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Employee self-service: Encouraging take-up - Do it yourself HR

A e-HR system that allows employees to log on to update their personal details and access training information should be a winner. So why has take-up been so low?

Islamic Relief updates HR, payroll and online recruitment

Islamic Relief has updated its HR and payroll technology and is set to roll out an online recruitment module.

Breckland council updates HR technology

Breckland council is to implement a hosted HR system and a bureau payroll service allowing HR and payroll staff to access the system remotely.

Nimax Theatre's complicated payroll system is simplified and outsourced

Nimax Theatres has outsourced its payroll function to improve accuracy and streamline processes.

Cardiff Council automates process for hiring agency staff to save money

Cardiff Council has automated its procurement process for hiring agency workers in the hope of saving 5% of its annual spend.

Glasgow commuters first to use their mobiles on the subway

Commuters in Glasgow have become the first UK employees to send texts and emails while using underground transport.

Web 3.0 - Three's a cloud

Web 3.0 and cloud computing are interchangeable terms to describe the trend for dispensing with installing and running certain software programmes and using the internet instead. But how will this...

Business has yet to fully embrace people metrics

Nearly a quarter (22%) of businesses never use people measurements and metrics and 48% use them only occasionally.

Integrated payroll system for Pennine Care NHS Trust

Pennine Care NHS Trust is to implement an integrated payroll system to reduce costs over the next three years.

DfT lambasted for shared services disaster

The Department for Transport (DfT) planned and implemented its shared corporate services project with stupendous incompetence, according to the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.

Time comes to the Mersey

The ferry across the Mersey will be running with the help of fully monitored staff, now that operator Merseytravel has signed a deal with time & attendance provider, Crown Computing.