35% percent of the average HR department’s time is spent on payroll alone (Sage). In order to maximize the efficiency of your payroll system and prevent errors, you need to follow these best practices for managing your payroll system. 1.      Make Your System Transparent One of the easiest ways to prevent accidental time theft, mis-classification [...]

It seems that everywhere you look in today’s still sputtering economy companies are striving to find ways of doing more with less;  jobs are eliminated and the survivors have to work harder, employee reward budgets are trimmed to the bone or pay levels frozen, and the concept of “performance = reward” doesn’t seem to function [...]

You’re in charge.  Or at least you have a say in developing compensation programs for your organization.  That’s a vital responsibility, especially these days when  all is not smooth sailing in many organizations.  Perhaps an audit of pay programs has generated worrisome results, or the latest employee engagement survey indicated a growing measure of discontent.   [...]

Have you ever used a babysitter? This is when you have someone else assume your responsibilities while you take a break and focus on something else. The babysitter stands in for you, becomes you during the period of your absence. Someone else does your job. Typically we think of babysitting when there’s actually a dependent [...]

Today’s workforce is more diverse than ever; therefore a growing number of employers are leveraging voluntary benefits to create robust, universally appealing employee benefits packages that cater to the wide-ranging needs of a multigenerational workforce. Voluntary employee benefits are an easy, affordable way for employers to enhance core benefits at no direct cost to the [...]

Have you ever considered what sort of an impression you make on others at work? Each of us causes ripples among the people we interface with, whether on a direct or indirect basis. We leave a mark, for good or ill. Three audiences are interested and watching; the management above you, peers and colleagues and [...]

The 2012 marcus evans HR Technology Summit, which took place at the Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 12-13, offered a host of valuable insights to the company delegates in attendance, but two messages were given particular emphasis: starting HRIT with a strong data warehouse as a foundation and keeping HRIT [...]