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Right to Work Checks From January 2021 the points-based immigration system has been implemented. UK employers have incorporated the proposed practices so all future recruitments are made according to the Government’s Right to Work plan. Learn more on our last blog post.

  How important is Swift trust in the new normal? Wi the new normal and the uncertainty that Covid19 has brought us, many companies have had to create temporary teams to do projects or complete other forms of temporary tasks out of their “normality”. Many times, organisations create temporary teams to do a project or complete other forms of temporary tasks. Such temporary teams may consist of people from different locations, different business functions or different departments. Temporary teams may consist of SMEs (subject matter experts) from different areas of the business and deal with problems with higher degree of complexity (high risk and high stake) and often lack any formal structure that enables control, trust, and better coordination. Trust is very important in this temporary organizing of people. However, it takes time to build trust. Temporary teams are usually created either the business is very ambitious and is planning something big or 2) something has gone wrong. In...

What is digital Identity and key components of digital ID systems? What is a digital ID system and which are its components? In our last blog post we talk about the role of digital identity and digital ID systems in today's world, and how they are related to each other and to the management of any organisation. Identity is a difficult concept with various meanings. For our purposes, an identity is a combination of attributes that belong to an individual. One attribute may not be enough to differentiate one person from another, however, a combination of characteristics can be a real game changer. Identity is often referred as official identity of an individual, which is different from the social identity of an individual which can not be used for regulated purposes. What is digital identity? Read the full blog on our website.

Does Free HRMS Software Serve the Purpose? Does a Free HRMS Software serve the purpose? What free HRMS softwares are on the market, and are these the right choice for your organisation? HRMS software comes in different shapes and sizes, which is to say that they offer a variety of customizable suites to serve different requirements depending on organizational objectives and priorities. Pricing is one of the most mandatory aspects when choosing an HRMS software, as it gives an idea about the software’s complexity, its features and its long-term viability and applications. There are hundreds of innovative, modern HRMS software available in the market today, many of which provide transparent pricing options, for a variety of HRMS packages, on their websites. A human resource management system (HRMS) is a platform which merges core and strategic HR tasks and objectives into a single easy and comprehensive solution. HRMS solutions have two major benefits over old-school HR documentation: Fi...

Current market trends in online document verification solutions Complygate’s Online Document Verification solution uses AI and machine learning tools along with robust document verification processes in order to not only verify documents with the person’s photo and built-in security features, but also documents such as electricity or gas bills, bank statements, etc. Over the years, proof of address (PoA) fraud has become a serious challenge for financial institutions and other businesses, COVID-19 has accelerated the fraud related to the address proof doctoring. These documents can be easily altered as they lack basic security features and there are many occasions when a temporary address was submitted to imitate the permanent address. These are few of the reasons why banks and government need proof of address (PoA) and needs to ascertain their authenticity: To prove address and verify identity know your customer (KYC) requirements To comply with ‘The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financ...

  Essential HR Software Features for 2021 According to statistics, the key features for an online HR software to have are: - Employee experience - Performance & engagement - Applicant Tracking System - Effective Onboarding In the field of human resources, progressive growth and increase in size of an organization introduces various complexities and intricacies in various processes and tasks. Attendance reports, hiring processes and various other processes that once used to be swift and delivering instant outcomes have now become slow and rather cumbersome. However, a availability of the right set of digital tools and software can alleviate inherent bottlenecks, ease up processes and propel your organization towards instant and rapid growth. HR software assists the HR team in handling the most complex, cumbersome and time-consuming tasks and workflows with seamlessness and ease and transform the workplace by empowering the workforce to perform at their peak. Today’s best HR soft...

