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activpayroll and e-days partnership GLOBAL PAYROLL and employee mobility specialist, activpayroll, has partnered with global absence management provider, e-days. With absence management getting more complicated globally, e-days’ global coverage and integration stood out as the perfect partner for activpayroll. Alison Sellar, chief executive officer (CEO) of activpayroll, said: “Our customers’ main inefficiencies appeared to be around global compliance with local holidays and sickness rules in the high number of countries we now operate in, as well as unplanned absence and challenges around leave and employee engagement. Finding a partner that was as eager as us to enhance and solve these issues was top of our list.” Steve Arnold, CEO of e-days, said: “Every decent payroll system should have absence management at its heart: systems that do are so much stronger. The similarities between e-days and activpayroll make this a winning formula and we’re looking forward to helping more businesses see the importance of absence.”
Capita gives helping hand to their workforce CAPITA, THE consulting, digital services and software business, is introducing a new personal finance app to help its 45,000 UK workforce manage their money more easily during these tough economic conditions. The purpose-built app, called ‘Level’, which received strong positive feedback after being trialled by 2,000 of Capita’s employees, can be accessed via desktop, mobile or SMS. Level lets employees easily keep track of their disposable income throughout the month, access instant earned-salary advances and automatically save part of their monthly wage into the best savings accounts typically reserved for those with large Record-breaking results for Portfolio Group AWARD-WINNING SPECIALIST recruiter, The Portfolio Group, has seen year-on-year record figures during July and August as the nation came out of lockdown. Recruitment only briefly slowed during the national lockdown as many clients continued to move forward with their hiring plans. Danny Done, managing director of the Group, said: “These results are a testament to the dedication and hard work of our consultants
sums of money. Level and Capita are working closely with the Behavioural Insights Team to test and evaluate the best ways to encourage everyone to build up a savings buffer for the future. Will Serle, chief people officer of Capita, said: “By looking after our employees, we are helping build an environment in which they are happier and more productive, and in turn delivering a better service to our clients.” Stephen Holliday, CEO and founder of Level, said: “We are very excited to see how Level can support Capita’s employees both now and as we launch more features.” who worked tirelessly to maintain contact with both clients and candidates giving them the confidence to hire during these uncertain times.” Anthony Macey, Group director, added: “We have now tried and tested remote recruitment and, as a result, know that online interviewing and remote on-boarding recruitment solutions do work so that businesses can continue to hire the best talent for their teams.”
SAGE UPDATES ITS CORONAVIRUS HUB SAGE, MARKET leader in cloud business management solutions, has announced a full range of free tools, support and guidance. Its Coronavirus Hub has been a destination for small- and medium-sized businesses looking for support since its launch in April. The popular Job Retention Scheme Module will be updated to meet emerging government guidelines around the extended employee furlough scheme. Paul Struthers, executive vice president and managing director of Sage UK & Ireland, said: “Businesses across the UK have demonstrated extraordinary resilience and adaptation but will need intensive support to continue to succeed. We therefore urge the government to continue to provide targeted and local support, placing digital investment at the heart of its strategy. As businesses rely on technology to operate, we must use this moment to bolster their chances for future job creation and cracking the UK productivity puzzle.” Paul added that survival of small-to-medium-size enterprises “is integral to our country’s economic recovery.” New system launched PAYCAPTAIN, WHICH launched in October, combines payroll, banking and wellness tools, allowing employers to support and empower their employees to take control of their finances to achieve greater financial wellbeing. Amongst other things, PayCaptain helps employees understand and control their earnings via Yapster, a new workplace messaging app. Rob Liddiard, CEO of Yapster, said: “We’re excited by PayCaptain’s vision to turn pay from a functional, routine process into a driver of empowerment and engagement.” Simon Bocca, CEO and founder of PayCaptain, explained: “Payroll is such an important part of peoples’ lives, yet employers and employees have been using the same payroll mechanics for years. We want to give people control over the money they earn, creating a way for payroll to be on-company brand and in line with their values, just like so many other elements of the employee experience.” Stuart Hall, non-executive director of both PayCaptain and the CIPP, said: “Payroll professionals have been looking for new processes for years and PayCaptain is ready to challenge the market. PayCaptain means the experience of paying people and getting paid has dramatically improved.”
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