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Automated payroll: taking the pain away from small businesses
By Sandra Swanepoel, Managing Director, Sage HR & Payroll One of technology’s key gains is doing away with the time consuming and painful weekly or monthly manual payroll system. Transforming HR and payroll with specialist solutions is not just about doing away with the laborious manual system; it also provides additional benefits. These include: 1. Saving time and money on manual labour A payroll solution will automate the processes of printing and distributing payslips as well paying employees.
5 rules for managing people in your start-up
Kenyan startup addressing Africa for the Mobile Age. If your small business is to grow and prosper, you need to hire the right people and then manage them in a way that gets the best from them. Even if you are not a natural leader, managing people is a skill that you can learn and improve with practice and with the right advice. Here are a few golden principles for people management in a small business. 1.
Automated payroll: taking the pain away from small businesses
Transforming HR and payroll with specialist solutions is not just about doing away with the laborious manual system; it also provides additional benefits. These include: A payroll solution will automate the processes of printing and distributing payslips as well paying employees. That will save you many hours spent manually calculating statutory deductions and spare you the risk of making an error that could harm your business.
10 cost-effective ways to upskill your staff
Training does not have to be time-consuming and expensive. During tough economic times, it is worth considering how you can train and educate your team to enhance their performance. A good training strategy will help harmonise your skills base, thus ensuring that your employees feel empowered to work on their own without constant help and supervision from others. Businesses need a more effective workforce during these tough economic times, but cost cutting often prevents this from happening.
HR departments need to keep pace with technology’s accelerating speed
HR departments need to keep pace with technology’s accelerating speed The world of human resources (HR) is changing at a speed that is leaving most HR departments behind. New technology is bringing more transparency into the job market and into the performance of the HR department, creating new challenges for HR directors. It’s also changing the expectations that employees and job applicants have of the employer experience.
5 rules for managing people in your startup
5 rules for managing people in your startup If your small business is to grow and prosper, you need to hire the right people and then manage them in a way that gets the best from them. Even if you are not a natural leader, managing people is a skill that you can learn and improve with practice and with the right advice. Here are a few golden principles for people management in a small business.
Investing in your staff will pay off
Cape Town - In a difficult economic climate, the training and education budget is often one of the first areas of the business to suffer cutbacks. After all, training can be expensive, takes people away from the work they’re paid to do and often delivers benefits that can be hard to quantify.
Amidst finance minister shuffles, SA Twitter still has a sense of humour
Amidst finance minister shuffles, SA Twitter still has a sense of humour Life in South Africa may be many things, but boring is not one of them. You only have to look at the fact that the country’s had three finance ministers in less than a week. Yup, just four days after President Jacob Zuma’s shock axing of Nhlanhla Nene, his replacement David van Rooyen found himself out of a job, with Pravin Gordhan back in charge of the treasury.
ShowMax introduces download functionality for offline viewing
This is interesting. Naspers-owned video streaming service ShowMax has updated its Android app to include downloads for offline viewing. It’s a potentially important move, especially if the service is to attract people who want to watch content on the go without having to eat into their mobile data.
Invest in training your employees -- 6 ways it will pay off for your business
Invest in training your employees — 6 ways it will pay off for your business In a difficult economic climate, the training and education budget is often one of the first areas of the business to suffer cutbacks. After all, training can be expensive, takes people away from the work they’re paid to do and often delivers benefits that can be hard to quantify.
Avoid payroll snags this Christmas
Johannesburg - The festive season is nearly here. Here are a few tips that will help you to get ready for the last payroll of the year and the big holiday shutdown. 1. Be ready for any questions about bonuses Sit down with the accountant or the business manager well before the December pay run to calculate year-end bonus payments. Whether you’re paying a bonus or not, communicate the news to your employees before payday so that they know what to expect.
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