While the legal requirement to report on protected characteristics only applies to some organisations, many more companies are looking to collect and report on this information. It is valuable data to have for a range of different reasons: from demonstrating […]
Setting up your approval rules for holiday and sickness might seem simple at first: you probably want requests to go to the Line Manager for their approval. But it is very common among our customers to want to route different […]
In the last blog, we took a look at the benefits of storing historical data. Another benefit of being able to store data in this way is that it enables you to enter futuristic data i.e. a record with an […]
We’re big believers in recording historical data – we do it on nearly every screen in the system. This means that records such as ‘Employment Contracts’, ‘Compensation’ and ‘Working & Scheduled Time’ have an ‘Effective From’ and an ‘Effective To’ […]
Tablet uptake in businesses across the globe is on the rise, and shows no signs of slowing down. A survey by Dell at the end of 2014 revealed that in more than two-thirds of UK businesses, tablets are either a […]
It’s back to ‘business as usual’ this week as the last in the cluster of spring bank holidays has come and gone (we have to wait until August for the next one) – or at least for a month or […]
Many individuals today are inseparable from their smartphones. No longer just a vehicle for communicating, such devices enable people to bank, shop, book holidays or look for a new house no matter where they are. The convenience and level of […]
How much annual leave do I have left? What do I have to do if I’m off sick for more than three days? Can I get my payslip from 3 months ago? Where do I find my performance appraisal from […]
The ethical considerations of employing people on zero hours contracts have been brought sharply into focus by a raft of media coverage over the past few days. Concern has been raised that use of these contracts has increased significantly during […]
