100+ ready-to-deploy HR workflows for UK businesses. Fit Note After 7 Days, Buy/Sell Holidays, Flexi Time, five Return-to-Work variants, TOIL Cycle Carryover and many more — configured, tested, and waiting to be switched on.
Sense Automate is structured in three tiers. Standard workflows come pre-installed; Library workflows are switched on as you need them; Custom workflows are tailored to your business by our team.
Standard workflows — in every Sense tenant from day one. The everyday workflows every HR team needs. Switched on the moment your tenant goes live — no configuration required. Includes: Standard Expense Authorisation, Standard Event Authorisation, Onboarding Workflow, Offboarding Workflow, Return to Work, System Standard Mobile Apps.
Library workflows — 100+. Elite tier and above. A constantly-growing library of UK-specific HR workflows. Activate the ones you want from inside your Sense tenant. New workflows ship every month. Includes: Fit Note After 7 Days, Buy/Sell Holidays, Flexi Time, 5 Return-to-Work variants, Late Clock-In & Missed Clock-Out, TOIL Cycle Carryover, Entitlement Carryover, SSO invitations (Microsoft / Google), and 90+ more.
Custom workflow templates — Enterprise tier. For workflows that need custom logic for your business — vacancy approval chains, bespoke integrations, multi-step routing across multiple systems. Sense builds them with you. Includes: ATS Vacancy Request & Approval, Integrations to Xero, Sage 50 Payroll, BrightPay, Integrations to RotaCloud, Papershift, Chronicle, Microsoft SharePoint document push, Hireful, Improve Online (ATS partners), Custom approval routing per business unit.
Here's a sample of what's in the Sense Automate Library — the actual workflow names you'll see when you switch them on, not generic marketing categories.
Standard. Notifies admins, assigns the standard checklist for new joiners.
Standard. Standardised leaver process — access removal, document handover, exit interview.
Library. Guides new joiners to complete essential profile data from their task list.
Library. Tailored checklists to new starters, their managers and the HR team.
Library. Tailored offboarding by role and seniority — leavers, managers, HR.
Library. Lets new starters use the Sense mobile app without the normal web registration.
UK statutory sickness handled natively, plus five flavours of Return-to-Work to fit how your managers actually run them.
Standard. The default return-to-work process for managers and employees after sickness.
Library. Triggers fit-note reminders only when sickness lasts more than seven consecutive days — UK statutory rule, built in.
Library. Three-step sign-off — employee, manager, then HR.
Library. Two-step — employee then HR, skipping manager review.
Library. Delays the RTW task until the first suitable working day with no active sickness.
Library. Automated alerts when employees hit absence thresholds (Bradford Factor and more).
UK holiday management with the rules customers actually need — buy/sell, TOIL, carryover, flexi time.
Library. Automates the holiday buy/sell request flow, reminders and entitlement updates.
Library. Compares hours worked to scheduled hours and adjusts entitlement balances fairly.
Library. Limits how much TOIL an employee can carry forward at the start of each month or defined dates.
Library. Automatically expires untaken carryover from last year on a given date.
Library. Timesheet hours accrue 12.07% toward the employee's holiday entitlement.
Library. Default approval flow — employee requests route to their manager.
Workflows that turn clock data into managed attendance, with manager review and overtime handled cleanly.
Library. Alerts employee and manager when a clock-in or clock-out is missed.
Library. Each morning, admins get a clear list of staff who are away or haven't clocked in.
Library. Managers review and verify manually-entered employee attendance for a specific day.
Library. Weekly summary sent to employees to verify their attendance records.
Library. Flags and routes overtime for manager approval, then updates the planner.
Library. Stay on top of key employee dates with automated reminders via email and To-dos.
Approval flows for expenses, performance reviews, and the admin workflows that keep the system tidy.
Standard. Default approval flow — manager auth, admin auth on amount.
Library. Get notified when key events happen, or receive regular activity summaries.
Library. Switches on advanced permission controls for who can see and do what in HR.
Library. Prompts employees to complete assigned screens or update their data on a schedule.
Library. Invites employees to sign in to Sense using their work Microsoft or Google account.
Library. Growing list of role- and task-specific mobile app modules, ready to activate.
Onboarding, offboarding, expense and event approvals, return-to-work, mobile apps. Live from day one in every Sense tenant.
Browse the Sense Automate Library inside your tenant. Pick the workflow, set the rules, save. Live in minutes — not a consulting project.
For Enterprise-tier requirements that need custom logic or integrations. Our team designs and builds with you.
Book a 20-minute Automate demo and we'll walk through real Library workflows on real customer data shapes that match yours.
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