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You know you need to invest in your people and that systems and technology will enable you to future-proof your HR. How to build the business case so yet a YES.

For so long, menopause has been a taboo subject in the workplace. Lets break the cycle and the stigma and talk openly about menopause and why we need to take care of our workforce.

A key winning strategy is empowering staff through technology and the use of leading-edge workforce management (WFM) tools.

The way we work has changed forever. Hybrid working is here to stay, but how do HR teams make the hybrid model work for staff and the business?

HR need to be a nimble and agile plate spinners. Scientists and researchers all agree – empowering staff with employee self-service works.

How the adoption of digital HR tools is improving the lives of employees and increasing engagement across the business.

An industry tackling a unique set of challenges, that require customised solutions to stay competitive. For many this is about weathering the ‘perfect storm’ to survive and thrive.

Employee experience utopia. Tips on how can you deliver a personalised the employee experience.

Act in the moment. Staff are more willing and engaged to act and solve issues at the moment the happen.

Everything you’re trying to achieve is dependent on your talent. Employee self-service empowers your staff to access what they, at any time on any device.

Almost 90% of companies need a refresh or new operating model for HR. Insightful approach to finding the best fit for your business.

HR technology has advanced considerably over the last 20 years, but they are not all created equal. Understand what you need…

Workers get frustrated when they feel they are held back by inefficient technology and processes.

Hourly-paid staff make a huge contribution to many businesses. Here’s our HR guide to surviving the challenges

Retail gets a bad rap, so how can they create an environment for that delivers a better work-life balance for their workers?

The retail sector workforce is unique, as a result, both workforce planning and payroll becomes incredibly complex.

As millions of employees have been granted flexible working, what about the forgotten workforce – those without desks, where working from home is not a realistic option.

What is the best HR software for your business? What are the functionalities and characteristics your HR system needs to grow and change with your business?

The Retail war for talent. How to succeed in a highly competitive environment and win against the competition when for hiring the talent you need.

It can be difficult to get excited about people data, but when you unlock its power you can achieve great results.

Retail and hospitality are being hampered by the same dilemma – a labour drought.

Global leader in medical device design and manufacturer, Owen Mumford, selects elementsuite for their HR software.

Thanks to the benefits of SaaS cloud HR software, HR teams now have the tools to reduce or remove repetitive, mundane tasks and simplify complex task and processes.

Digital transformation remains a hot topic in hospitality sector. Here are the key HR trends hoteliers should act on now to increase productivity and competitive advantage.

How can HR deliver agility and resilience across the business? HR technology is the human enabler for delivering a robust, resilient and agile organisation

The countdown begins to pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues opening their doors and welcoming customers inside.

Hotels are complex businesses, which as consumers we might not think about when we are greeted with a smile on arrival.

The profitability of a hotel is directly related to the satisfaction of its guests. Making memories for guests by delivering exceptional service…

Despite the phenomenal advancements in technology, so many organisations are still heavily reliant on paper-based HR processes

Announcement: Scotmid has selected elementsuite to deliver a new leading-edge mobile-first HR and WFM solution to support colleagues

For hotels where staff are on the go, working different shift patterns, self-service HR solves a lot of challenges for everyone.

Love it or hate it, HR teams need access to 100% reliable people data. And more than ever they need real-time data. But so many HR teams don’t trust their data…

Even the smallest staff scheduling error can increase labour costs for hotels. Without the right information and tools, it’s a time-consuming logistical nightmare.

What’s the big deal about having self-service HR for your workforce? Surely handing over HR processes to your people is going to result in chaos.

When we think about Human Resources, we tend to associate women in those roles, and you’d be right to think that. Women continue to play a dominant role in HR

The hotel booking tsunami has arrived, with bookings up 300 percent as a nation looks forward to the sector opening up and the chance of a UK staycation.

If nothing else, the pandemic has reminded us of the importance of our people and the relationship between people and workplace for a successful business.

How often have you had a call from an employee asking whether they are on schedule or not? Or emailing how can they swap or drop a particular shift?

One of my guilty pleasures – is lurking on the workplace stackexchange, where workers ask and answer workplace questions that range from the mundane, through the mildly troubling,

elementsuite is proud to announce its partnership with the HR Ninjas, an exclusive HR professional peer to peer community group.

The key question is “do you really need mobile first HR technology?” You only have to think about our addiction to our mobile phones these days.

HR Tech solutions promise us streamlined processes, removal of laborious keying, time saved, improved user experience, and lower costs so why

HR is reinventing the ways of working faster than ever before. To be relevant in today’s fast-paced and ever-changing world, technology is transforming the workplace.

For many HR leaders, the pandemic has confirmed what they already knew, the traditional ways of working don’t hold up under constant change and pressure.

HR, by definition is a very people-oriented and human profession. Many of the wishes we have covered on our list of 12 wishes from HR and payroll teams, include technology and systems.

HR self-service for all members of the workforce – often referred to as employee self-service (ESS) – allows employees to securely access their own

Employee engagement strategies have proven to reduce staff turnover, improve productivity, attract the right talent and efficiency and reduce operational costs.

