ESIGNATURE FOR HR

eSignature for HR: Automate Workflows, Onboard Faster, and Ensure Compliance

Stop chasing paper and start building your team. Replace slow, manual HR processes with a secure, simple, and legally binding eSignature solution designed for the entire employee lifecycle.

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In today's competitive talent market, a slow, paper-based HR process is a liability. It creates a poor first impression for new hires, exposes you to compliance risks, and buries your team in administrative work instead of strategic initiatives.

eSignly gives you the tools to fix it. We provide a secure, intuitive platform that automates everything from offer letters and onboarding to policy updates and offboarding.

Our Strategic Vision

Get documents signed in minutes, not days, on any device, anywhere in the world. Reclaim your time, reduce costs, and deliver a world-class employee experience from day one.

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Why Choose Us

HR Automation Built for the Modern Workplace

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Onboard in Half the Time

Send offer letters and new hire packets instantly. Candidates can sign on their phone in minutes, completing all paperwork before their first day. This means less administrative delay and a more productive, engaged employee from the start.

Ironclad Compliance

Eliminate the risk of incomplete or lost paperwork. Every signature is captured with a court-admissible, tamper-proof audit trail. We are compliant with ESIGN, UETA, HIPAA, and GDPR, so your legal and compliance teams can rest easy.

Seamless Integration

eSignly connects directly with the HRIS and ATS you already use. Our powerful API automates workflows by pushing and pulling data, eliminating manual entry and ensuring your systems are always in sync. Get your first integration running in hours.

Superior Employee Experience

Make a great first impression. Our simple, mobile-friendly signing process is intuitive for everyone, with no account or training required for signers. This modern, professional experience reflects well on your brand and helps attract top talent.

Enterprise-Grade Security

Protecting sensitive employee data is non-negotiable. With SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications and AES-256 bit encryption, we provide a secure environment for your most confidential HR documents, from compensation details to health information.

Automate at Scale

Need to send a new policy to 500 employees? Our Bulk Send feature lets you do it in one click. Track who has signed and who hasn't from a single dashboard, saving your team countless hours of manual follow-up.

Global Reach, Local Feel

Manage a global workforce with ease. Our platform supports over 18 languages, ensuring a clear and simple experience for employees and candidates worldwide while maintaining global legal compliance.

Drastic Cost Reduction

Eliminate the direct costs of paper, ink, printing, postage, and physical storage. More importantly, reclaim hundreds of hours of administrative labor spent printing, scanning, filing, and chasing signatures. The ROI is clear and immediate.

Customizable & On-Brand

Reinforce your company culture and branding. Add your company logo and brand colors to emails and signing pages, creating a consistent and professional experience for every candidate and employee interaction.

Our Services for HR

Transform your HR operations with purpose-built eSignature solutions. From onboarding to offboarding, we automate the document lifecycle so you can focus on your people.

New Hire Onboarding Automation

Bundle I-9s, W-4s, direct deposit forms, and company handbooks into a single, easy-to-sign package. New hires can complete everything on their phone before day one, so they can hit the ground running. You get a complete, compliant file for every employee, automatically.

  • Reduce onboarding time by up to 80%.
  • Ensure 100% of required documents are completed.
  • Create a positive, modern first impression.

Offer Letter Management

Secure top talent faster. Send offer letters for signature and get them returned in minutes. Real-time notifications tell you the moment an offer is viewed and signed, reducing uncertainty and shortening your hiring cycle.

  • Increase offer acceptance speed.
  • Gain a competitive edge in a tight labor market.
  • Track offer status in real-time.

Employee Policy Acknowledgements

Distribute and track acknowledgements for employee handbooks, safety policies, or codes of conduct. Use Bulk Send to reach your entire organization at once and easily track who has and hasn't signed, creating a clear compliance record.

  • Simplify annual policy update cycles.
  • Maintain a clear audit trail of employee acknowledgements.
  • Save dozens of hours of administrative follow-up.

Performance Review Sign-Offs

Formalize the performance review process by capturing digital signatures from both employees and managers. This creates an official, time-stamped record of the review discussion and acknowledgement, stored securely in the employee's file.

  • Add legal weight to performance documentation.
  • Eliminate the need to print, sign, and scan review forms.
  • Centralize performance records for easy access.

