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Abbi Melville

Unlimited holiday allowance
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Unlimited holiday allowance—Netflix, GitHub, and LinkedIn are all doing it, so should you be doing it too? 

Leave without limits—it sounds fantastic! What could possibly go wrong? If you’ve heard about the likes of Netflix, GitHub, LinkedIn, and Virgin, ditching the holiday policies, and are wondering, “What’s all the fuss about?”, then you’ve come to the right place.

Compensation
5 Steps to reduce absence and improve attendance
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5 Steps to reduce absence and improve attendance 

SenseHR explores the causes of absenteeism and breaks down what you can do to foster a positive work culture and improve your teams’ attendance.

Pre-employment backgrounds checks
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Pre-employment backgrounds checks: when you need them and the laws that regulate them 

How can you conduct background checks and still conform with British standards of politeness? Oh yes, and the law—that’s important too. Let’s have a cuppa and we’ll guide you through it.

HR data safe
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How to keep your HR data safe in 2023 and beyond 

When they sign a contract, your people are agreeing to hand over two of their most valuable assets—their time and their personal data. In return for their time, they can expect compensation.

Minimum holiday pay entitlement
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Minimum holiday pay entitlement regulations in the UK: How’s it calculated, who gets it, and why? 

Holiday entitlement can be minefield—and it’s just as explosive if you get it wrong. But don’t worry, after reading this, you’ll be a holiday hotshot with all the answers.

Keeping your HR department GDPR compliant
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Keeping your HR department GDPR compliant 

Surely, everyone in the UK—probably everyone in the whole world—has watched a lion hunt on the TV?

Customer services
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Fairies, unicorns… and customer service agents 

Have you had any issues with your HR software in the last couple of years? Did you need to speak to a human agent?

Power to your people with graph databases
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Power to your people with graph databases

Human relations departments used to process people data in a similar way that finance departments process fiscal data: the role was administrative, and people were company assets