Employee Certification and ID Expiry Tracking Without Spreadsheets
Small business owners manually track employee certifications, contracts, and expiring IDs in spreadsheets, creating compliance risk when documents lapse unnoticed. There is no lightweight, purpose-built tool that sends automated alerts before expiry. The gap is systemic — existing HR platforms either overkill or miss this specific workflow.
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