Benefits Enrollment & Changes

Streamline open enrollment and life event changes. Send HIPAA-compliant benefits forms for employees to complete and sign electronically. Data can be automatically routed to your payroll and benefits administration systems, reducing errors.

  • Ensure secure handling of sensitive health information.
  • Reduce data entry errors and delays.
  • Simplify the benefits experience for employees.

Confidentiality & NDA Agreements

Quickly and securely execute NDAs and confidentiality agreements with new hires, contractors, and partners. Ensure your company's intellectual property is protected from the very beginning of any engagement.

  • Protect sensitive company information.
  • Standardize legal agreements across the business.
  • Get binding agreements in place faster.

Offboarding & Termination Documents

Manage the employee exit process smoothly and professionally. Securely send and receive signed final pay acknowledgements, exit interview forms, and COBRA notifications, ensuring a compliant and well-documented offboarding process.

  • Ensure a compliant and consistent exit process.
  • Protect the company from potential legal disputes.
  • Handle sensitive documents with dignity and security.

Remote I-9 & W-4 Form Completion

Onboard remote employees with ease. eSignly facilitates the electronic completion and signing of critical tax and identity verification forms, helping you stay compliant with federal regulations even with a distributed workforce.

  • Simplify remote hiring and onboarding.
  • Stay compliant with government regulations for remote workers.
  • Create a fully digital employee file from day one.

Contractor & Freelancer Agreements

Onboard and manage your contingent workforce efficiently. Send independent contractor agreements, statements of work (SOWs), and project-based contracts for quick signature, allowing you to engage talent flexibly and quickly.

  • Accelerate the onboarding of non-permanent staff.
  • Ensure all work is governed by a signed agreement.
  • Easily manage contracts for a flexible workforce.

PTO, Leave & FMLA Request Approvals

Formalize and digitize the approval workflow for time-off and leave requests. Create templates that can be routed from an employee to their manager and then to HR for final sign-off, creating a clear, auditable record for every request.

  • Create a formal, auditable trail for all leave requests.
  • Speed up the approval process.
  • Integrate with HRIS for automatic leave tracking.

HR Compliance Document Management

Use eSignly as a centralized, secure repository for all your signed HR documents. Advanced search and tagging make it easy to find any document you need for an audit, legal request, or internal review, saving you time and reducing stress.

  • Pass audits with ease with centralized, searchable records.
  • Securely store employee documents for their entire lifecycle.
  • Eliminate physical filing cabinets and storage costs.

Compensation & Bonus Plan Agreements

Securely and confidentially distribute and get sign-off on sensitive compensation plans, bonus agreements, and stock option grants. Ensure these critical documents are acknowledged and recorded with the highest level of security and discretion.

  • Handle sensitive financial documents with confidentiality.
  • Create a time-stamped record of agreement acceptance.
  • Provide a professional experience for compensation discussions.

HRIS & ATS API Integration

Unlock true automation. Our robust eSignature API allows you to embed signing workflows directly into your Human Resource Information System or Applicant Tracking System. Trigger signature requests automatically based on status changes (e.g., 'Candidate Hired').

  • Create a fully automated, end-to-end HR workflow.
  • Eliminate all manual steps and data entry.
  • Get your first API-driven document signed in hours.

Reusable HR Form Templates

Set up your most-used documents—like offer letters, NDAs, and onboarding forms—as templates. This allows your team to generate and send a new document in seconds without starting from scratch, ensuring consistency and saving time.

  • Ensure consistency across all HR documents.
  • Reduce document preparation time to seconds.
  • Empower your entire HR team to send documents correctly.

Safety & Training Acknowledgements

Document that employees have completed mandatory safety training or other required courses. Capture their electronic signature as proof of completion, which is critical for workplace safety compliance and reducing liability.

  • Create a defensible record of completed training.
  • Simplify compliance with OSHA and other regulations.
  • Track training completion across the entire workforce.

Proven Outcomes: How Leading Organizations Transform HR with eSignly

Technology / SaaS

Fast-Growing Tech Startup Cuts Onboarding Time by 80% with eSignly

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"We were losing candidates to competitors because our offer process was too slow. With eSignly, we send an offer and get it signed back the same day. Our onboarding is now 100% paperless and takes a fraction of the time. It's been a complete game-changer for our ability to scale."

