# Talk to HR > The AI-native HRIS for small and medium businesses. Leave tracking, holiday management, payroll, employee records, policies, contracts, and approvals — all through natural conversation in Slack, Discord, or Microsoft Teams. ## What is Talk to HR? Talk to HR is a full HR system of record built natively around an AI agent. There is no separate portal, dashboard, or app that employees need to learn. They simply talk to the HR assistant in their existing messaging platform, and it handles everything — from booking leave to checking policies to submitting expenses. ## Key Facts - **Platforms**: Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams - **Pricing**: Free for up to 5 employees, then $5/employee/month - **Security**: AES-256 encryption at rest, GDPR compliant, role-based access control enforced in code - **Country support**: UK payroll calculations supported; leave and policy management available globally - **Setup time**: Under 5 minutes via the admin dashboard - **No sales call required**: Try it immediately in the interactive playground at https://justtalktohr.com ## Core Capabilities - Employee records and profile management - Leave tracking with Google Calendar sync (annual, sick, compassionate, maternity, paternity, custom types) - Policy management with full version history and amendments - Employee contracts with contract-overrides-policy precedence - Monthly payroll preparation with pro-rating and expense reimbursement - Expense claims with receipt tracking and manager approval - Task orchestration (surveys, feedback collection, approvals, onboarding) - Recurring scheduled tasks (weekly standups, monthly surveys, quarterly reviews) - HR process guidance (onboarding, offboarding, disciplinary, grievance, redundancy, and more) - HR case management for formal procedures - Daily welcome messages and manager leave notifications - Message approval flow for cross-person data protection ## User Roles - **Employee**: View own data, book leave, submit expenses, check policies - **Manager**: All employee capabilities plus view team data, approve leave and expenses - **HR Admin**: Full access to all employee data, payroll, policy management, and HR cases ## Detailed Behaviour Specification For comprehensive details about every feature, workflow, and capability, see the full specification: - [Full behaviour specification](https://justtalktohr.com/agents-full.md) ## Links - Website: https://justtalktohr.com - Try the playground: https://justtalktohr.com (no sign-up required)