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Employee Self-Service (ESS)

A portal letting employees access their own payslips, leave balances, and personal details without going through HR.

Employee Self-Service is a portal — usually part of an HRMS — that lets employees view and manage their own HR data directly: downloading payslips and Form 16, checking leave balances, applying for leave, and updating personal details.

ESS exists primarily to remove a specific kind of recurring load from HR: routine requests like "what's my leave balance" or "can you resend my payslip" that don't need a person to answer them if the employee can look it up themselves.

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