Kaitlyn Drummond, Head of People, Innovatech Solutions

Client Overview: A venture-backed SaaS company was scaling rapidly, aiming to double its headcount from 75 to 150 employees in one year. Their two-person HR team was completely overwhelmed by the manual, paper-based onboarding process.

The Challenge: The HR team was spending over 5 hours per new hire on administrative paperwork. This involved printing documents, mailing offer letters, manually tracking their return, scanning signed copies, and chasing employees for incomplete I-9 and W-4 forms. This created significant delays in getting new hires productive.

The Solution: eSignly was implemented to digitize the entire process. We helped them create a reusable 'New Hire Packet' template that bundled the offer letter, NDA, I-9, W-4, and employee handbook acknowledgement. Using the eSignly dashboard, the team could send this packet in one click and track its status in real-time.

Key Outcomes:

  • Onboarding administration time per new hire reduced from 5 hours to less than 30 minutes.
  • Offer letter acceptance time decreased from an average of 4 days to under 24 hours.
  • Achieved 100% document completion and compliance for all new hires since implementation.
Healthcare

Multi-State Healthcare Provider Achieves HIPAA Compliance and Centralizes HR

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"As a healthcare organization, security and HIPAA compliance are everything. eSignly gave us the confidence to digitize our most sensitive HR files. We now have a standardized, auditable process across all our clinics. The peace of mind is invaluable."

Samuel Gordon, Chief Compliance Officer, Unity Health Partners

Client Overview: A regional healthcare provider with 1,200 employees across 15 clinics struggled with HR compliance and standardization. Each clinic managed its own paper-based employee files, leading to inconsistent processes and significant risk in handling Protected Health Information (PHI) within HR documents.

The Challenge: The lack of a central system for HR documents created massive compliance vulnerabilities. Audits were a nightmare, requiring physical document retrieval from multiple locations. Furthermore, handling benefits forms containing PHI via email and paper was a direct violation of HIPAA security rules.

The Solution: eSignly's enterprise plan with HIPAA compliance was deployed. We worked with their team to create standardized, secure templates for all HR forms, including benefits enrollment and FMLA requests. The Bulk Send feature was used to roll out an updated employee handbook, capturing auditable acknowledgements from all 1,200 employees in just one week.

Key Outcomes:

  • Eliminated 100% of HIPAA compliance risks related to paper-based HR forms.
  • Reduced audit preparation time by 90% by providing instant, centralized access to all signed documents.
  • Standardized HR onboarding and document management across all 15 clinic locations.
Retail

Global Retailer Saves $250k Annually by Automating Seasonal Hiring with eSignly API

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"The seasonal hiring rush used to be our most stressful and expensive time of year for HR. By integrating eSignly's API with Workday, we've built a completely hands-off process. It's faster, more accurate, and saves us a quarter-million dollars every single year."

Olivia Bishop, VP of HR Operations, StyleSpree Global

Client Overview: A large retail chain with over 500 stores in the USA and EMEA hires thousands of seasonal employees every year for the holiday rush. Their process was a logistical nightmare, relying on in-store managers to handle mountains of paperwork.

The Challenge: The company was spending a fortune on printing, shipping, and storing seasonal hiring packets. The manual data entry from paper forms into their HRIS (Workday) was a massive labor cost and was riddled with errors, causing payroll and scheduling issues.

The Solution: eSignly's eSignature API was the core of the solution. We worked with their IT team to build a seamless integration with Workday. When a store manager marked a candidate as 'Hired', the eSignly API automatically triggered and sent a branded, mobile-friendly hiring packet. Once signed, the data was automatically pushed back into Workday, creating a new employee record without manual intervention.

Key Outcomes:

  • Reduced annual operational costs for seasonal hiring by over $250,000.
  • Eliminated 100% of manual data entry, reducing payroll errors by 95%.
  • Decreased the time-to-onboard for seasonal staff from 3 days to 4 hours.

Enterprise-Grade Security & Integration

Built for the demands of modern HR teams. Secure, compliant, and ready to scale with your organization.

