What features should HR software have?

Quick answer

1. Time tracking and leave management, with automatic day calculation and approvals.
2. Contract records and REGES/Revisal support, plus digital personnel files.
3. Payroll preparation (pre-payroll) and export to accounting or the 112 declaration.
4. Recruiting, onboarding and performance review, linked to the employee record.
5. Org chart, HR reports and employee self-service — accessible from one place.

The Labour Code requires attendance records (time tracking) and keeping the personnel file — mandatory, not optional features.
Contract changes must be submitted to REGES within legal deadlines, so REGES/Revisal support is essential for RO.
Payroll generates filing obligations (e.g. the 112 declaration), so correct data export matters for compliance.
All these features process personal data: GDPR requires role-based access, an access log and security.

Example: a 30-employee company replaces paper time sheets with digital time tracking and cuts leave processing by a few hours per month.
Example: on a promotion, the updated employee record automatically generates the contract addendum and the REGES entry.
Example: candidates in the recruiting module become personnel files on hire, without re-entering the data.

Choosing software with no support for REGES/RO legislation, leaving compliance up to the HR employee.
Accepting time tracking disconnected from leave and payroll, which leads to monthly manual reconciliations.
Lacking employee self-service, which keeps HR stuck in small requests.
Ignoring reports and the access log, both essential at audit and GDPR checks.

4softhr covers the full checklist: time tracking, leave, contracts, digital files, pre-payroll, recruiting, onboarding, reviews and org chart.
Native support for REGES/Revisal and the Labour Code is built in, not an external add-on.
AI-assisted recruiting and onboarding turn the candidate into a personnel file with no data re-entry.
Employee self-service and HR reports are included, relieving the department of repetitive requests.
Integration with 4conta (accounting) and 4mystaff (time tracking) in the 4b2b ecosystem closes the flow from time tracking to payroll.