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…
Understanding Payroll Processing
Payroll processing remains one of the most critical functions of HR. It is also a significant responsibility for an organisation to ensure that employees receive their salary accurately and on time. All organisations must have a good understanding of what payroll entails and how to manage payroll processing effectively. In this article, we look at…
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…
How To Measure Your Health And Safety Practices
Many organisations have defined key productivity indicators (KPIs) to measure their business performance, report against achievements, and provide dashboard views for managers and executives. However, outside of high-risk industry sectors, it is far less common to find organisations with a well-defined set of KPIs relating to health and safety. Even those who have taken this…
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…
Is This The Future of Recruitment?
Perhaps one of the main areas in HR impacted by COVID 19 has been recruitment. Often one of the most traditional in terms of processes, recruitment teams have had to fast-track re-invention of many of their processes and procedures to facilitate remote recruitment and onboarding. Along with changes in processes, there has also been a…
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…