Changes in legislation often bring with them a unique mix of business, compliance, and technology considerations. Single touch payroll (STP), a new payroll reporting mandate rolling out soon from the Australian Tax Office (ATO), is no exception. To ensure that your payroll function – and your overall business – keeps happily ticking along, now’s the time to start thinking about your STP compliance and other legal obligations, how to reap the rewards of this new way of doing business, and the technology you’ll want in place to best cater to your needs. Continue reading “STP compliance on your radar? Here are 5 things to know”
Year: 2017
Plan your Single Touch Payroll compliance game plan: 6 tips for choosing your payroll solution
So, just what is Single Touch Payroll (STP)? You’ve heard the term floating around; you know it means another change is fast approaching. But there’s no need to cue the Jaws music. Rather than causing concern for payroll officers, CFOs, and managing directors, STP is poised to make your day-to-day job go that much more swimmingly.
Key Mechanisms to Implement to Boost Employee Engagement
The advent of new digital technologies and the increasing importance given to transparency has shifted HRM’s priorities, compelling it to focus on the employee journey and experience. To attract and retain talent, employees must feel engaged in the organisation. “Employee Engagement” – it’s the new buzz word, but what does this exactly mean?
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Top Team Building Activities You Can Do to Strengthen Your Company Culture
Good team building exercises allow employees to get to know each other on a more personal level – learn about their strengths, personality and passion. As they say, a team that works well together is more productive and successful! Team building can also play an important role in building a successful company culture, however, finding the best ones that suit your organisation can be a challenging task. That’s why we put together these six team building ideas which you can use to strengthen your company culture and to improve employees engagement and productivity.
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5 Tips to Improve Employee Engagement
Working in an environment with engaged employees can be the difference between working in your dream job and a temporary solution. If your employees do not feel connected to their jobs then they are likely to switch employers in the future. You want your employees to care and feel motivated to get out of bed in the mornings. Keep your employees happy and they will produce their best work.
Defining company culture: Things to consider before implementation
Since the 1960’s, workforces have become significantly more diverse, which has had direct repercussions on human resource management. With such a variety of ethnic backgrounds, it is particularly the case in Australia. Individuals brought up in different environments might not necessarily share the same values and that is when organisational culture comes into play.
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Core Elements of Taking on New Employees Successfully
According to Bersin by Deloitte (2014) 22% of new hires leave their jobs in the first 45 days. Some businesses have put this down to their ineffective onboarding practices. In a US based survey, only 40% of respondents felt their onboarding practices were effective (Swart, 2016). Often too much emphasis is put on sorting out the paperwork rather than creating a seamless engaging onboarding journey.
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Increase employee benefits ROI without spending a cent
This article was originally published on HR Daily.
Many employers needlessly fail to realise even modest returns on investment from one of their biggest employment costs, new research shows. An employee benefits study of 100 multinationals, conducted by Flare HR and CEB, found two in five spend 10% or more of their total employment costs on employee benefits.
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Flare HR Event – Future of HR with a Touch of Flare
A huge thank you to everyone who made it to our Flare HR event on the 21st February. We were excited to see over hundred faces from many different companies.
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