Rapid and irreversible change during the pandemic saw businesses scrambling to adapt at a speed not seen before. While underlying, fundamental changes have been occurring for some time, the need to change is now becoming urgent, says HR expert Luc Bossaert from Adessa (part of the SD Worx Group).

Workforce management software brings numerous benefits to your organisation. From giving your teams more time to spend on strategic tasks, to being confident they’re working with the right data, and preventing workload imbalances. These are significant gains for your organisation as a whole, but what about your employees? How do they benefit from workforce management – what’s in it for them?

There are key differences between local and international human resource management (IHRM) that make managing HR from an international position more complex. When the workforce is distributed across different countries and tasks are performed in a different context, requirements for HR have additional considerations. We take a look at what the differences are, and how they can best be managed.

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit Europe in the spring of 2020, HR process automation and digital transformation were clearly not a top priority, attested to in our survey: The Future of Work and People in Europe 2020. It’s not surprising, given the unknown extent of the impact on employees’ health and wellbeing, in addition to the economic consequences. Organisations had far more pressing concerns; keeping employees healthy and economic survival naturally became the immediate and main priorities.

It’s fair to say that the transition can be a little daunting in itself, without worrying about something going wrong. Before you hand over your payroll responsibilities to an outsourced provider, here’s a quick guide to getting it right.

If you’re thinking of moving your payroll responsibilities away from your in-house staff and to an external provider, one of the first things you’ll need to consider is how outsourcing payroll costs will stack-up against your current outlay. Of course financial costs are the main consideration, but it’s also worth thinking about time-savings too. After all, in business, time is money.

During May, we hosted a series of virtual roundtables with a range of Heads of HR and Payroll. Supporting the roundtables were two experts in the field of payroll management and automation; Stephen Knapman – Global Sales Manager of SD Worx, and Audrey Wilson – UK Head of Reward and Benefits at Capgemini. Whilst the conversations were wide ranging, in this article we will summarise a few of the key topics discussed and the conclusions reached.

Automating your travel and expense (T&E) process is one of the best things you can do for your business.
 

If you’re reading this, you’re already thinking about future-proofing your payroll by switching to a managed payroll service. You’re already aware of the strong commercial justifications for outsourcing your payroll with immediate and long-term benefits, but now you need to persuade senior stakeholders and decisions makers in your business too.

The concept of outsourcing your payroll is highly appealing. Businesses effectively gain more expertise, experience and resources, and it costs them less.

Payroll is responsible for far more than the administration of salaries, time & attendance and tax. Modern payroll looks after your greatest asset - your people - and provides critical real-time data to the business for evidence-based decision-making.

Checking receipts and verifying compliance are time consuming tasks with very little direct return. And yet, they are essential to ensure that your business is running smoothly. 

In the era of automation and digitisation, expense management software is an important tool in your cost control arsenal. Find out how expense software can increase compliance within your company, and help ensure it going forwards.