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Employee engagement in the new normal With the new normal, and the announcement of a new Lockdown in the UK on the 5th of January, driving employee engagement and motivation has become a key focus area for HR professionals. Learn what are the key factors to employee engagement in the new normal on our last blog post. Click here to read the full article.

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...

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...

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.

  Sanctions and PEP screening processes for an efficient KYC As an organization, if you engage in any transactions with customers who appear on any of the PEPs and sanction lists it may lead to significant fines. Do you have any checking system to avoid #compliance failure? Learn more about Sanctions and PEP Screening Processes for an efficient KYC on this blog post.

  Online Identity Verification – Avoiding Common but Serious Mistakes While Picking a Solution Effective online identity verification reduces fraud, compliance risk and abandonment rates for your company. Make sure that you avoid these common but serious mistakes while picking your online ID verification solution. Read more here:  https://www.complygate.co.uk/blog/online-identity-verification%E2%80%93avoiding-common-but-serious-mistakes-while-picking-a-solution

  Managing Long-term Sickness Absence Management of short-term and long-term sickness absenteeism requires different approaches, despite presenting similar challenges for employers. Understand the sensitivity of long-term sickness situations and learn how to approach it, building a sensitive, complete and effective absence policy. learn more here:  https://www.complygate.co.uk/blog/managing-long-term-sickness-absence-hr-Guidance  

  Improving Career Prospects in a Tough Economic Climate The Covid-19 pandemic has sorely affected the global economy. Many organizations throughout the globe have closed their doors forever, countless jobs have been lost worldwide and millions of lives have been profoundly affected with long-lasting ramifications. For the past several months global economy has been struggling hard to survive and maintain status quo. In this scenario, even as numerous question marks punctuate the future of majority of the existing workforce, the addition of a large, fresh pool of qualified resources in a time of dwindling economic growth is a grave issue needing quick resolution. Freshly qualified resources and those about to complete their formal education are facing various dilemmas and challenges, primary among which is securing a job in a difficult economic climate. Many are having a tough time trying to break into the market and fields pertaining to their formal studies and personal inclinatio...