HR trends 2024: what can you expect?
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by Charlotte Chadwick
2M ago
2023 was a busy year for HR professionals. Alongside all the usual internal challenges that teams faced – such as supporting line managers, maintaining employee wellbeing and supporting career development – UK-based HR teams were hit by the ramifications of broader, macroeconomic trends such as the spiralling cost of living and continued skills gaps and shortages.  So what might 2024 have in store? A lot can happen in 12 months, but Ciphr’s own experts have gazed into their proverbial crystal balls to share their views on what 2024 has in store for the HR profession and how HR software li ..read more
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How does exercise improve work productivity?
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by Barry Chignell
2M ago
Exercising regularly isn’t just good for your health – it could have great benefits for your career, too.  The cost of employee ill health to UK organisations is both well-documented and growing. But there are other, more personal reasons for employees to invest in their physical and mental wellbeing than potentially saving their employers money. Here are Ciphr’s four favourite ways that physical activity can improve your career.  How does exercise improve work productivity? Four benefits to exercise  From better sleep to more energy, keeping active has a whole host of positive ..read more
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Ciphr strengthens leadership team with two key senior hires
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by Emma-Louise Jones
3M ago
Ciphr, a leading UK provider of people management solutions for mid-market organisations, has appointed former Advanced executives Julie Lally and Daniel Turnbull to its leadership team to support its strategic growth plans for 2024 and beyond. Effective immediately, Lally joins Ciphr in the newly created role of managing director of payroll, responsible for all aspects of the payroll business, while Turnbull heads up Ciphr’s customer care, implementation, project management, and product training teams as VP of customer operations. Lally, a well-respected and influential voice in the HR and p ..read more
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Five ways employee self-service can improve absence management and reduce absences
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by Barry Chignell
4M ago
Reducing absence (and the associated costs) should be a priority for all organisations. But to do so, HR teams first need to capture accurate absence data so they can understand and analyse trends that’ll help them devise an absence-reduction strategy.  Employee self-service HR software allows organisations to accurately capture this information. Read on for five ways it can help to improve absence management and reduce absences.  How employee self-service is used to reduce absences and improve absence management  From easy access to absence policies and wellness initiatives to ..read more
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It’s a numbers game: how to calculate return on investment for your LMS
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by Ciphr editorial
4M ago
No need to remember your GCSE maths lessons, as Ciphr’s LMS ROI calculator is the essential tool to demonstrate the potential value of this substantial investment – both in terms of costs and efficiency gains So you’re ready to purchase a new learning management system for your organisation. However, your stakeholders have asked you a few questions before you sign the contract. What’s the real value of an LMS? What metrics can be used to assess these values? What are the costs of our current solution, and how can a new LMS reduce these (and mitigate any risks)? Now you have a question for ..read more
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How to choose the best LMS: the ultimate three-stage process
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by Bev Da Silva
4M ago
The learning management system (LMS) marketplace is brimming with a variety of vendors and systems to suit every need — from LXP to LMS solutions, and everything in between. But how can you ensure you’re getting the best LMS for your organisation’s needs — especially since ‘best’ is subjective? Ciphr’s experts share their insights to help you cut through the noise of the LMS selection process What is the best LMS system? The key to choosing the best LMS is selecting one that satisfies (or even exceeds) the needs of various stakeholders within your organisation, offers the right set of feature ..read more
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What is the difference between an LMS vs LXP?
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by Bev Da Silva
4M ago
Learning management systems (LMS) and learning experience platforms (LXP) are — contrary to widespread belief — not interchangeable terms. Functionality and aesthetic are two major differentiators between these two platform types, which will affect their suitability for your organisation. Learn more about the features and uses of an LXP, and how it’s different to an LMS Decisions are difficult. Whether it’s a complex strategy you need to implement in your next project, or what you should have for lunch, it can be tricky to make the correct decision. But, thankfully, it’s easy to select the lea ..read more
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Majority of UK job roles still pay men more than women
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by Emma-Louise Jones
4M ago
While the UK’s gender pay gap has been slowly narrowing over time, the latest employee earnings figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that millions of UK workers are employed in occupations where men are paid more than women. New analysis of the ONS’s 2023 gender pay gap data, by HR and payroll software provider Ciphr, has revealed that a shocking 78% of all full-time job roles in the UK, and 81% of such roles held by 50,000 or more workers, have a gender pay gap in favour of men. That’s around four in five occupations with a gender-based pay disparity. Of those, well over ..read more
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15 recruitment challenges for 2024 (and tips for overcoming them)
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by Cathryn Newbery
4M ago
Whether internal or external, recruitment challenges are never-ending for UK HR teams. Our head of talent offers her expert tips for better hiring in 2024 If you’re a head of HR or head of talent in a growing UK organisation, you probably don’t need us to spell out the scale of the recruitment challenges that lie ahead for 2024. Macroeconomic and UK labour market conditions are making it harder than ever for small and medium-sized organisations to find, successfully hire, and retain the right people in the right roles. In fact, two-fifths of UK employers currently have hard-to-fill vacancies ..read more
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Ciphr hires Andrew Stevens as new group CTO
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by Emma-Louise Jones
4M ago
ECI-backed, SaaS HR provider Ciphr has appointed Andrew Stevens as its new chief technology officer (CTO). He will lead all technical activities for the group, with immediate effect. Stevens has over 25 years of experience in software engineering, including a strong technical background in greenfield development and deployment, critical systems, platform innovation, infrastructure transformation, and SaaS technologies. He joins Ciphr from Checkit, a leading provider of workflow management software and smart sensor automation for deskless workers, where he served as CTO for nearly three years ..read more
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