HR suite for Caribbean employers
Your people, pay and performance in one place.
Employee records are free for up to 3 people. Switch on payroll, performance reviews, recruiting and career planning as you grow, all on one sign-in.
- Free for up to 3 people
- No card needed
- Jamaica payroll live: NIS, NHT, PAYE, Education Tax
One record, from hire to succession
Every module works from the same employee record.
Enter a person once. Their record follows them from application to payslip to review to their next role, so nobody re-keys data between systems.
- 1 · RecruitRecruitingPost a role, screen CVs, make the offer.
- 2 · KeepFreeEmployee recordsHires arrive with their details and documents.
- 3 · PayPayrollPay runs, payslips and statutory returns.
- 4 · PerformPerformance and StrategyReviews, skills, goals and KPIs.
- 5 · GrowCareer and SuccessionCareer paths, talent reviews, successors.
With Payroll, a hire moves from Recruiting into payroll in one click. Employees see their reviews, training and messages in the Empower HR mobile app, and their payslips, leave and time once you run payroll.
Pricing
Free to start. Priced by team size.
Employee records are free for up to 3 people. Add payroll when you're ready; your records carry straight over. Prices in US dollars.
Free
Free$0 up to 3 people
Employee records for up to 3 people
- Employee profiles and reporting lines
- Contracts, IDs and certificates with each person (up to 5 each)
- Certificate and licence expiry reminders
- Import your people from a CSV file
- Sign-ins for your people (user accounts)
Add-ons work on Free too; Performance and Career & Succession lifts the 3-person limit to 250
Small
$29 a month, up to 10 employees
For up to 10 employees
- Everything in Free
- Pay runs, payslips and bank files
- Statutory deductions and returns (Jamaica)
- Leave, and the employee self-service app
Hourly pay, time clocks and shifts come with Growth
Growth
11+ employees$3 per employee a month
For 11 to 250 employees, billed for the people you have each month; we quote above 250
- Everything in Small
- Hourly pay, time clocks and shifts
- Optional guided setup with a parallel payroll run
Add-ons: Performance and Career & Succession +$2 per employee · Recruiting from $49 · Strategy and Alignment $29 · Guided setup from $250 one-time
Work out your price →The suite
Five modules and an employee app, one sign-in.
Payroll
Pay runs and statutory returns
- Payslips approved before they are paid, and bank files
- Statutory deductions and returns (Jamaica)
- Leave, time clocks, shifts and self-service
Recruiting
From requisition to hire
- Branded careers page, job board and job feeds
- CV parsing, AI screening and interview scorecards
- Offers, an agency portal and a one-click hand-off to Payroll
Performance
Reviews and skills
- Reviews, review meetings and manager sign-off
- Skills, competencies, PIPs, probation and training
- People analytics and reports
Strategy and Alignment
Goals, KPIs and strategy map
- Department goals, objectives and KPIs
- Employee KPI agreements and check-ins
- Strategy map and balanced scorecard
- New
Career and Succession
Career paths, talent reviews and succession
- Job families, career paths and development plans
- Talent reviews with nine-box calibration
- Succession plans for critical positions
Employee app
Self-service on any phone
- Reviews, training and messages
- Payslips, leave requests and time, with payroll
- Installs from the browser, no app store
Built for the Caribbean
Statutory rules by territory, not bolted on.
Every other product works in any country today. Payroll is live for Jamaica; Barbados, Belize and the others below are coming soon, each switched on once its rules and returns are verified.
| Territory | Payroll | Statutory |
|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | Live | NIS, NHT, PAYE, Education Tax, HEART/NTA |
| Barbados | Coming soon | Records and HR available now |
| Belize | Coming soon | Records and HR available now |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Coming soon | Records and HR available now |
| Guyana | Coming soon | Records and HR available now |
| The Bahamas | Coming soon | Records and HR available now |
Payroll is available for companies in Jamaica. Every other product works in any country, and payroll for other territories follows once their rules and returns are verified.
Who uses Empower HR
Employers
Hotels, construction firms, retailers, manufacturers and professional practices running their own HR and payroll.
Start free →Hotels and mid-size employers
Hourly staff, shifts, time clocks and leave on one payroll, with guided setup and a parallel payroll run before you switch over.
Talk to us →Job seekers
Browse open roles at employers hiring with Empower HR and apply in a few minutes. Applications go straight to the employer.
Find open roles →
Run payroll, HR or recruiting for other businesses? See the partner program
Security and data
Your employees' data, accounted for.
Roles and access
Each person sees only the modules and records their role allows.
Audit trail
Payroll changes and settings, and review and talent decisions, are logged with who and when.
Approvals kept separate
Payslips are approved before anyone is paid, and you can stop people approving runs they prepared.
Where your data lives
The apps and databases run on Google Cloud in the US East region; employee documents are stored with AWS in the US East region.
Read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Keep employee records organized before the inspection, not during it.
Set up your company in a few minutes. Planning a rollout for 50 or more staff? Send us a note and we will walk you through it.