Guides, updates & best practice
Everything you need to get the most from Axel Henry — from setup guides to HR best practice.
Product Guides
Getting started with Core HR
Set up departments, job titles, locations and your first employees in under an hour.
Configuring mandatory learning
A step-by-step guide to scoping mandatory training by department, role, location or custom group.
Designing an approval workflow
How to configure hierarchy-aware approval chains for promotions, expenses and recruitment.
Building a custom theme
Create, preview and publish a fully on-brand theme in minutes.
Knowledge Base
Understanding roles, permissions and scope
How self / team / business unit / company scoping works across every module.
Leave accrual methods explained
Annual upfront vs monthly accrual, and how carry-over limits work.
Learning history & renewal cycles
How completed mandatory training is archived and reappears for renewal.
Product Updates & Release Notes
Learning Reports: 14 new report types
Completion rates, compliance, hours, pathway progress and more — with Excel, CSV and PDF export.
Goal subtasks & learning integration
Break goals into trackable subtasks and require linked learning before completion.
Seven built-in themes + custom theme editor
Four new built-in presets, plus unlimited custom themes with draft/publish workflow.
Promotion workflow enhancements
Richer request forms, a full approval detail page, and complete audit history.
Video Demonstrations & Webinars
Product Tour: Core HR in 5 minutes
A guided walkthrough of the employee dashboard, leave, hierarchy and documents.
Webinar: Scaling HR operations with modular software
How growing organisations add modules as they scale, without re-platforming.
HR Best Practice Articles
How to design a mandatory training compliance programme
A practical framework for scoping, tracking and reporting on mandatory learning.
Building an approval workflow that doesn't create bottlenecks
Principles for designing approval chains that reflect your real organisation.
See it running on your own organisation structure
Book a live walkthrough with our team, or start a free trial and explore Core HR today.