Vizual gives free HR software to SBs

London, uk: HR software company Vizual is taking the unprecedented step of giving away its HR.net Lite Human Resources software free of charge.

This is the first time that fully functioning HR software has been available as free software - and it's not time limited either. UK businesses typically pay from GBP300 to GBP1,000+ for this level of human resources software.

"Vizual can do this, because we are a well-established company, with steady revenues from selling our HR software since 1996," said Vizual's marketing manager, Eamon Carney-Holland. "In the current economic climate, many businesses are under pressure so we want to assist if we can. HR.net Lite will help them to reduce their HR workload, and in the longer term, we expect that some of the small companies who use our free software will expand and upgrade to one of our HR.net packages for larger businesses."

Vizual offers four versions of HR.net for companies of different sizes. HR.net Express is for companies with up to 250 people, HR.net Professional for those with 400 employees and HR.net Enterprise for the largest blue chip companies.

HR.net Lite helps to manage the Human Resources workload by automating many of the routine HR tasks. It has functions to organise employee data, track important dates and keep workforce paperwork up to date. It is easy to install on a PC or server and automates most HR tasks - employment, holiday and absence, training, talent, health and safety and company documents. It also provides event triggers and a selection of reports and charts.

HR.net Lite is perfect for businesses with up to 15 members of staff and is web-based - a first for this level of HR software.