Staff administration

Staff administration

What is workforce planning? A guide for HR Professionals

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.

Holiday entitlement in the UK: How to apply annual leave rules

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.

Calculate holiday entitlement - use our free calculator

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.

How to efficiently calculate employee hours

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

How to Digitise Your HR Department

Digitalising is becoming the way forward for the majority of companies when it comes to modernising their Human Resources department. Saving time and reducing costs are major benefits but other elements also come into play…

Time and Attendance and payroll: What's at stake?

Monitoring employees' working time is of significant importance in organisations where the Human Resources team need to juggle different working time patterns, such as part-time, shift work and staggered hours. To optimise managing working time and monitoring employee activity, organisations can implement time management software.

Eight tips to help you organise employee vacations effectively

Holidays are a significant part of an employee’s contract, but it is critical that vacations are well managed to ensure the company is not adversely affected.

Enterprise Access Control

Access control in an organisation ensures only those who are authorised are able to enter the premises. It protects your organisation from unwanted visitors, reduces the incidence of theft or damage and increases the safety of your employees.