HR Compliance and what it means for small businesses

Businesses are continually evolving and growing. They usually rely on their knowledge or their accountants’ to ensure HR compliance. Ineffective HR practices affect some businesses. However, some businesses excel at keeping up to date with their obligations as an employer. Getting lost in the complexities of HR policies and procedures is easy. It is why HR usually is at the bottom of the to-do list. The impact of inefficient HR compliance can be expensive. This can appear in the form of fines, legal costs, turnover, lost productivity, absenteeism, and, most importantly, brand damage.

Small business employee experience

In this blog, I would like to focus on the employee experience – especially focussing on small businesses. Last week I met with a small business owner who had been operating for about 47 years. They wanted me to review their processes. All their employment contracts were verbal agreements and were built on old relationships and everyone wore multiple hats. They also wanted me to look into their onboarding. This got me thinking about how small businesses would approach the employee value proposition also called the employee experience. Walking into a small business, you wouldn’t immediately be able to tell who the CEO is because everyone works together to move things forward.

Supervise, don’t micromanage!

A leader has different challenges when it comes to supervising employees remotely. It requires a different approach, which is a balanced mix of trust and supervision. So why does it pose a challenge? Well, for starters, a leader can’t pop up to their team members’ desks and catch up with them to see how the […]

Remote Leadership

Last week I discussed remote onboarding, which got me thinking about how a manager can manage staff remotely and effectively.

Virtual Onboarding

Virtual onboarding is now the new normal! It is essential now more than ever that your new hires are onboarded effectively and Virtual Onboarding.

HR’s role during a crisis

Over the last few weeks, I have had numerous conversations about the role HR plays during a crisis – like the one we are currently in with COVID-19. Although some businesses would like to run things on their own and make their own decisions, there are whole lists of things HR can help with. Here are some of the areas where I think HR can help:

Benefits of Outsourcing

Working as an HR Shared Services Manager for various organisations, I have always wondered whether outsourcing was the right path to take.