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For businesses with more than 250 employees, a combined HR and payroll platform, often called an HCM (human capital management) platform, …

By Stephanie Coward | | 9 min read

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When HR and payroll are connected, employee data is entered once by the person responsible for it, and payroll then uses that entry without …

By Stephanie Coward | | 9 min read

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When you buy software, the headline price is an important starting point, but it can only provide part of the total cost of ownership. For …

By Eva Mrazikova | | 5 min read

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From 1 January 2027, the qualifying period for ordinary unfair dismissal in the UK drops from two years to six months. The statutory cap on …

By Stephanie Coward | | 9 min read

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If your HR admin has outgrown spreadsheets, it may be time to implement a human resources information system (HRIS), also known as HR …

By Stephanie Coward | | 10 min read

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A UK offboarding process predominantly centres as much on payroll and employee records as on IT. Employee offboarding isn’t finished when …

By Stephanie Coward | | 9 min read

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HR software includes built-in payroll when payroll is a module inside the HR platform rather than a separate product connected to it. IRIS …

By Stephanie Coward | | 10 min read

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AI and automation are equally important when you’re looking at digital tax compliance solutions. You can’t talk about one without the …

By Eva Mrazikova | | 19 min read

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There is no UK GDPR certification scheme for HR software. That said, your HR software should support compliance, not make it harder, helping …

By Stephanie Coward | | 12 min read

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