Staff Management

The transformation of human resources from a purely administrative function to a strategic business driver stands as one of the most significant management evolutions of the past two decades. Human resource management (HRM) has transcended its traditional personnel management roots to become a sophisticated discipline focused on maximising organisational capability through people. 

Calculating holiday pay correctly might seem straightforward, but it’s one of the most complex aspects of payroll management. With varying employment types, fluctuating work patterns, and evolving regulations, knowing how to calculate holiday pay accurately is essential for every UK employer. Getting it wrong doesn’t just create administrative complications — it can lead to tribunal claims, financial penalties, and damaged employee relations.

This comprehensive guide breaks down exactly what you need to know to calculate holiday pay correctly for every type of worker in your organisation, helping you stay compliant while maintaining an efficient payroll process.

In today’s complex work environment, businesses need reliable systems to track working hours and tasks, manage absences and plan team schedules efficiently. 

A comprehensive timesheet management solution helps you: 

• Monitor working time precisely 
• Maintain accurate payroll records 
• Ensure compliance with working time directives 

Here, we examine the different types of timesheet, their benefits, and how to chose the perfect system for your organisation.

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.

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.

Activity monitoring within organisations, which consists of monitoring and analysing the number of hours worked by employees as well as the type of work, is a key issue related to keeping track of productivity or cost pricing. How can activity monitoring be carried out? What tools are available to companies to support it?

The recruitment process is becoming increasingly complex and therefore harder to attract and retain talented staff. Successful HR onboarding is a key issue for a lot of companies and many feel that the process of integrating their new employees is not as ideal as they would like. To help with this, we've outlined essential steps for effectively onboarding your new recruit.

Workforce management is one of the responsibilities that falls not only to the HR department but also to every team manager in each department. Between the difficulties of scheduling, legal obligations and working constraints, how can we help managers organise their employees shifts patterns and daily activities?

At work, measuring performance is critical to see if workers are performing optimally. In the following guide we tell you how to perform a work performance evaluation to be able to assess your staff productivity.