Legally Binding (ESIGN & UETA)

Ensures every HR document signed through eSignly is legally enforceable in the United States, providing the same weight as a wet ink signature.

HIPAA Compliance

Crucial for healthcare organizations or any company handling employee health information (e.g., in benefits forms) to avoid massive penalties.

GDPR Compliance

Essential for any company with employees in the European Union to protect personal data and meet international privacy standards.

SOC 2 Type II Certified

Provides independent validation of our enterprise-grade security, availability, and confidentiality controls, a key requirement for corporate buyers.

ISO 27001 Certified

Demonstrates a systematic approach to managing sensitive company and employee information, satisfying the strictest enterprise security reviews.

REST API

Allows your developers to deeply integrate eSignature functionality into your existing HRIS, ATS, or custom applications for full automation.

Workday Integration

Connects directly to one of the most popular enterprise HRIS platforms, enabling seamless, automated workflows for hiring, onboarding, and employee management.

Bulk Sending

Saves hundreds of hours by allowing HR to send a document (like a policy update) to hundreds or thousands of employees at once and track it centrally.

AES-256 Encryption

Protects sensitive employee data like social security numbers and compensation details, both in transit and at rest, with bank-level encryption.

Comprehensive Audit Trail

Creates a court-admissible, step-by-step record of who signed, when, and where, providing stronger evidence than a traditional signature.

Reusable Templates

Ensures consistency and saves time by allowing HR teams to pre-define fields and settings for frequently used documents like offer letters and NDAs.

Custom Branding

Reinforces your employer brand by adding your logo and colors to signature requests, creating a professional and trustworthy experience for candidates.

Data Validation

Reduces errors by ensuring employees fill out forms correctly. You can set fields to accept only specific formats, like dates or numbers, preventing incomplete paperwork.

Multi-Language Support (18+)

Enables a clear and easy signing experience for a global workforce, ensuring language is not a barrier to completing critical HR documents.

Single Sign-On (SSO)

Simplifies user management for IT and improves security by allowing your HR team to log in to eSignly using their existing corporate credentials.

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See How HR Teams Scale with eSignly

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Rachel Manning

HR Manager, Summit Logistics

"eSignly has been a lifesaver. I used to spend the first week of every month just chasing down signed policy updates. Now I use Bulk Send and it's done in an afternoon. I can see exactly who has signed and send reminders automatically. It's freed me up to focus on actual HR initiatives."

450 employees, multi-state, USA
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Fabian Hawthorne

Recruiter, NextGen Software

"In this market, speed is everything. When I find a great engineer, I can't wait days for a signed offer. With eSignly, I send the offer from my phone and often get it back before I've even left the office. It makes us look sharp and professional."

120 employees, single-site, USA
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Veronica Dale

COO, Creative Assembly Inc.

"We onboard a lot of freelance creatives for projects. eSignly has streamlined how we manage their contracts and NDAs. It's simple, legally sound, and gives me a central dashboard to see all active contractor agreements. It's the kind of operational efficiency I love to see."

80 employees, creative agency, USA
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Thomas Lamb

CHRO, Precision Manufacturing

"Rolling out a global e-signature standard was a key part of our digital transformation. eSignly's platform was not only secure and compliant but also incredibly easy for our diverse, multilingual workforce to adopt. Their support during the integration was first-class."

2,500 employees, global, EMEA
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Mae Brooks

Office Manager, Aspen Dental Group

"We're a small practice, but we still have to be HIPAA compliant. eSignly made it affordable and simple to handle our employee forms securely. I'm not a tech expert, but I was able to set up all our templates in an hour. It just works."

30 employees, single-practice, USA
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Parker Hudson

Founder, BuildItRight Construction

"My guys are on job sites, not in an office. Getting them to sign safety acknowledgements or new project paperwork used to be impossible. Now I just text them a link from eSignly, and they sign it on their phones right there on the spot. It's perfect for a business like mine."

65 employees, project-based, USA

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this actually legally binding and admissible in court?

Yes. eSignly complies with the U.S. ESIGN Act, UETA, and international laws like eIDAS. Every signed document comes with a comprehensive, tamper-proof audit trail that includes timestamps, IP addresses, and a chain of custody, making it stronger evidence than a wet ink signature.

