The HR chatbot that answers

employee questions and acts on them.

A modern HR chatbot answers employee questions about PTO balances, benefits coverage, HR policies, payroll dates, and expense procedures and takes real action. This includes submitting leave requests, routing manager approvals, enrolling employees in benefits, updating HRIS records, and guiding new hires through onboarding. Workativ's HR chatbot executes all of these actions inside Slack or Microsoft Teams, connected directly to your live HRIS.

A basic HR FAQ bot answers questions from a static knowledge base. Workativ's HR chatbot connects to your live HRIS and returns exact, current employee data not generic policy descriptions. It then takes action: submits the leave request, routes the approval, updates the HRIS record, and confirms the outcome all in the same Slack conversation without HR involvement.

Workativ's HR chatbot integrates with BambooHR, Workday, ADP, UKG, Rippling, HiBob, Personio, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, Gusto, Sage HR, and 100+ other HRIS tools. All integrations support bidirectional read and write the chatbot checks live data and takes action in your HRIS, not just lookups.

Workativ's HR chatbot for Slack deploys as a native Slack app employees message it directly in any Slack channel or as a direct message. The chatbot checks live data in your HRIS, submits leave requests, routes manager approvals via Slack, and confirms outcomes in the same thread. There is no separate portal or login. HR escalations route to your HR team via a shared Slack-connected inbox with full conversation context preserved.

Workativ's HR chatbot for Microsoft Teams deploys as a native Teams app. Employees ask HR questions PTO, benefits, policy, payroll directly in Teams and receive real-time answers pulled from your live HRIS and connected HR documents. Leave requests are submitted, approvals routed to managers in Teams, and HRIS records updated all without HR involvement. The same chatbot works across both Slack and Teams simultaneously if your organisation uses both.

When an employee asks about leave in Slack or Teams, the chatbot checks their live PTO balance in your HRIS, confirms the available days, and submits the leave request. It then routes the approval to the manager in Slack with a one-tap approval button. Once approved, it updates the HRIS record and confirms the outcome to the employee all in the same thread without HR involvement.

Workativ's HR chatbot supports 95+ languages with built-in language detection and translation. Employees can ask HR questions in their preferred language and receive accurate, policy-grounded answers without separate language configuration or additional cost. This makes Workativ suited for global and distributed HR teams serving employees across multiple regions.

Workativ's HR chatbot deploys in days, not months. Pre-built HRIS connectors for BambooHR, Workday, ADP, UKG, and 100+ tools mean no custom integration work. Deploy using pre-built HR agent templates yourself, or with Workativ's implementation team for a guided setup. No developer resources required.

When the HR chatbot receives a request outside its defined scope a sensitive HR matter, a complex compliance question, or an edge case it routes the conversation to your HR team via a shared inbox. Full conversation context transfers so the HR agent receives everything they need without asking the employee to repeat themselves. Auto-escalates if no response within your defined window.

Yes. Workativ is SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, and HIPAA compliant. HR-specific security features include PII data redaction for sensitive employee information, role-based access controls ensuring employees only access data they are permitted to see, and AI guardrails that define exactly what the chatbot can and cannot do. Enterprise-grade security is included across all plans.

Most HR chatbot software is either a basic FAQ bot that answers from static knowledge bases, or an enterprise platform like Moveworks or Leena AI that starts at $30,000 to $200,000 per year with months-long implementations. Workativ sits between: a fully agentic HR chatbot with live HRIS integration, Slack and Teams native deployment, bidirectional HRIS read and write, and session-based pricing deployable in days rather than months, without a six-figure contract.