Keeping up to date on the latest labour laws and regulations, HR trends, and global HR news is a challenge that many HR professionals face. In an area that is as broad in scope as HR, the amount of information and volume of sources out there can be simply overwhelming. In addition to maintaining up…
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How to Avoid Common Payroll Mistakes
Managing your payroll is often a complicated task, and it requires specialised knowledge. It’s not uncommon for errors to occur when handling payroll in-house, so here we share the most common and costly mistakes and give some suggestions for ways that you can avoid them. 1. Placing too much knowledge in the hands of one specialist…
Why Outsource Your Payroll?
Payroll outsourcing involves using an external service provider to handle all the administrative and legal aspects of paying your employees’ salaries accurately and on-time. Effectively managing payroll is a critical business activity. Errors can result in a significant impact on employees, whether in financial hardship or demotivation. Employees can lose trust and disengage from their…
Tracking Your IT Assets
Increasing dependency on IT across all core business functions means that organisations are spending considerable sums of money to keep employees equipped with the resources they need to get their job done. From PCs to laptops, mobiles to SIM cards, the list of assets provided to employees seems never-ending. It can be a considerable overhead…
Should You Be Working in the Cloud Computing?
When you save files on your computer or USB, you have probably already set up a folder structure to suit your needs, and you know exactly where you are placing the files for storage and retrieval. Cloud computing is a term used to refer to storing and accessing data and programs over the internet. At a…
Workplace Safety Monitoring
Ensuring that employees have a work environment where their health and safety is protected at all times is a legal and moral obligation for organisations. Although some work settings may present higher risks from things such as exposure to contamination, use of heavy equipment, and working at height or underground, no workplace is exempt from…
How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing HR
The increasing evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is significantly impacting organisations around the world. Previously considered an option for only large global companies, the AI landscape has changed and now provides services and benefits for organisations of all types and sizes. Although industrial applications such as automated and robotised warehouses and production lines are…
Is Remote Working The New Norm?
There has been much speculation that we will find ourselves increasingly working remotely rather than being in a traditional physical workspace in the future. Some jobs clearly cannot be done remotely, such as piloting a plane, nursing sick people, or building on a construction site, for example. Other jobs that are primarily office-based provide the…
Tips For Conducting An Online Interview
Many organisations use video conferencing systems to screen candidates during the recruitment process. It is now becoming commonplace to see them also used throughout the recruitment lifecycle from screening to interviewing, assessing, and even onboarding. When done well, online interviewing saves money on travel and can be much more convenient for the recruiter and the…
Virtual Assessment Centres
Assessment centres have long formed an invaluable part of the recruitment process. An assessment centre is an opportunity for candidates to complete a series of activities and tests to demonstrate their suitability for a particular role. Typically, the activities will be based on the organisation’s behavioural competency framework to standardise assessment, performance management, and people…