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From Papercuts to Paperless: How ESS will Save Your Sanity (and Our Trees)
Much like the human body, when the heart is healthy, the body is happy. However, when the heart starts acting up…every part of the body starts complaining. The same applies to Human Capital Management (HCM).
HR leaders are responsible for the health of the business heart (or in other words… the employee sentiment and drive).
Read MoreAre You Conducting Regular Payroll Audits? You should. Here’s why
Much like the human body, when the heart is healthy, the body is happy. However, when the heart starts acting up…every part of the body starts complaining. The same applies to Human Capital Management (HCM).
HR leaders are responsible for the health of the business heart (or in other words… the employee sentiment and drive).
Read MorePreparing for the Annual Holiday Shutdown – Streamlining Leave Pay and Separate Payslips
Much like the human body, when the heart is healthy, the body is happy. However, when the heart starts acting up…every part of the body starts complaining. The same applies to Human Capital Management (HCM).
HR leaders are responsible for the health of the business heart (or in other words… the employee sentiment and drive).
Read MoreTechnology is the balancing entry to retain top accountants
The financial services industry, like many other sectors, is facing a wave of resignations. In South Africa, this phenomenon has resulted in skilled financial services professionals leaving their jobs at an increasing rate, with many seeking better opportunities abroad.
Read MoreEfficiency Hacks: Get More Hours in Your Day with These Simple Steps
Have you said this phrase: “I wish I had more hours in the day” today? Let’s face it: the world of work is fast and it doesn’t stop. And finding extra hours in the day can feel like an impossible task. However, by implementing strategic approaches and making smart choices, you can reclaim precious time and increase productivity. Here’s five effective strategies to put more hours back into your day, allowing you to focus on what truly matters.
Read More8 Reasons: Why Your Business Should Migrate to a Cloud Payroll Solution
In today’s digital age, companies of all sizes are embracing the benefits of cloud technology. Moving to a cloud-based payroll solution can provide numerous advantages to your business. Here’s 8 reasons why it makes sense to migrate to a cloud payroll solution, and why Sage 300 People is an excellent choice for companies of all sizes.
Read MoreOnboarding Done Right: Best practices for welcoming new employees
Onboarding new joiners is a complex process that involves multiple teams and stakeholders, including HR, IT, the new hire’s direct manager, and more. The list of tasks involved in onboarding can seem endless: piles of forms, assigning PCs and provisioning logins, providing welcome packs and or just introducing new joiners to their teams. It’s no wonder that things occasionally fall through the cracks. To help mitigate these challenges, businesses can consider automating their onboarding process.
Read MoreUnlocking the Power of Performance Reviews: Why Cloud-based HR Systems Are Key
In today’s business landscape, businesses rely on the Performance Appraisal Process as a reliable method to measure and enhance employee productivity and drive business growth.
Read MoreThis Tax Year End: Maximize Your Business Savings with a New Cloud HR and Payroll Solution
As the end of the tax year approaches, it’s a good time to reflect on the pain points and challenges that come with managing HR and payroll processes in-house. With the new tax year just around the corner, now is the best time to consider a cloud HR and Payroll solution to ensure a seamless transition and maximize your business savings.
Read MorePreparing for the annual holiday shutdown – Leave Pay and Separate Payslips
The December shutdown is around the corner and most businesses are not aware of the following payroll functions in their payroll solution:
Read MoreChoosing the right employee self-service software – for your business
Employee self-service software is a core part of any company’s HR strategy.
It helps employees address their own queries and gives HR staff more time to focus on their core and strategic tasks. This includes business intelligence and insights into employee demographics, performance, motivation, and training needs so your business can make better decisions about staffing and resource allocation.
Read MoreChecklist: Choosing your payroll software solution
As your business grows, your people will ultimately decide how successful you will be. Good things happen if your team is happy and getting the payroll right is a great first step.
Good payroll is more than just paying your employees. The right software allows you to dig into data to help make business decisions and keep on top of your admin.
6 Steps: Take the pain out of payroll
The payroll team is one of those invisible functions that runs quietly in the background of a business, not attracting much attention unless something goes horribly wrong.
When it does, the impact on the business can be severe, ranging from angry employees who didn’t receive their correct salaries on time through to penalties for late or incorrect tax submissions or heavy losses to fraud.
Read MoreAccounting Student? Here are a few tips
The accounting space is changing alongside the explosion of data and advent of new, more advanced technologies that help us access data and derive beneficial business insights from it. In this changing climate, what should our future accountants focus on while they study?
Read MoreCan your financial solution discover 80/20 loopholes?
Many times in my career, have I been reminded by executives of the 80/20 principle; a theory that cuts across all segments of life. It’s also called the Pareto principle, named after Vilfredo Pareto, who was the first to discover it.
Individuals have been using it to maximize personal and corporate productivity for many years.
The principle holds that a minority of cause, input, or efforts are responsible for the majority of the results, meaning only a few things are responsible for most of the results we see around us.
