=== Business Manager - Employees, Projects, Clients & Documents ===
Contributors: business-manager
Tags: erp, hr, human resources, employee, project, client, project management, business management, erp software, documents, files, task manager, tasks, kanban, payroll
Requires at least: 4.4
Tested up to: 4.9.1
Stable tag: 1.1.1
Requires PHP: 5.3
License: GPLv3
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

Free HR & Business Management plugin that centralizes all of your employee, document, project, & client data.

== Description ==

Business Manager is a free HR, ERP & business management plugin that helps you to manage your employees, documents, projects & clients. Everything is handled within the admin of your WordPress installation.

The plugin is built 'the WordPress way'. WordPress functions are used throughout, there are tons of Actions and Filters for developers to make customization easy, it does not add an unnecessary database tables and the standard WordPress UI is used throughout, meaning there is very little learning curve for users.

Scroll down to see the screenshots of the plugin.


### Business Manager Features

* Manage Employees - Complete employee management including leave/holidays & performance reviews
* Manage Projects - Task manager, start/finish dates, % complete, assign clients & employees
* Manage Clients - Keep a Rolodex of clients & their staff members
* Manage Documents - Centralize your company's documents & templates including version control
* Dashboard View - Get an overview of important dates coming up and deadlines
* Custom Labels - Name employees, projects, clients and documents whatever you choose
* Developer Friendly - easy to customize & extend with tons of hooks, filters & handy functions
* Built for WordPress - no extra database tables, everything is built using custom posts & taxonomies
* More to come - we have plenty more features in the works


### HR Management

At the heart of Business Manager lies a HR management system that allows you to keep detailed employee records including:

* Employment Details - Job title, job status, type, start & finish dates, work contact details.
* Personal Details - Name, DOB, phone, address, emergency contacts and more.
* Employee Notes - Keep ongoing notes for the employee.
* Employee Files - Upload employee documents such as resume and application, contracts, disciplinary files or training documents.
* Leave/Holidays - Easily track employee leave requests and approve or deny the requests
* Performance Reviews - Create performance reviews for each employee. Ratings, Strong/Weak Points, Goals and more
* Custom Fields - Create any other fields you need using the [Custom Field extension](http://bzmngr.com/extension/custom-fields?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=plugin&utm_content=custom-fields)


### Project Management

Manage your projects with ease using Business Manager:

* NEW - Advanced drag and drop kanban board / task manager system
* Assign project to an Employee
* Assign project to a Client
* Track start & end dates
* Track hours & days spent on project
* Track the percentage complete (%)
* Assign Project Type
* Assign Project Status
* Upload files - General Files & Contract Files sections
* Keep project notes


### Client Management

Manage all of your clients and your clients' staff members. Throw out your rolodex!

* Add client details - Phone, email, website, working hours, logo
* Add unlimited staff members - Name, email, phone & department
* Upload files - General Files & Contract Files sections
* Keep client notes


### Document Management

Need a place to store all of your company's documents, files and templates?

* Document versioning system
* Add the employee who uploaded the file, date uploaded/updated, version and file
* Assign documents to department
* Keep document notes notes


### Extensions

[Payroll extension](http://bzmngr.com/extension/payroll?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=plugin&utm_content=payroll)
The Payroll extension includes features such as Pay Runs, Pay Calendars, Pay Templates, automatic PDF & emailing of Pay Slips, marginal tax rates, pre & post tax rates, deductions and plenty more. It is a beast of a plugin!

[Custom Field extension](http://bzmngr.com/extension/custom-fields?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=plugin&utm_content=custom-fields)
Add your own fields to Business Manager with the Custom Fields extension.

There are more free & premium extensions being built as we speak. These will include Timesheets, Asset Management, Accounting, WooCommerce Integration & more.

### Documentation

Please visit the Business Manager website at [bzmngr.com](http://bzmngr.com?utm_source=readme&utm_medium=plugin&utm_content=docs) for documentation


== Installation ==

= Minimum Requirements =

* PHP version 5.3 or greater (PHP 5.6 or greater is recommended)
* MySQL version 5.0 or greater (MySQL 5.6 or greater is recommended)
* Business Manager requires WordPress 4.4+

= Automatic installation =

Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers itself and you don’t need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install of Business Manager, log in to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add New.

In the search field type “Business Manager” and click Search Plugins. Once you’ve found our plugin you can install it by simply clicking “Install Now”.


== Screenshots ==

1. Dashboard view of Business Manager
2. Employees overview, showing columns that can be shown or hidden
3. Editing an Employee, showing some of the fields available
4. Overview of Leave requests
5. Editing a Performance Review
6. Editing a Project
7. Project overview. See project progress at a glance
8. Editing a Client
9. Editing a Document, showing the document versioning system
10. Viewing the Departments
11. Overview of Documents
12. General settings tab
13. Employees settings tab


== Changelog ==

= 1.1.1 - 2017-12-18 =
* UPDATE - Compatability update for Custom Fields extension

= 1.1.0 - 2017-12-14 =
* NEW - Task Manager / Kanban Board system added to projects

= 1.0.3 - 2017-12-07 =
* NEW - Add new function - business_manager_is_enabled() to check if module is enabled
* NEW - Add option in settings to disable modules

= 1.0.2 - 2017-12-06 =
* NEW - Color code employee statuses
* NEW - Add status to employee name in dropdowns if status is anything other than Active
* NEW - Change text on add new client title placeholder
* UPDATE - Notes field is now repeatable and contains date and note section
* FIX - Error with business_manager_option() function returning a value if no option set

= 1.0.1 - 2017-12-05 =
* NEW - Add Extension tab to settings page
* NEW - Add ID column to column API class
* FIX - Error with business_manager_option() function returning a value if no option set

= 1.0.0 - 2017-11-30 =
* Release - Initial release
