Criterion HCM Review

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Criterion HCM At A Glance

Good: Self-service portal can be accessed via mobile apps and supports integration with time-management and biometric devices.
Bad: Criterion HCM doesn't focus on large or enterprise-level customers.
Bottom Line: Cloud-based, all-in-one platform targeting mid-sized companies with extensive modules and features.

Product Overview

Criterion HCM meets the needs and challenges of midmarket organizations by combining advanced enterprise functionality and configurability from a single, unified cloud platform. It delivers critical HR, payroll, and talent engagement capabilities to consolidate, automate, and accelerate critical processes.

The software combines self-service ease of use, robust features, and an open extensible architecture for rapid configuration in days, not weeks. It features:

  • Enterprise-grade HCM – With a multitude of dashboard and self-service features geared to engage employees, Criterion HCM reduces time, costs, and complexity for administrators, while employees have 24/7 access to their personal HR information and assets.
  • Simplified user experience – Criterion’s advanced HTML 5/Java-based technology delivers a sleek, modern, single-page user experience enabling administrators and employees to quickly access and navigate the software from their desktop or mobile devices
  • Rapid integration and configuration Criterion’s open, 100% REST API architecture enables rapid integration with hundreds of internal IT or data systems, as well as cloud ERP, benefits, and payroll carriers, even custom applications. Its platform accomplishes can accommodate unlimited, often unique payroll, labor, compliance, or industry specific requirements.
  • Enterprise scalability & security With near 100% uptime, the Criterion HCM Platform provides enterprise-class security and scalability, even for large enterprises topping 10,000 employees. HCM client data is securely hosted and protected by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and includes 24/7 monitoring, threat detection, daily back-up, and data recovery services.

Features

In this section, we detail the features of the Payroll module:

  • Automatic identification of employees to be paid and mass entry of payment information
  • Ability to post hours by multiple job categories, including job type, job class, department and group
  • Tax automation and electronic filing on the federal, state and local levels
  • Integration with time clocks, networked card swipes, key fobs, kiosks and biometric devices