Ascentis Employee Self-Service (Ascentis ESS) gives employees immediate access to all of their personal HR, benefits, and payroll information via the Web. The simplicity of Ascentis ESS drastically reduces the call volume to both the human resources and payroll departments.

Online Open Enrollment

The amount of paperwork generated in traditional benefits enrollment is staggering. ESS allows you to conduct open enrollment online, thus eliminating the cumbersome and inaccurate paper process. Accuracy of enrollment data is guaranteed as employees are inputting their own data electronically.

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Ascentis ESS has several components, which are listed below with short descriptions:

• My Self – Employees can update their personal information
• My Family – Employees can update their dependent information
• My Benefits – Employees participate in new hire and online open enrollment and can view:
  • Benefits enrollment summary
  • Plan comparisons
  • Plan documents
  • Beneficiaries
  • Stock options
• My Time Off – Employees can view their leave balances and request time off
• My Paycheck – Employees can:
  • View current and prior pay stubs
  • Create and/or change direct deposits
  • Make W4 changes online
  • Conduct “what if” simulations for gross to net paycheck calculations
  • View current and prior W2’s
• My Company – Employees can see an employee directory with pictures and also view any company related information
• My Team – Managers can approve leave requests and see a calendar for when their employees will be in or out of the office