How can employers help returning employees return to work well? This question, along with those exploring how exactly to entice those outside the workforce due to sickness, caring responsibilities or following retirement. Have been prime topics of discussion from Government members to business leaders, as workforce talent shortages continue placing pressure on HR and business owners alike. With the UK reporting a staggering half a million people out of work due to long term sickness. In addition to 1.9 million women being economically inactive for caring reasons; be that caring for childr ..read more

Business owners and leaders are tasked with responding to the relentless pace of change in their organisations. The challenges of the past few years have accelerated the pace significantly. But to what extent will these continued changes impact the evolution of the role of Human Resources in the organisation? Continued developments in technology and specifically Artificial Intelligence (AI) are sweeping the globe and as a result reorganising the structure and design of roles and responsibilities from the Boardroom, to the Mailroom. What will this mean for HR in the future of your organisation ..read more

The greatest asset that every organisation has are its people. Throughout all stages of the organisational life cycle, the challenge of getting the people piece right forms the basis for how successful your organisation will go on to become.  Human Resources (HR) Management and the steps to getting the right processes, practices, policies and ways of working are vital. But perhaps especially so when the organisation is first starting out and evolving in its stages of growth. The central functions that HR will become responsible for as your organisation establishes and commences its operat ..read more

The past several years have bought significant uncertainty for business and HR. As we enter the third year of this new decade, what will the top priorities for HR and business leaders be to accelerate business success in 2023 and beyond? Sage HR have explored the leading predictions being made for Human resources in 2023 and beyond.  Economic Uncertainty Global economic uncertainty continues to unfold. Yet despite the bleak predictions being made of recession, a global survey of CEO’s conducted by KPMG, ‘The KPMG 2022 CEO Outlook’. Interviewing 1,300 CEO’s at businesses worldwide, disclo ..read more

How can having an Employer Value Proposition (EVP) make the challenges faced at this challenging time for business and organisations feel less turbulent?  Your EVP should be unique to your organsiation providing a series of benefits, perks and all round good stuff that your employees receive in return for the skills, talent, knowledge and capability they bring to the roles they perform.  An EVP is really about defining and bringing to life the essence of your organisation, what it stands for, its values and how it translates the combination of these into meaningful ways to show up fo ..read more

In small to medium sized organisations, the pressure to achieve value with less and fewer resources has never been greater. Human resources leaders, managers and those charged with managing HR processes within organisations must balance the demands of HR administration, whilst also being on hand to support business growth and organisational development through people.  For business owner operators the stakes with managing the complexities of HR administration and the business can be even higher. In more nimble organisations, business owners can find they’re spending an increasing amount o ..read more

Human Resources has arguably been tested beyond measure these past few years. With seismic shifts to remote working, mass resignations and the quiet quitting movement, ever increasing economic volatility and global geopolitical uncertainty, HR leaders and teams will undoubtedly be braving themselves for a challenging few years ahead.  Here we will review the anticipated top trends that HR will prioritise in 2023 and beyond. Priority 1️⃣: The Shortage of Talent The Talent supply shortage is not a new phenomenon. In fact, the term ‘war for talent’ was first coined back in the late 1990 ..read more

Change has always been synonymous with the workplace, indeed change is often accepted as being the only constant. Yet the past two and half years of unprecedented change felt globally has understandably impacted the ways in which Human Resources responds to the task of supporting change programmes and initiatives.  Many HR professionals experience resistance to change from employees, when change initiatives commence. As a result, those same changes can be slowly adopted and embedded less effectively than envisioned.  Yet with the multitude of continued changes the workplace is set to ..read more

The business case for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) has never been more clear, nor has it been stronger. In the workplace and indeed our society the advantages of firstly understanding neurodiversity, accompanied by supporting and nurturing those that are neurodiverse are becoming more evident thanks to advances in research.  From charities such as the Brain Charity, who research into and advocate on behalf of those with or supporting others with neurological conditions. Through to Universities like Birkbeck University of London, who in spring 2021 opened the UK’s first centre res ..read more

The most recent raft of regulatory reforms announced by the latest appointee to the UK chancellor’s office, Kwasi Kwarten, has ushered in changes that Human Resources teams and organisations more widely will need to respond to. Previous private sector IR35 changes delayed from 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, saw new ‘off pay-roll’ working rules being brought into effect in April this year. The impact of the rule change saw a shifting onus of tax rule compliance, moving away from the contractor to the employer. Half of contractors yet to have tax status assessed ahead of IR35 changes, re ..read more