Industry news
HR policy for freelancers ACCORDING TO an international survey by SD Worx, a leading provider of global payroll and HR services, and the Antwerp Management School, UK companies make more effort to integrate freelancers into the corporate culture compared with businesses in Germany, France, the Netherlands and Belgium. The survey revealed that of UK companies: ● 41.9% do not make a distinction between permanent employees and freelancers in their HR policy ● 22.2% have an HR policy only for permanent employees ● 35.9% have developed a separate HR policy for freelancers ● 54.5% provide specific training courses for freelancers ● 70.1% try to integrate freelancers into their own corporate culture and processes. Freelancers are involved in activities for permanent personnel, such as company parties (71.3%), and are kept informed of what is going on in the organisation (76.6%), particularly when it concerns their work. Fiona McKee, head of HR for SD Worx UK & Ireland: “Whilst the survey revealed a positive trend in terms of inclusiveness and encouraging a good cultural fit when engaging freelancers, there are risks attached to this approach; the desire of the employer to have a one team approach and inclusiveness, is to be commended. However, in practice this can be more difficult to implement and must be treated with some caution. The main risk of such an approach would be the freelancer’s ability to make a future claim for employment status at an employment tribunal.” The full survey can be found here: https://bit.ly/2Q5elKX. Payrolljobsboard.com launch new website PAYROLLJOBSBOARD.COM HAS launched its revamped website to offer more payroll and human resources (HR) content and provide a smoother, more intuitive user and advertiser experience. Payrolljobsboard.com, which is designed to provide payroll and HR professionals with the latest payroll and HR vacancies available across the UK, offers increased functionality that will help candidates search payroll vacancies, register for jobs by email and undertake the process of applying to roles easier. To improve advertiser visibility and candidate attraction possibilities, Payrolljobsboard.com has worked with the CIPP, powering the Institute’s own Jobs in Payroll jobsite (https://bit.ly/2Ci97sm) enabling users and advertisers to reach a larger audience than ever before. Vickie Graham, CIPP associate director of marketing, said: “The newly designed site is welcomed by the CIPP to improve the experience of searching and applying for roles within the industry.” Nick Day, managing director of Payrolljobsboard.com, commented: “The new site will help job seekers to find relevant payroll, and HR vacancies with ease and clients will be able to place adverts directly onto the site by following our newly simplified and intuitive job posting process. The new site is an integral part of our continued marketing strategy. We love the new look and feel of the site and hope our users and advertisers will too!” Chris Hall, marketing executive at Payrolljobsboard.com, said: “As we strive to improve every aspect of our online presence, we hope the new site will demonstrate our commitment to delivering an excellent user experience to both job seekers and advertisers alike!”
HR and payroll integration BRISTOL CITY Council has taken steps to integrate its HR and payroll processes by partnering with industry experts, MHR, for the provision of its cloud based iTrent system to replace its current systems and consolidate several systems into a single, fully integrated HR administration platform. Anton Roe, CEO at MHR, commented: “We look forward to learning of the significant benefits our iTrent solution delivers throughout the organisation and to its people as the new processes bed-in.” Peter Briffett, chief executive officer (CEO) and co-founder of Wagestream, commented: “As we mark the death of one of the payday loan giants, we’re pleased to finally present a viable solution to help give the UK’s workforce the financial freedom they deserve.” Wagestream service launches PAYMENT PLATFORM, Wagestream, has partnered with 25 businesses in the UK to launch a new financial wellness benefit for workers across the country which allows access to earned income at any time during the monthly pay cycle. Taking away the need to access credit or loans, it can be operational without any change to a company’s cash-flow, payroll or timekeeping processes, and provides instant financial security to UK workers. Wagestream believes that re-establishing the link between work and financial reward, a link often broken in monthly pay cycles, can have a significant impact on people’s behaviour with companies already reporting increases in employee retention, productivity and job applications as a result of offering Wagestream as an employee benefit. The launch follows news that Wonga went into administration on 30 August. On 2 September, Wagestream employees staged a funeral procession through the City of London to mark the end of the payday loans era.
| Professional in Payroll, Pensions and Reward | October 2018 | Issue 44 46
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