Our current HRIS doesn't support eSignatures. Will this create more work?

No, it reduces work. eSignly is designed to integrate seamlessly. Our powerful API can connect to your HRIS, ATS, or payroll system to automate workflows, eliminating manual data entry and creating a single source of truth for employee documents. We can get your first API integration live in hours.

We handle very sensitive employee data (SSNs, health info). How can we trust your security?

Security is our highest priority. We are compliant with SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR. All data is protected with AES-256 bit encryption, both in transit and at rest. You can manage HR documents with confidence.

This seems like a 'nice-to-have.' We have bigger priorities than getting rid of paper.

This is about more than paper. It's about competitive advantage. Faster onboarding means your new hires are productive weeks sooner. A better employee experience improves retention. Automating compliance avoids costly fines. This isn't a cost center; it's a direct investment in operational speed and talent management.

What if we have hundreds of policy updates to send at once? Is that manual?

That's exactly what our Bulk Send feature is for. Upload one document and a list of recipients, and eSignly sends a unique, signable copy to each person. You can track completion for everyone from a single dashboard, saving dozens of hours.

Do our employees need to create an account to sign documents?

No. We believe in removing friction. Recipients simply click the secure link in their email or SMS, review, and sign. No sign-up, no password management, and no training required for the signer.

Can we customize the look of our signature requests?

Yes. You can upload your company logo and define brand colors to ensure every document request looks like an official communication from your organization, reinforcing your employer brand at every touchpoint.

Does eSignly support international languages for our global offices?

Yes. eSignly supports over 18 languages. This allows your global workforce to interact with documents in their preferred language, ensuring clarity, comprehension, and compliance across international borders.

How fast can we get our team up and running?

You can be sending your first document in under 5 minutes. The interface is intuitive, and our library of reusable templates means you can digitize your existing paperwork and start sending immediately without a complex implementation process.

Is there a limit on how many HR documents we can process?

No. Our Professional, Business, and Enterprise plans offer generous limits designed to scale with your organization. Whether you are hiring 10 people or 1,000, eSignly is built to handle the volume and grow alongside your business.

Choose the Plan That Scales With Your HR Goals

Professional

Small HR Teams

Ideal for small HR teams or individual HR managers (up to 3 users).

  • Unlimited document sending
  • Reusable templates
  • Real-time audit trail
  • Mobile-friendly signing
$15 /user/month Get Started
Business

Growing Companies

Ideal for growing companies and established HR departments.

  • Everything in Professional, plus:
  • Custom branding
  • Bulk sending for policy updates
  • In-person signing
  • Team management features
$25 /user/month Get Started
Enterprise

Large Organizations

Ideal for large organizations with advanced security, compliance, and integration needs.

  • Everything in Business, plus:
  • eSignature API access
  • Advanced compliance (HIPAA, 21 CFR Part 11)
  • Single Sign-On (SSO)
  • Dedicated account manager & uptime SLA
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Why HR Leaders Trust eSignly

Achieve 100% HR document compliance with a court-admissible audit trail for every signature.

Cut new hire onboarding time by over 50% and get them contributing faster. Our guarantee.

Integrate with your HRIS, ATS, and payroll systems. Go from offer letter to fully onboarded without a single piece of paper.

Transparent Pricing for Every HR Need

Professional Plan

Small HR teams or individual HR managers (up to 3 users).

  • Unlimited document sending
  • Reusable templates
  • Real-time audit trail
  • Mobile-friendly signing

Timeline: Instant setup

Starts at $15 /user/month. Perfect for getting started with core HR automation.

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Business Plan

Growing companies and established HR departments.

  • Everything in Professional, plus:
  • Custom branding
  • Bulk sending for policy updates
  • In-person signing
  • Team management features

Timeline: Instant setup

Starts at $25 /user/month. The most popular choice for complete HR workflow management.

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Enterprise Plan

Large organizations with advanced security, compliance, and integration needs.

  • Everything in Business, plus:
  • eSignature API access
  • Advanced compliance (HIPAA, 21 CFR Part 11)
  • Single Sign-On (SSO)
  • Dedicated account manager & uptime SLA

Timeline: Custom implementation timeline

Custom pricing. Designed for deep integration and maximum security.

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