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Less stress HRIS - Part two: Beyond basecamp
Learn the essential steps for setting up your HRIS for long-term success.
Less stress HRIS - Part one: The road to the Cloud
Our latest whitepaper, 'Less stress HRIS - The road to the Cloud,' will help you prepare for a successful HRIS implementation.
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Are skills-based organisations the future of work? Join us on this journey to becoming skills-powered and unlock the potential of your people.
HR Shared Services Trends 2024 report
Our latest HR Shared Services Trends report outlines 2024 key trends including AI, service delivery technology and function capability.
CPOs: From HR to workforce transformation - whitepaper
Delve into workforce transformation, aligning HR for business success, and addressing critical aspects from leadership roles to data relevance.
What are the emerging trends in payroll?
We recently spoke to Sam Isaac from Neeyamo about a whitepaper they produced in 2021 which looked at what they saw as some of the emerging trends in the payroll space. Below is a summary of some of the key discussion points from our HR on the Offensive podcast, in...
HR: Make the most of budget season 2022
HR budget planning for 2022 is already underway as 2021 comes to a close. With this in mind, we were recently invited by Unleash to talk about the key challenges and considerations HR teams need to be thinking through as they set their budgets and map out their...
How should HR respond to ‘The Great Resignation’?
In this week’s blog LACE Senior Manager Luka Winterborne and MD Cathy Acratopulo respond to one of the hottest topics in HR at the moment: ‘The Great Resignation’. Read on to learn what questions every HR Director should be asking themselves and why your employee...
Is the future of payroll real-time payments?
In a recent HR on the Offensive podcast we spoke to Ian Wheeler from Income Group about this emerging technology, the impact it is having on the payroll landscape and what the future might hold. Payroll: real-time payments vs faster payments – what are they?...
HR technology integration: Is there really a ‘tech overload’ post pandemic?
In 2021, many businesses experienced a year of change, with organisations quickly adapting through the rapid deployment of HR technology integrations. However, as we approach the Q4 calendar year, there has been talk of ‘tech overload’ across trade and national media....
Life at LACE: Onboarding in a flexible working world
,This week’s blog is a ‘Life at LACE’ piece from one of our newest hires about their experience of being hired and onboarded in a post-pandemic flexible working world and at the start of the colleague lifecycle with an employer. Luka Winterborne compares his recent...
AI in HR: Accelerating the power of your people – what you need to know
How can businesses find the balance between AI and human connection? What do we think the future of AI will look like in HR? In this week’s blog our host Romy Hobson speaks to LACE Partners tech advisory experts Aaron Alburey and Racheal Capel to discuss where we are...
Blockchain’s role in the future of HR
In this week’s blog we hear from our very own Racheal Capel, one of our Technology Advisory Managers, about one of the most commonly heard and least well understood buzzwords in the industry: Blockchain. Read more to learn what the future may hold for Blockchain in...
Has the global pandemic really brought work/life balance?
Has the global pandemic really brought work/life balance? In 2020 the team at Culture Amp produced Hindsight is 2020, a report analysing the emergency response feedback surveys produced for customers during the pandemic. Chris and Emma from LACE Partners recently sat...
What are the ‘next big things’ in payroll technology?
What are the big emerging trends in payroll technology? What impact is data and analytics, AI, RPA and blockchain having for payroll professionals? In the latest episode we talk to Sam Isaac from Neeyamo about their whitepaper which looked at all of the above, as well...
What impact can financial wellbeing have on your workforce?
In this week's podcast, we are joined by Stephen Holliday, CEO of Level Financial Technology, to talk about the impact of financial wellbeing on workforce. What do we mean by the term and why should it be at the top of business leaders' agendas? Listen in to find out...
How are you articulating your employee wellness journey?
Dr Tracey Leghorn from Suez expands on some of the initiatives that her and her team have worked on at Suez and how they supported employees with their own wellness through a variety of different activities that involve including employees in setting the agenda for...