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Employee submits via ESS
Staff browse open roles in their portal, refer a friend in under a minute. Auto-validation prevents duplicates and notifies the candidate by email.
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What is the WORKSPHR referral module?
A built-in employee referral program that lets staff submit referrals from their ESS portal, tracks each candidate from Pending → Hired → Bonus Paid, and routes referral bonuses straight into the next payroll cycle, with an internal-only job board for staff-first hiring.
Most Filipino employers still chase referrals over Viber and lose half the bonus paperwork in spreadsheets. WORKSPHR keeps every referral, every status change, and every peso of bonus inside the same system that runs your payroll.
Why most PH referral programs fail
Surveys show 40% of Filipino hires come from referrals, yet most companies have no system tracking them. Bonuses get forgotten, referrers feel ignored, and HR re-posts roles that staff could have filled in a week.
Unpaid referral bonuses
Lost track between hire date and the first payroll cycle
Duplicate candidates
Two referrers, one candidate, awkward bonus dispute
No status visibility
Referrer never knows if their friend was even contacted
Internal jobs leak
Quietly internal roles end up on JobStreet by accident
Five tools, one referral pipeline.
Submission, tracking, dashboarding, bonus eligibility, internal job board. Each piece is wired to the same recruitment ATS and payroll engine your team already uses.
Employees submit referrals from the ESS portal in under a minute. Pick the open role, drop the referee's contact, add a one-line context, and WORKSPHR sends the invite email automatically.
- Employee picks from open job postings
- Auto-validates duplicate referrals
- Sends EMP_REFERRAL_INVITE email
- Mobile-friendly, works on Viber-shared link
How a referral becomes a hire.
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HR moves through ATS pipeline
Recruiters work the same Kanban they use for any source. Each stage transition pings the referrer so they always know where their friend stands.
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Bonus auto-flows to payroll
On hire, the day-1 tranche queues for the next cycle. On regularization, the second tranche releases. No manual journal entries, no missed payouts.
Who can submit an employee referral?
Any active employee with portal access can submit a referral for any open position, internal or external. WORKSPHR auto-checks if the referee already exists in your candidate database to avoid duplicates and the awkward two-referrer-one-candidate dispute.How is the referral bonus computed and paid?
You configure bonus rules per role, for example Php 5,000 for non-tech, Php 15,000 for senior engineers. WORKSPHR auto-flags eligibility on hire, splits payout 50/50 across day-1 and 6-month tenure, and pushes the amount to the next payroll cycle as a non-taxable benefit if it falls within the BIR de minimis ceiling.Can referrers see the status of their referral?
Yes. From their ESS portal employees see a six-step timeline: Pending, Invited, Applied, Interviewing, Hired, Bonus Eligible / Bonus Paid. They get email and in-app notifications at every stage transition, no need to chase HR for updates.Are referred candidates anonymous to the hiring manager?
No, the referrer is visible on the candidate card so hiring managers can ask for context. However the referrer cannot see screening notes, salary asks, or interview scorecards, only the high-level status of their referral. This protects candidate privacy without breaking the referral feedback loop.What happens if the referred employee resigns within probation?
Configurable. The default WORKSPHR rule pays 50% on day 1 and the second 50% only after the new hire passes 6 months of regularization. If they resign before that milestone, the second tranche is not released, with no clawback on the first. You can override per company policy.
Turn every employee into a recruiter.
Book a 30-minute demo. We'll walk you through ESS submission, HR pipeline, and bonus payout to payroll, end-to-end.