Diversity At Work: What Is It And Why Is It Important? Diversity At Work: What Is It And Why Is It Important? © - Complygate, Jan. 2021 Professor Chris Rowley Kellogg College, University of Oxford & City’s Business School, University of London The topic of ‘diversity’ at work is an important issue for businesses and management as well as practitioners and policy makers for a variety of reasons. There are both ‘push’ and ‘pull’ forces within these factors. These range on a spectrum from the minimalist - just doing the bare, legal compliance, to business strategies and opportunities, such as marketing, enhanced sales as well as PR image, to better decision making and even contributions to the bottom line, financial returns and enhanced corporate performance, all the way through to moral and ethical reasons. An initial issue concerns the concept of diversity itself in terms of meaning, definition, coverage and measurement. Exactly what is meant by diversity, where and how is it gauged...

Key Core HR Competencies for Future Core HR Human Resource functions are constantly reinventing themselves with time through new visions, strategies, processes, technologies and systems. However, sustenance of transformation of the human resource functions requires the HR professionals to develop and implement a new set of competencies required to fulfil the transforming roles and responsibilities. Depending on the factors which are most likely to influence the future of HR, experts propose a competency model which encompasses both generic and specific HR competencies for general and specialised roles and businesses, respectively. Core HR is a blanket term that constitutes the basic functions of an HR department. Core HR functions include recruitment, payroll, administration, training, compliance etc. Alternately, core HR also encompasses Human Capital Management. Core HR also includes personnel information for candidate employment and administration as well as organizational data. The...

What are the best practices of Performance Management? Today’s remote worker require an incredibly unique approach to the performance management. With the new normal there is always a need to monitor expected behaviour and tracking results, as new business models and challenges are emerging. Most organisations were not prepared for this pandemic, people should feel free to act, and making mistakes should be acceptable. Line managers should be able to support employees and help with their development. Cascading goals to individual worker Passing organisational goals from higher management to each employee and refine them at each level so that the original goal is retained. This idea of managing by objectives dates back many decades. HR practitioners who support this argue that this helps people understand how work is related across different organisational levels, and what are the priorities? To them this is vital to reduce attrition and turf battles. However, creating, and cascading go...

Performance Management System: Has Covid-19 made the broken system worse? Performance Management Systems have been criticised for decades, as new practices and use of technology have failed to bridge the gap. However, the management of employee’s performance remains one of the biggest challenges for line managers and leaders in this new normal. 35 years ago Edwards Deming described the idea of evaluation of performance, merit rating or annual review as alluring, and the result of the process is exactly what the word means. Many other followed Edward Deming and got on the bandwagon as performance reviews are not done often enough or too often managed poorly. Constructive and unbiased feedback is like finding water on mars. Covid-19 has changed business models, workplace, and the workforce needs to adapt, so how we evaluate performance needs to be carefully considered. It is especially important to plan for the competency development for the new normal. Organisations invest mountains of ...

HR Software and Need of HR Systems for SMEs What is an HR Software? HR software constitutes of an automated recording and data management system that eases the management of official information and HR processes. HR software optimizes data handling processes of all the data within the organization and automates HR-related processes and tasks. This helps to keep the organizational database orderly and makes audits seamless. HR software is a boon for HR staff as it automates HR tasks and thus saves valuable employee time which can be better spent in making strategic organizational decisions. Alongside, HR software also assists with HR processes for gap analysis to result in better planning, management and improved decision-making. Learn more about here.

HR Software – Value Proposition In today’s world, there is an extremely high pressure on HR to create and add value to an organization. The markets and business environments are very complex, and the fulfilment of contemporary business requirements demands a robust yet flexible approach that can move with changing circumstances. With changing scenario, however, processes are created, identified and monitored on HRM portals within an HR Software as they make for seamless creation of documentation and instant communication of the same to all key stakeholders, line managers and team members of an organization. Read more here.

