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Principles of change management for the people profession
John Crowley • 

Principles of change management for the people profession 

How can HR professionals put transformation into practice or respond quickly to external forces, while keeping their people happy, engaged, motivated, and productive? The answer is a good change management strategy… and for everything else, there’s SenseHR.

HR Software
What is SaaS?
John Crowley • 

What is SaaS? 

What does the phrase SaaS stand for, and what does it mean? We look at what “Software as a Service” means, and how it applies to solutions such as HR systems.

Gross pay calculations made simple
John Crowley • 

Gross pay calculations made simple… because we’ll do it for you 

Ever wondered why your HR system doesn’t just calculate gross pay for you? We did too. So, we fixed it. Afterall, we love working next to payroll, but we don’t want to have to rely on them for the data that we need.

Maternity leave
John Crowley • 

Doing it for the kids: Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, and Shared Parental leave 

There’s no escaping it—trying to understand parental leave rules and regulations is almost as difficult as… well… raising children. But our helpful guide and handy comparative tables will make things a little bit easier.

Where’s my data?
Abbi Melville • 

Hey! HR! Where’s my data? 

Do you know where your people data is? Do you know who’s looking after it? Or how they’re doing it? We lay it all bare for you, so that you never have to wonder again.

Calendar heat maps
Bharat Jain • 

Calendar heat maps are the tool that your HR department never knew they needed 

A calendar heat map can show ‘hot spots’ for all the events and absences across your whole organisation, or right down to a single person, and every filter that you can think of in between. How would you use yours? Tell us in the comments.

What exactly is HR Software? 
Abbi Melville • 

What exactly is HR Software?  

What are the capabilities of HR systems and what, if anything, can they do to add value to your organisation?
Do You Need HR Software?

Zero-hours contracts
John Crowley • 

Zero-hours contracts: from zero to … well not quite hero, but it’s getting better 

The SenseHR lowdown on zero-hours contracts and it’s not as ugly as you’d expect. There are some gleaming silver linings to the cloudy world of gig work and if it’s done right, it can give both an employer and their workers the flexibility they need, without exploiting anyone.

How HR can create a better work culture
John Crowley • 

How HR can create a better work culture 

SenseHR takes a look at what HR can do to create a positive workplace culture and why it’s so important

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) and Occupation Sick Pay (OSP)
Abbi Melville • 

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) and Occupation Sick Pay (OSP) 

Let’s get down with the sickness! It’s an offer that you can’t refuse—however much you might want to—because sickness is an unavoidable part of life and work. So, take a deep breath and pull off that plaster… it’s time to talk sick pay.