# Set up HR: company, departments, shifts and holidays

> Give HR your company, departments, job titles, working hours and public holidays, in the order each needs.

*Section: HR and payroll · Updated: 2026-10-19 · Needs the plan feature: hrm*

By the end your shop's HR will have its departments, job titles, working hours and public holidays, ready for your employees.

> **Note:** HR comes with some plans only. If **HRM** isn't under **Team & projects** in your menu, your plan or your role doesn't include it.

## In this order

Each step needs the one before it:

1. **Company**: the business the staff work for.
2. **Departments**: belong to a company.
3. **Designations** (job titles): belong to a department.
4. **Office Shift**: the working hours, for a company.
5. Then **Employees**, who need all four.

All of them are under **Team & projects › HRM**.

## Company

Open **[HRM › Company](/app/hrm/company)**. Your shop is usually there already. **Create** adds another, with its **Name** (required), **Email**, **Phone** and **Country**.

## Departments

1. **Open [HRM › Departments](/app/hrm/departments)** and **click Create.**
2. **Pick the Company** and **type the Department** name, such as **Shop floor**.
3. **Pick a Department Head** if the company already has employees; you can add one later.
4. **Click Submit.**

![The Create department window: Company Demo Store, Department Head, Department "Shop floor", and Submit.](https://armpos.online/storage/help/dbd0004f4f-set-up-hr-1-department.webp)
*The head is picked from the company's employees, so it can wait until you've added them.*

## Designations

Open **[HRM › Designations](/app/hrm/designations)** and **click Create**. Pick the **Company** and the **Department**, type the **Designation**, such as **Cashier** or **Stock clerk**, and click **Submit**.

## Office shifts

1. **Open [HRM › Office Shift](/app/hrm/office_shift)** and **click Create.**
2. **Type the Name,** such as **Day shift**, and **pick the Company.**
3. **Set each day's In and Out.** Click a time box: a clock opens. Click the hour, then the minutes, then **done**. The inner ring holds 12 to 23. Leave a day empty when the shop is closed.
4. **Click Submit.**

![The Create shift window: Name Day shift, Company Demo Store, Monday to Friday In 08:00 and Out 18:00, Saturday 09:00 to 14:00, Sunday empty, and Submit.](https://armpos.online/storage/help/fc381f917e-set-up-hr-2-shift.webp)
*Attendance compares each day's arrival and departure with these times.*

The shift decides how attendance counts lateness, leaving early and overtime: see [Attendance](/app/help/attendance).

## Holidays

Open **[HRM › Holidays](/app/hrm/holidays)** and **click Create**. Pick the **Company**, type the **title**, pick the **Start date** and **Finish date** from the calendars, add any details, and click **Submit**. Holidays are a list for your team to see: they don't change attendance or leave.

![The Create holiday window: Company Demo Store, title Independence Day, Start date and Finish date 2026-10-09, and the details "Public holiday: the shop opens 10am to 4pm".](https://armpos.online/storage/help/33effe49e3-set-up-hr-3-holiday.webp)
*A one-day holiday starts and finishes on the same date.*

## What's next

Add the people: [Employees](/app/help/employees).