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HR, payroll and finance software for the retail industry

Here’s why we’re trusted to pay over 225,000 retail and wholesale workers

HR, payroll and finance for retailers

Retailers come in many shapes and sizes, but they’ve all facing the same business defining moments. With high churn rates, and low employee engagement having been a recurring challenge for years, and a new emphasis on employee wellbeing, the pressure can be a huge issue.

We can help you: 

  • Improve recruitment and retention 
  • Empower your employees through state-of-the-art training 
  • Use payroll software for retail with a 99.999+% accuracy 

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Workforce management
Get the most out of each employee without adding in loads of admin, with robust workforce management tools.
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Automating processes
Get rid of the day-to-day drudgery by automating a range of boring processes, speeding everything up.
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Empower employees
Motivated employees deliver great customer service. Our solutions will keep them engaged and happy.
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Improve employee wellbeing
Accurate pay and real-time payroll help employees feel totally secure in their financial wellbeing.
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Ensure compliance
Align with the latest legislation and keep your employees on target with regular updates and robust training.

Understanding your retail workforce
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Understanding your retail workforce

We understand that retail is one of the main industries that needs to tackle challenges for a varied workforce in both customer facing and non-customer facing roles.  

Our handy retail guide explains more about how we can support you to boost employee engagement, enhance your workforce and keep you compliant. 

You choose the HR solutions you need
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You choose the HR solutions you need

Only paying for what will add value. Our HR and payroll platform, iTrent, features employee self-service and chatbots, allowing your people to update their records, access payslips, request holidays or even clock-in when they’re spread out across multiple sites. 

Avoid spending hours on time-consuming admin and find cost efficiencies so you can focus on your customers. 

Improve compliance and data secruity
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Improve compliance and data security

Our cloud-hosted HR and payroll system enables you to store all your employee records and documents in one central and secure location. 

Our solutions are backed up by state-of-the-art data centres with prevention technologies and disaster recovery so you can have total confidence in how your employee data is stored. 

Smarter finance solutions
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Smarter finance solutions

Retail businesses can be incredibly volatile. You don’t have a lot of control over inflation, raw costs, energy costs or wage increases. That makes financial planning and forecasting incredibly challenging.  

Finance from MHR empowers your finance team with extra agility, and vastly improved forecasting tools. 

Increase your productivity with our range of tools

HR payroll and finance software for retail challenges

Retailers face some unique challenges, especially when it comes to employee management. Here’s how we’ll help you get the most out of every employee.

Enhance recruitment

Spot talent gaps before they become an issue and improve your onboarding processes to improve experience and engagement.

Support financial wellbeing

Did you know that 35% of employees would find another job if their employee paid them incorrectly even once? Financial Wellbeing from MHR empowers employees to understand their earnings. 

Provide personal assistants

Automate your day-to-day HR requirements by empowering employees to self-service. Give them a faster and more efficient way of dealing with the most common HR requests, keeping their focus on their work. 

Manage shift patterns

Never get caught under or overstaffed again, with our robust workforce management tools ensuring you have the right talent in the right place at the right time. 

Boost employee engagement

Give your employees more ways to engage without frustrating them, with clock-in systems, holiday bookings and documents delivered at the touch of a button. 

Harness your data

Gain insight into where your employees’ time is being used most efficiently and reveal where improvements can be made. We’ll give you the tools to ensure your people’s time and skills