Is Your School’s Data Secure?
Cyber security in education has moved from an IT concern to a leadership responsibility, and recent headlines have made that shift hard to ignore. A…
HR and payroll software for 250+ employees in the UK
For businesses with more than 250 employees, a combined HR and payroll platform, often called an HCM (human capital management) platform, has to do a…
HR software with built-in payroll vs integrated
HR software includes built-in payroll when payroll is a module inside the HR platform rather than a separate product connected to it. IRIS Cascade is…
Finding the cost of tax and accounts compliance software
When you buy software, the headline price is an important starting point, but it can only provide part of the total cost of ownership. For…
HR and payroll integration: what data to enter once
When HR and payroll are connected, employee data is entered once by the person responsible for it, and payroll then uses that entry without the…
final pay, P45 and leaver records
A UK offboarding process predominantly centres as much on payroll and employee records as on IT. Employee offboarding isn’t finished when the user’s accounts are…
When to replace HR spreadsheets with an HRIS
If your HR admin has outgrown spreadsheets, it may be time to implement a human resources information system (HRIS), also known as HR software. An…
2027 unfair dismissal changes: performance records guide
From 1 January 2027, the qualifying period for ordinary unfair dismissal in the UK drops from two years to six months. The statutory cap on…
HR software with recruitment included: what to check
HR software can include recruitment, also known as an applicant tracking system (ATS), and the test is whether the candidate record becomes the employee record…
HR system data security and GDPR standards: a UK guide
There is no UK GDPR certification scheme for HR software. That said, your HR software should support compliance, not make it harder, helping you maintain…