs
  • Reconciles the numbers so they always match
Workplace pension Submitted to NEST
NESTconnectedAuto-enrolment on
Mia£112.40 Enrolled
Alex£98.60 Enrolled
Sam· Opted out

Accounting & payments

Close the loop after payroll. Send your figures to your accounts software and pay your team by bank transfer, without re-keying a thing.

The old way

The same figures keyed twice, once for payroll and once for the accounts, with a bank run typed out by hand.

With PeopleGem

Export a ready-to-import payroll journal to Xero, QuickBooks Online or Sage

  • Or connect Xero and QuickBooks Online directly
  • Pay staff by bank transfer with a BACS payment file
  • Or link a bank-payment provider to pay in a click
Payroll journal · August Sent to Xero
Gross wages£24,910.00
PAYE & NI£−3,423.58
Net pay£21,486.42
Bank payment fileBACS · 12 payments Ready

Accountant access

Give your accountant or bookkeeper their own secure way in, scoped to just the companies and payroll they look after, with bank details kept masked.

The old way

Sharing a login you shouldn't, or emailing sensitive spreadsheets back and forth.

With PeopleGem

Invite your accountant with their own login

  • Scope them to only the clients they manage
  • Let a practice handle several client companies in one place
  • Keep sensitive bank details masked from their view
Your accountant · 3 clients Bank details masked
B&Bloom & Petal SpaSort •••••• Payroll ready
HDHarbour DentalSort •••••• Awaiting approval
OCOakfield CareSort •••••• Filed

Onboarding & offboarding

Get new starters set up and leavers wrapped up without the paperwork pile. Digital welcome packs, signed contracts and P45s are all handled, from day one to last.

The old way

A printer, a wet-ink signature and a filing cabinet for every new starter and leaver.

With PeopleGem

Send new starters a digital welcome pack and task list

  • Get contracts signed online, with no printing
  • Reuse your own letter and document templates
  • Offboard in one click, with the P45 generated for you
  • Let a notice period run the leaving process on its own
New starter · Grace Bennett Day 1

Grace Bennett

Beauty Therapist · Hove

75%ready
Offer & contract signed
Right-to-work checked
Payroll & pension set up
First-week rota shared

Performance & recognition

Help people grow and feel valued. Set goals, run reviews, gather peer feedback, and celebrate your top performers on a friendly leaderboard.

The old way

Reviews that live in a forgotten document, and good work that quietly goes unnoticed.

With PeopleGem

Set clear targets and track real progress against them

  • Run structured reviews, with peer feedback built in
  • Reward good work with points and recognition
  • Keep teams motivated with a live leaderboard
This month · recognition Leaderboard
1Priya Shah980 pts
2Mia Turner910 pts
3Alex Reid845 pts

UK & Home Office compliance

Stay on the right side of Home Office and GDPR rules. Right-to-work checks, visa expiry alerts and data retention are all tracked for you, so nothing slips.

The old way

A folder of visa copies nobody remembers to check until it's too late.

With PeopleGem

Keep a clear right-to-work (RTW) check log

  • Track Home Office (UKVI) reportable events in one place
  • Get warned before a visa or BRP expires
  • Delete data on schedule with GDPR retention automation
  • Answer data requests with DSAR, ROPA and consent registers
Compliance · Home Office 1 alert

Sam Okafor

Right to work

Valid

Diego Alvarez

Visa expires in 21 days

Renew soon

Mia Turner

DBS check

Valid

Documents & contracts

Keep every contract and document in one secure place, signed and up to date, with a nudge before anything expires and encryption on personal details.

The old way

Contracts scattered across inboxes and shared drives, quietly expiring with nobody watching.

With PeopleGem

Store documents securely with expiry alerts

  • Send and sign contracts online
  • Personal data encrypted field by field
  • Connect the cloud storage you already use
Documents & contracts Encrypted

Employment contract

Grace Bennett

Signed

Right-to-work (visa)

Diego Alvarez

Expires in 21 days

Level 3 certificate

Amelia Cole

Valid, no expiry

Your data, your storage

Your people's files live in your own cloud, whether that's Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox, connected in a couple of clicks. They're not locked away inside someone else's system. Encrypted, GDPR-friendly, and always yours to keep or take with you.

The old way

Your people's files locked inside someone else's system, exported only if you ask nicely, and gone the day you leave.

With PeopleGem

Connect Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox in a couple of clicks

  • Documents saved to your own cloud, not ours
  • Export or move your data any time, with no lock-in
  • Everything encrypted and GDPR-compliant
  • One source of truth your whole team can reach
Your data · your storage You own it
Documents saved to your own cloud
Google Drive Connected
OneDriveConnect
DropboxConnect

Equipment & asset servicing

Keep your kit safe, working and legal. Log every asset, record each service, and get reminded before a service or certificate falls due.

The old way

A dusty logbook by the machine that only gets found after something's already broken.

With PeopleGem

Keep a register of your equipment and assets

  • Log service and maintenance records against each one
  • Track certificates and their renewal dates
  • Get reminded before a service or certificate expires
Equipment & servicing 1 due soon
Autoclave · Brighton Service in 12 days
PAT test · all kit Valid to Mar 2027
Fire alarm · Hove Certified

PeopleGem-AI assistant

Ask an AI assistant your HR questions and get answers from your own knowledge base. It runs on our own servers in the UK, so your data never leaves.

The old way

Googling HR questions or waiting days on an email, then hoping the answer fits your business.

With PeopleGem

Runs on our own UK servers, so your data stays in-house

  • Answers from your knowledge base, not the open web
  • Handle everyday HR tasks just by asking
  • Surfaces insights and trends hiding in your data
PeopleGem-AI Private · UK-hosted
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Shift alerts & team messaging

Everyone knows where they're meant to be. Send each person their shifts for the day by WhatsApp, text, app notification or email, drop a daily shift digest into every manager's inbox, and broadcast company-wide announcements the same way, all from your own branch numbers.

The old way

One personal phone, a group chat, and no real idea who actually saw the message.

With PeopleGem

Send each person their shifts for the day by WhatsApp, text, app notification or email

  • A daily shift digest lands in every manager's inbox each morning
  • Broadcast an announcement to your whole team at once
  • Ask people to read and acknowledge important notices
  • Send from each branch's own number, not one generic sender
  • Get alerted the moment a channel stops delivering
Today's shifts · sent to staff Delivered

Hi Mia, you're on today

Shift: 9am to 5pm at Brighton. Break 1pm to 1:30pm. Have a great one!

Sent by

WhatsApp Text App Email
Daily shift digest sent to Olivia (manager)

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