Running a business involves employing staff. Employing staff needs someone to recruit, manage and review them. This leaves some businesses with a choice, employ a dedicated HR professional or let managers do that work too. Employing a dedicated HR professional can be costly and the size of your business may mean that you only need…
Saying well done at work and thanking someone for their efforts goes a long way. The small human moments matter more than ever with many of us working remotely. This easy show of thanks can become a backbone for your entire company culture – one of gratitude, teamwork, and mutual respect. Don’t miss an opportunity…
Wouldn’t you like to save 5, 10, or even 15 hours of your time EVERY week on HR tasks? Well, you can. And it’s simpler than you think. Automating your most repetitive Human Resources admin and optimising your resources you really can free up hours of your time each week. Whether you run the company,…
When you’re planning your holiday do you like to use bank holiday’s to extend your break? Here you can find all the dates for the bank holidays for 2022 in the UK.
When making decisions, getting consensus from everyone can slow down our ability to execute and can often become the death of a good idea.
As you use SkyHR, you will find many places where we display a popup screen over the top of the main page to either show you some extra details or for you to fill in a form, such as requesting some time off, or reviewing a request. Modal Screens Popup screens are known in our…
As the Coronavirus lock down continues, many non-essential premises have already been forced to close. This includes restaurants, cafes, pubs and bars, cinemas, leisure centres, theatres, electronic and clothing shops. The commercial impact of COVID-19 lock down is also being felt in many other industries. In either case, the UK Government is offering support for…
The Bradford Factor is everywhere in HR systems. It may even be in your company absence management processes and appraisals. It is a well-known concept that has been developed from heavy research. But is it all good, all of the time? To prevent discrimination, you should define thresholds for the Bradford factor score. This way…
Using a paper-based system for HR was once very common. However, not only is this bad for the environment, but it can be very slow to achieve anything. For those running a small business, a lot of time can be saved by using a dedicated software-based HR system. Even if you only have a couple…
Recording employee absences has many benefits. Below are 5 benefits that we think stand out. No 1: Allow managers to detect attendance issues Accurate records of employees absences can allow managers to detect issues early on. Such issues include absenteeism and too many people in the same team absent at the same time. This allows…
