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How to Enable Email Notifications in the brioHR System

This article explains how to enable email notifications from the brioHR system under Settings > Company.

Audience & Scope

Audience: HR Admin

Module: General Account Settings

Country: Global

Pre-requisites: Admin access to Account Settings

 

System Notifications help ensure users receive timely updates about important tasks and activities in brioHR. These notifications cover various modules, including Leave, Claims, Performance and can alert users when employees submit requests, as well as when approvals have been completed.

Keeping System Notifications enabled helps employees stay informed of tasks that require their attention within brioHR. It also ensures users can receive important email notifications from the system, helping them stay up to date and take action when needed.


To receive email notifications from the brioHR system, follow these steps:

NOTE:

If you do not enable this function, you will not receive any email notifications from the BrioHR system. These email notification include emails sent out by the system for leave applications, approvals and also tasks to be completed. 

1.  Click into Settings, then into the Company column and click on the Edit icon.



2.  Tick the checkbox to enable the System Notifications.



3.  Click Save to complete the action. Otherwise, click Cancel to discard any changes.


 

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1: How do I turn off email notifications ?

Turning off email notifications is not encouraged as this could result in users not receiving reminders of tasks to be completed within the system. This also impacts new joiners that should be receiving activation emails as emails from brioHR will not be received. 

If you still need to turn them off, a System Admin can do so in Settings > Company > Edit > untick System Notifications > Save — however this is not recommended.

Q2: What is a "System Notification"? 

System notifications are emails sent out to users to remind them of tasks to be completed. This includes reminders to complete surveys, reminders to utilize leave entitlements and even email notifications to Managers to inform them of the leave or claim submissions by their team members. 

Q3: Who receives the notification when a request is submitted or approved ? 

The approvers assigned will be the ones to receive these email notifications when a request is submitted. The employee receives email notifications to inform them of their requests that have been approved. 

 

Last Updated

By: Arveena