  Managing Zoom Fatigue Video calls are often understood to be exhausting and draining. Upon pondering, the reason understood to be behind this happens, in part, to be the consistent focus that we put on official video conversations while absorbing information from team members and managers. These calls also require the participants to stare directly at their screens for extended periods of time without doing anything such as blinking or mental breaks, and this causes fatigue. This is much more common than what one would think at first. Team members feel more exhausted at the end of a long workday characterised by extended video calls. Unsurprisingly, the malapropism “Zoom fatigue” has kept on popping up on social media and other communication mediums during the last few months. Read more on our blog post.

  What are the benefits of digital id and identity verification systems? Online ID and identity verification systems have many advantages, such as reducing the weaknesses in human control measures, user friendly experience, decrease of costs, transaction monitoring, and much more. According to Capgemini and BNP Paribas - World payments report (2018) Digital payments are growing at an estimated 12.7% annually, and further forecasts suggest that it may reach 726 billion transactions annually by 2020. An estimated 60% of world GDP will be digitalised by 2022. For Complygate who is leading the online digital id and identity verification process, the growth in digital economy requires a better understanding of how individuals and firms are being identified and verified in the world of digital financial marketplace. An understanding of how Complygate digital identity and id verification system works is essential for financial firms to apply the risk-based approach recommended by The Fina...

  What is online ID and Identity Verification? Nowadays identity theft prevention policies are a must-have for any company. Performing ID and Identity verification checks is something that shouldn’t be neglected. The most efficient way to do so is by using a robust online solution. Learn more about what online ID and Identity Verification is here .

  What is Money Laundering? Money laundering is the illegal process of “cleaning” criminally obtained money in order to reintroduce the laundered funds into the legitimate economy. Many organisations find themselves involved in money laundering operations because of poor or weak controls. Learn more about it here.

  Components of an AML Compliance Program Which are the key aspects of an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance program? Incorporating new measures and features to a company’s security controls and policies is a difficult yet very important task to do in order to ensure compliance. Check out which are the key components to consider on our last blog post. Read more here.

Hiring a Pre-employment Screening Company Learn about the importance of counting with a robust Pre-Employment Screening solution for your company, and what are the key features that you should look for before you make any choices. Major global job markets have largely become candidate-driven. Major impetus is on the candidates and employees who are given a number of choices for various organizational roles at hand. With this immense ecosystem churning up the critical needs for the right resources, employers and headhunters feel the immense need to attract the best and right talents. This has made its imperative to conduct pre-employent screening checks for prospective candidates to prevent falsified profiles and other possibilities to creep into the system and thus harm the economy in a number of ways. What Pre-employment screening service does your company use at the moment? We’re reading you! https://www.complygate.co.uk/blog/hiring-a-pre-employment-screening-company

Top 15 Advantages of a Centralised Background Screening Online Portal The key to Background Screening is for the program to be Centrally Managed, mitigating risks, augmenting and strengthening compliance, and providing a seamless and a robust end-user experience. The job markets associated with major economies of the world have greatly become candidate-driven wherein job seekers are provided many choices for skilled roles. This further requires the employers to find new ways to ensure and maintain better candidate experience and employer brand, which can ensure attracting best and right talents. Simultaneously, background checks of candidates are extremely important to prevent fabricated falsifications and memberships and any other possibilities which can lead to harmful consequences for the economy. You can find out about the 15 Advantages of a Centralised Background Screening Online Portal on this blog post.

  Pre-employment Screening with Complygate HR Software We know that the whole pre-employment Screening process and its importance can get a bit confusing.  We clarify all your doubts on this blog post. Learn more about the importance of compliance and how our HR and Compliance Solutions can help your business. Pre-employment screening and background verification is an indispensable aspect of the hiring process. Any organization looking to effectively increase the workforce needs to exhaustively ensure that the candidates they’re screening for possible roles or job openings are legitimate employees with clean professional records by making necessary pre-employment checks and criminal record checks against all those considered for relevant jobs. Pre-employment checks, including the total number of checks, generally depend upon on the hiring organization based upon their own laws, and sometimes as per the government regulations. As a sound understanding of various practical scena...