What Is Labour Turnover and How Do You Calculate It?
All businesses want to reduce their labour turnover. You want your people to be happy and productive and stay at your company for years to [...]
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Employment Law Changes 2024
There are a number of critical changes in UK employment law expected this year, and employers and employees need to be aware of them. Employment [...]
HR Issues Within the Workplace & How to Fix Them With Factorial
The HR department plays a critical role in managing a company’s workforce. Its responsibilities range from recruitment, training, retention, productivity, payroll, and health and safety. [...]
HR Technology Is Becoming a Priority for Businesses
A growing number of companies around the world are using HR technology to automate and streamline their HR functions and processes. Recent surveys have shown [...]
Optimise Your HR Processes Using Facial Recognition
What if we told you that you no longer have to do anything to announce your entry into the office? Meaning you don’t have to [...]
HR Integrated Software System It’s Benefits for the Growth of Your Company
Integrated software systems are taking the world by storm. They are transforming how companies around the world conduct and grow their business. Integrating all of [...]
Job Advertisement: Tips to Attract the Best Talent
A well-crafted job advertisement can help you attract and retain the best talent in your industry, so it is crucial that you get it right. [...]
What Is a Training Agreement and How Do You Use It?
As an employer, it is important to invest in employee training and development to help your team grow. Training can help your employees learn new [...]
Factorial’s Women at Work: Choosing to Challenge for International Women’s Day
On March 8th, we celebrate women. International Women’s Day is a day to fight for equity. We not only fight for equality for women at [...]
6 Tips For Working From Home To Help You Stay Productive
Staying productive can be hard when you’re working from home. A double-edged sword, working from home can truly test your self-control. Sure, you could plunge [...]
What is Learning and Development? A Comprehensive Guide to L&D
Learning and development, also known as training and development, is a core function of human resource management. When managed well, it can help you develop [...]
Continuous Performance Management: What Is It and Its Benefits
Continuous performance management is a set of processes that track and evaluate an employee’s productivity in line with the objectives of a company. The aim [...]
Severance Pay: How Does It Work and Who Is Entitled to It
Let’s start with the most common question: is severance pay the same as redundancy pay? In some ways, yes. Both are a form of financial [...]
How HR Departments Have Had to Adapt Due to Covid
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a great deal of disruption around the world. Businesses globally have taken a huge blow, with HR departments bearing the [...]
Calculating Holiday Entitlement and Holiday Pay in the UK
Calculating holiday entitlements can be confusing, especially within companies that employ full-time, part-time and variable-hour employees or have staff on zero-hour contracts. In this article, [...]
Job Design: Improve Employee Productivity [Free Template]
Job design is an increasingly popular HR strategy for optimising employee motivation and productivity. But what is job design in HRM? In this article, we [...]
Attendance Tracker: Why Your Company Needs One [Free Template]
An attendance tracker brings many benefits to your company. We will show you the best ways to track employee time and attendance. We will also [...]
The Bradford Factor: Everything You Need to Know
In this article we will share everything you need to know about the Bradford factor: a formula used by HR departments to calculate the impact [...]
Impact of Brexit on Employers and HR
The end of the transition period is upon us and you might be wondering how Brexit impacts your business as an employer. There are many [...]
Growth Mindset & How To Promote It in Your Team [Free Assessment]
“For some people, failure is the end of the world,” writes Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck, “but for others, it’s this exciting new opportunity.” In [...]
Unlimited Holidays: Do They Cause More Harm than Good?
Does your company track employee holidays? Have you ever considered implementing a policy for unlimited holidays? In this article, we will take a look at [...]
A Career in HR – Interview With Glenn Jones, the Author of Human Resources Changes the World
This week, in our series of HR expert interviews, I had the pleasure of talking with HR expert Glenn Jones. We discussed his long-lasting career [...]
Payslip Explained: Everything you Need to Know
A payslip is a summary of an employee’s earnings and deductions. As an employer, payroll can often be complicated. Although the main function of payroll [...]
HR Management Software – An Interview with Maureen Doherty
We had the opportunity to speak to Maureen Doherty, head of HR at a UK public sector organisation. In this interview, we discuss Maureen’s career [...]