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Minimum holiday pay entitlement
Abbi Melville • 

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.

Compensation
Keeping your HR department GDPR compliant
Abbi Melville • 

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?

What is the national minimum wage
Gary Middleton • 

What is the national minimum wage, the national living wage, and the real living wage 

Once upon a time—way back in 2016—the legal minimum pay per hour in the UK was dictated by the National Minimum Wage.

Bradford Factor
John Crowley • 

What’s the Bradford Factor and how to use it today 

The Bradford Factor isn’t nearly as boring as it sounds. To start with, it’s at the root of an urban legend…

Customer services
Abbi Melville • 

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?

What is HR software?
John Crowley • 

What is HR software? 

A Human resources (HR) software solution combines a number of systems and processes and is used by small and large businesses for better employee management

How long should you keep employee records for
John Crowley • 

How long should you keep employee records for? 

How long is too long when it comes to storing leaver records? This is one of the most common questions we get from clients who are eager to stay on the right side of legislation, their workforce, and their data storage capacity.

5 key things that your HR system should do
John Crowley • 

5 key things that your HR system should do 

You’ve decided to support the smooth running of your HR department with some slick new software. And may we just say, that’s a great decision.

The rise and rise of the progressive web app
Bharat Jain • 

The rise and rise of the progressive web app: how HR departments and their people are getting ahead by scrapping native apps 

Everybody has someone in their lives who seems superhuman. Whether they’re a famous icon, a fabulous friend, or a parent, they seem to have it all, do it all, and still have time to cater for everybody else, without putting a foot wrong or getting a hair out of place.

Power to your people with graph databases
Abbi Melville • 

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