Definition

Human Resources Information System—software that manages employee data, payroll, benefits, and basically every detail of your employment life. The database that knows more about you than you remember about yourself.

Example Usage

Update your address in the HRIS, because apparently telling your manager directly isn't enough in 2024.

Origin

Emerged in the 1980s as companies computerized personnel records

Fun Fact

The global HRIS market is expected to reach $30 billion by 2025, because companies would rather buy software than hire enough HR staff.

Source: HR technology and systems terminology

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