Employ vs. Breathe

Employ transforms the distribution and signing of receipts into an instantaneous process, facilitating effortless communication, training, and guidance without the reliance on emails or phone calls—all neatly integrated within the App. Its standout features encompass: Recruitment Enhance your talent acquisition strategies by proficiently managing, comparing, and assimilating candidates into your workforce. Onboarding Experience a fully digital onboarding journey with a new check-in feature that guarantees total efficiency throughout the process. Employee Satisfaction Assess the morale and feelings of your workforce in real-time to ensure a thriving work atmosphere. Analytics Leverage advanced analytical tools to track the organizational climate and obtain crucial insights. Payroll Simplify your payroll operations by removing time-consuming and expensive logistical tasks. Expense Management Revolutionize corporate expense oversight with a complete digital management solution. Dress Code Communication Clearly convey dress code requirements influenced by diverse factors, including weather conditions and daily schedules. Employee Benefits Boost team spirit with an appealing benefits program that provides discounts at a variety of retailers. Performance Management Cultivate a culture of ongoing enhancement by systematically assessing, recognizing, and incentivizing the entire workforce to achieve peak performance. This comprehensive approach not only streamlines processes but also fosters a more engaged and satisfied workforce.

If your employee details are spread across spreadsheets, emails and disconnected apps, Breathe brings them together. It's a UK HR platform launched in 2012 for small and medium-sized businesses. More than 17,000 of them use it, along with over 1,000 UK HR consultancies. Three everyday HR problems Breathe fixes Information everywhere: one central, accurate record for every employee. Endless chasing: staff book leave, sign documents electronically and follow shared workflows. A small HR team: start with the essentials and add more as you grow. The essentials: Core HR Store records and documents securely, manage holiday and leave, track sickness and absence, and let staff update their own details. Collect e-signatures, set goals, run one-to-ones and reviews, and spot trends with built-in reports. Optional extras Rota, Time and Attendance: plan shifts and track hours Expenses: claims, receipts and manager sign-off Recruitment: advertise roles and follow each candidate Health and Safety: risk assessments, incidents and compliance evidence e-Learning: assign UK-specific courses and see who's completed what Breathe is also building an AI Assistant to answer HR and policy questions, and plans to launch payroll in late 2026. Who gets the most from it UK organisations with up to 200 people, particularly charities, schools, healthcare, retail, start-ups and professional services firms with lean HR. If you need multinational payroll, global compliance or enterprise workforce planning, weigh it up first. Pricing, support and security Plans start from £24 a month for your whole organisation, with no long-term contracts or hidden fees. Try it free for 14 days, with UK-based support from setup onwards. Breathe holds ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 accreditation and keeps your data in UK data centres, protected by encryption and access controls.