Expense Management Explained
Managing a budget wisely can be tough for any business. Unlike other tasks a company does, keeping track of business expenses is essential for financial [...]
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Compliance and Risk Management: Navigating HR Regulations and Requirements
In the world of HR, successfully tackling compliance regulations and requirements is key to managing any potential people-related risks on the horizon – let’s dive [...]
Top 13 Rated Payroll Software of 2023
We all appreciate how important it is for employees that their employers get payroll right. People need to be paid the right amount at the [...]
Health and Safety Management: Building an Effective Policy
Health and safety management is one of the most important aspects of any business. Employers have a duty to keep their people safe and promote [...]
12 Best Rated Expense Management Software of 2023
Suppose you’re still manually managing expenses at your company. In that case, you’re most likely tired of the mountains of paper receipts growing on your [...]
Disability Leave UK: Laws and How to Ensure Inclusive Policies
Going to work is a normal thing for most people. Doing their usual day-to-day activities comes second nature and, aside from the typical workplace frustrations, [...]
Changes to Maternity Redundancy Laws Explained
A new parliamentary bill, the ‘Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill’, has passed through the Commons and is currently debating in the House [...]
Changes to Menopause and Menstruation Policy in the UK
The British Standards Institution has launched new standards addressing menstruation and menopause. The group serves as the national standards body for the United Kingdom, producing [...]
6 Steps for Painless Payroll Processing
According to research by Gallup, payroll makes up 15% to 50% of a company’s revenue, meaning that it’s a pivotal HR function that should be [...]
Sexual Harassment Skyrockets in Finance Industry
Sexual harassment reports to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have more than tripled between 2020-2021 and 2021-2022, according to employment and partnership law specialists Fox [...]
What the New Protections for Whistleblowers Mean for Irish Employers
This year new protections were brought in to protect whistleblowers in Ireland. The protections enhanced the Protected Disclosures Act 2014; the new Protected Disclosures (Amendment [...]
Spain To Offer Menstrual Leave To Female Staff
It was announced on 16th February 2023 that Spain would be the first country in Europe to offer paid menstrual leave to employees. The Spanish [...]
Pregnancy Rights at Work: The Ultimate Guide
There are many rights designed to protect pregnant women and to promote a safe and supportive working environment. These include the right to maternity leave, [...]
SMCR: The Ultimate Guide
Enforced by The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the United Kingdom, the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) is a regulation related to governance. It [...]
Sexual Discrimination at Work
Taking the wrong approach to sexual discrimination at work could cost your company a hefty amount of money. Simply turn on the news and you’ll [...]
Long-Term Sick Pay and Leave
‘Long-term sick’ usually refers to someone who has been off work due to sickness for four or more weeks. However, these four weeks don’t have [...]
Constructive Dismissal: Understanding Your Rights & Remedies
The latest statistics from the Employment Tribunal have revealed that unfair dismissal claims, including those relating to constructive dismissal, have increased by a whopping 51% [...]
Disability at Work, Reasonable Adjustments and the Law
Since the introduction of The Equality Act 2010, businesses have had a duty to rethink disability at work. The legislation has forced employers to remove [...]
Working Time Regulations: The Ultimate Guide
There’s a raft of employment laws and legislation businesses need to comply with, and the Working Time Regulations 1998 is one of them. The Working [...]
Working From Home Tax Relief: The Ultimate Guide
Since the pandemic, millions of workers in the UK have moved towards remote working from home, costing the Treasury nearly £500m in WFH tax breaks. [...]
Who is Responsible for Health and Safety at Work?
Health and safety is a topic we all take seriously, but health and safety at work is enshrined in law, and it is integral to [...]
What is a New Starter Checklist and How is it Used?
As an employer, it’s important to gather all necessary information about your recently hired employee before the first Full Payment Submission (FPS). The new starter [...]
TUPE: Meaning, Circumstances, Regulations
First off, what is TUPE transfer? A Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) or TUPE is a regulatory requirement that protects a worker’s terms and [...]
All-Inclusive List of Tax Codes and What They Mean – Factorial HR
In the UK, each employee is given a HMRC tax code from a long list of tax codes. Each one represents how much money is [...]