Brands are trying to build an emotional connection with us as consumers. The same is true of your business, your brand and your HR technology.

When we started to compile the HR Christmas List earlier in the year, we spoke to HR leaders and payroll professionals and their teams.

for many businesses recognising the gap between their current HR system and process issues and making a decision for a step change can take years.

This time last year most HR leaders and their teams could not have imagined adding ‘monitoring COVID-19 wellness’ to their list of key requirements for their HR systems and processes.

Fridays celebrate Go-Live on a complex HR software implementation. After a successful 2-store pilot, and a subsequent 3-month implementation period, Fridays have deployed elementsuite across their business.

HR alerts and timely reminders avoids costly mistakes. Receiving timely notifications relating to key aspects of managing your people can avoid costly mistakes, and streamline

Dashboards are a great way of summarising a lot of information into a more digestible view of what’s going on. Set up correctly they enable you to see at a glance where your potential risks are, where your bottlenecks are,

Human Resources and payroll teams are burdened with keeping our personal data and information protected and thus need GDPR assurance within their HR processes and systems.

Payroll processes are complex, and human errors can negatively impact employees and cost the company money. Handling payroll, even with the help of a payroll service, can be complicated,

A standing ovation for HR teams who are so often the unsung hero’s. 2020 is without a doubt the year HR teams will not forget in a hurry. HR professionals have faced an unparalleled flood of demands on their time,

As part of their wider strategy to embrace the power of digital technology, McDonald’s UK needed to replace this legacy HR system. They needed a solution that was:

HR technology to improve the experience for staff and deliver business efficiencies, agility and innovation. One of the key challenges for retailers today

There are various great polarities (and tensions) in the universe. Male vs Female, dog or cat lover, heaven and hell, yin and yang, the Law vs Grace.

Who could have predicted that the last year would have been so memorable, when McDonald’s UK rolled out elementsuite’s digital HR platform to all their UK staff in November 2019?

Here we go again…in the latest twist in the COVID-19 tale on Saturday 31st October, the government announced at the last minute that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS)

Who could predict what would happen in 2020? The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching impacts, and for elementsuite, this impact has been focussed

For many who seek a successful career in HR and Learning and development feel that a CIPD qualification is the only way of demonstrating their grasp of all aspects of Human Resources.

It is reckless to continue to process large data sets containing personally identifiable information in Excel, and must be stopped. We are calling it the HRevolution.

We’ve all been there – you wake up in the night with cold sweats, thinking about a work-related problem or an email you should have sent or written differently.

A leading UK high street restaurant chain, was stuck on a legacy HR system that was at end of life, and had no way of implementing their digital transformation and HR strategy.

Exit stage left Furlough, enter Job Support Scheme. Today Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the Job Support Scheme to top up the wages of employees. What is the impact for HR?

So, what is it you don’t know about your HR data? The answer is you will never really know what you don’t know. If you don’t know your data intimately such as HR and payroll that can be a problem.

Never in our lifetime has HR been under so much scrutiny and pressure to deliver. There are winners (e.g. on-line retail) and losers (e.g. airlines) amidst the COVID fallout

COVID-19 altered everything. Within a couple of short weeks, we were in lockdown and our ways of working changed for ever. HR teams were confronted with the reality

Last Christmas we resolved to send football gear to a program for street kids in Zambia. Well, it finally made it.

It was after the bank holiday that the news broke. I had a call to say that Alex Williams one of life’s great characters had passed away over the weekend.

Human adaptation is a marvellous thing. As humanity tentatively emerges from the murky undertow of the Covid-19 pandemic,

Ah, Africa. Surely you don’t have clients there, elementsuite? It’s a long way from Watford. Well – we do actually, but that’s for another day. Instead let me tell you a little tale.

HR teams are facing unprecedented challenges managing staff during the Covid-19 crisis, being asked to pick up the pieces of a three-fold change management car crash of

It’s difficult to avoid the subject of Artificial Intelligence (AI) these days. Sadly it’s widely misunderstood and misrepresented,

Unlocking HR analytics? In the past few years, we’ve seen incredible advances in data capture, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI).

We are delighted to be featured within Lace Partners

What’s that saying, you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Sure you can! Read our article on how operator’s can implement a digital culture

Have you heard the news? The brand, famed for its doughnuts has exclusively signed the deal with the digital HR software company

We’ve all heard of 360 degree feedback, but what’s the value in ‘in the moment’ feedback? Read our article here to find out more.

Recruitment is the backbone to any business. Historically, the hospitality sector has had high staff turnover

Hear from our CEO that has been featured in Pizza, Pasta and Italian Food Magazine this month discussing his top tips for improving productivity

There are currently three big technology shifts changing how people buy HR software: First any device, any place, any time.

Today, most operators have robust financial controls in place, enabling tight control on wages, flexing labour up or down in line with sales.

Hospitality is centered on experience with staff being the number one driver to creating those memorable moments for customers.

In recent years technology has significantly impacted the HR and workforce management function.