Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions Shakes Up the Market Again Adding ESS to Free HR Offering

SALISBURY, UK--(Marketwire - January 13, 2010) - Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions, a leading global HR and payroll software and services business that can deliver expert solutions to clients in more than 160 countries, today announced the availability of Employee Self Service (ESS) with its Free HR offering. Patersons offers its global standard HR software free to organisations that purchase its international payroll management solution. This free offering has been expanded to include ESS.

With the ESS features, employees can view and update personal details, book leave and view payslips online from any PC via the Employee Portal. Clients have an option to purchase Manager Self Service (MSS) to activate online approval of requests and extend the functionality in a highly configurable meta environment.

"Last year, we decided to shake up the market by offering a free HR module to purchasers of our international payroll solution. We got such a positive response, that we decided to shake up the market some more and add employee self service," commented CEO Karen Paterson. "Our ESS functionalities enable employers and employees to save valuable time and resources by improving communication channels within organisations. These capabilities are multi-lingual and can be used in all locations of an international company."

Patersons defined the next-generation of the market with the introduction of the award-winning Logon2, the world's only truly global payroll management system. The company's secure, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based solution simplifies payroll management by offering organisations one reliable, centralised technology platform from which to manage global payroll, regardless of the number of countries, languages or currencies involved. Its Free HR offering includes Patersons' standard HR Suite, Document Manager, standard HR reports and now Employee Self-Service.

New customers interested in the Patersons Logon2 and the Free HR with ESS offering can visit www.patersons.net/freehr.

About Patersons HR and Payroll

Headquartered in Salisbury, U.K. with offices in the U.S., central Europe and Asia, Patersons HR and Payroll is a leading global HR and payroll software and services business that can deliver expert solutions to clients in more than 160 countries. The Company's secure Internet-based software as a service is multi-currency and multi-lingual (covering over 30 languages), features an easy-to-use interface, supports fast implementation times and facilitates integration with existing systems. Patersons HR and Payroll differentiates itself by: one contract, one software solution, one enterprise interface and one cohesive system approach. As a result, Patersons has proved the impossible by being able to run multi-jurisdictional payroll rules for multiple clients on one database and one instance of source code worldwide. More information and contact details can be accessed at www.patersons.net.