SquiggleHR

HR help

Plain-English guides to every part of the Squiggle HR site. Pick the job you want to do.

The guides

Each page in the HR site has a How it works link at the right of the row of tabs. It opens the matching guide below in a new tab, so you do not lose what you were typing.

For everyone

Time offYour balances, booking holiday, logging TOIL, reporting sickness. My details and documentsYour contact, bank and emergency details, and your paperwork.

For line managers

My TeamYour team list, reminders, meeting records and notes. ApprovalsSaying yes or no to holiday and TOIL requests. Record time off for someoneHoliday, TOIL or sickness on a team member’s behalf. Absence calendar and Bradford FactorWho is away, and sickness patterns. Job titlesCorrecting your team’s job titles.

For superadmins (Admin tab)

People and rolesEveryone’s full record, pay, access and roles. RecruitmentVacancies, applicants, offers and the talent pool. OnboardingTurning an accepted offer into a new starter. Templates and e-signingLetters and contracts, sent to be signed online.

For our payroll bookkeeper

PayrollThe payroll register, and adding colleagues.

Signing in

Go to hr.squiggleconsult.co.uk.

The sign-in box. Staff use Google; anyone else uses Email link.
The sign-in box. Staff use Google; anyone else uses Email link.

If you cannot get in

The first time you sign in

Staff are asked to check their details before anything else. This happens on your first visit and again every 180 days. The tabs at the top do nothing until you finish.

The Please check your details page. It appears before anything else.
The Please check your details page. It appears before anything else.
  1. Check each box. Fix anything wrong. Some details came across from our old system.
  2. Fill in the boxes marked *: home address and personal phone. If you are paid through our payroll, your National Insurance number and bank details are needed too.
  3. Add at least one emergency contact: type a name, relationship and phone, then press Add.
  4. Tick I confirm the details above are correct and up to date, then press Confirm & continue.
Filled in, with an emergency contact added. Forgetting the tick box gives the message “Please tick the box to confirm.”
Filled in, with an emergency contact added. Forgetting the tick box gives the message “Please tick the box to confirm.”
Done. You land on My record.
Done. You land on My record.

The page tells you exactly what is missing: Please add your home address and personal phone, Please complete your NI and bank details or Please add at least one emergency contact.

What you will see

The buttons at the top left switch between areas. You only see the ones you need:

A director sees My HR, My Team and Admin. The How it works link is on the right.
A director sees My HR, My Team and Admin. The How it works link is on the right.

Something here does not match what you see? Use the Report a problem button in the corner of the HR site and say which guide.