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Effective workforce planning is essential for organisations that want to align their business strategy with their human strategy. By anticipating future workforce needs and challenges, HR professionals can ensure they have the right people with the right skills at the right time to achieve their objectives, consolidating their strengths along the way. 

In this article, we’ll explain what workforce planning is, the difference between tactical and strategic approaches, and how to implement a successful workforce planning process. You’ll learn the key stages, best practices, and how Kelio’s solutions can support your workforce planning strategy.

Managing staff holidays can feel like solving a complex puzzle. Between calculating entitlements, handling clashing requests, and ensuring you’re following the law, annual leave management can be challenging for HR teams. 

In this article, we’ll cut through the complexity of annual leave entitlement in the UK. We’ll explain the legal framework, show you how to calculate holidays for different types of workers and share practical ways to make the whole process smoother.

Are you struggling to calculate holiday entitlement for your varied workforce? From full-time staff to part-time employees, irregular hours to zero-hour contracts, ensuring everyone receives their correct statutory holiday allowance can be challenging.

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore how to calculate holiday entitlement accurately for different types of employees. We’ll explain common calculation mistakes to avoid. And we’ll introduce you to time-saving tools that can handle these complex calculations automatically.

Let’s learn how a holiday entitlement calculator can transform your leave management processes while ensuring full compliance with UK employment law.

Calculating employees’ hours is one of the most important tasks for an HR or payroll team. We look at how it can be improved. 

Physical security is a significant concern for many UK businesses across all industrial sectors. It really doesn't matter how large or small your company is; it is up to you as the owner to take all the necessary security precautions you need to ensure the safety of you and your staff onsite, especially if your company handles a lot of sensitive information and holds valuable business assets such as tools, machinery and IT equipment onsite.

Effective Time and Attendance (T&A) management is now an essential part of any HR management strategy. The right T&A solution can transform the way your organisation operates, improving productivity and team wellbeing.

To realise these benefits, you must choose the right solution. However, how do you know which is best for your business? We examine seven criteria to consider when choosing a T&A solution.

Are you considering whether your company needs an access control solution? There are many ways to provide and manage access control, from fobs to mobile phones. Have you considered a biometric system?

As Christmas approaches, it’s likely that holiday requests will be coming in to your HR team. It’s important for the whole business to track them correctly. However, there are many other reasons for staff absence: parental leave, illness, sabbatical, training courses, medical appointments to name a few.

To manage your workforce effectively, you must track absences in an efficient system that records the right information. Here are three things you should look for when choosing absence management software.

Most of us enjoy a Bank Holiday and wish a four-day working week was the standard. Under the government plans to boost flexible working, employees will be able to request a four-day working week. Here we examine the practicalities of this new working week.