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The Benefits of Time in Lieu for Employees and Employers in the UK

Learn about the concept of Time in Lieu in the UK, its benefits for both employees and employers,...

Jenny Maddox • 29 Jan 00:14 • 5 min read

Why Executives Should Take More Time Off

Executives who take time off can return to work feeling more energized and focused, leading to im...

Jenny Maddox • 05 Jan 23:28 • 2 min read

Let's talk about retirement.

When retirement happens, it is important to feel supported and prepared. There are multiple types...

Shazeda • 01 Jun 10:35 • 4 min read

Company Culture & How To Work On It

Company culture is the way of life within a work environment, a thriving business will strive to ...

Shazeda • 31 May 10:18 • 4 min read

How to keep your remote workforce motivated

Unmotivated employees are unproductive employees. Learn how to improve company morale and boost e...

Rayaan Shire • 01 Dec 14:42 • 4 min read

How to onboard employees remotely

Are you ready to welcome new hires remotely? All the details you should take care of are listed h...

Rayaan Shire • 01 Dec 11:32 • 4 min read

How to create an effective job posting?

A job posting is an advertisement for an open job position. It is essential to create a good and ...

Luisa Syed • 01 Dec 11:24 • 4 min read

How to create the perfect Work From Home Policy?

Creating a solid remote work policy guarantees that your company's expectations are clear and tha...

Rayaan Shire • 01 Dec 08:15 • 4 min read

What is Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS)?

Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) is a way to measure your employees' satisfaction and their loy...

Luisa Syed • 24 Oct 23:44 • 6 min read

Time in Lieu Explained

What is ‘Time in Lieu’? Time in Lieu (or TOIL) is when an employer offers time-off to their emplo...

Luisa Syed • 24 Oct 23:21 • 5 min read

The Pros and Cons of Buying vs Leasing Office Equipment

For reasons such as little money or the necessity to upgrade on an annual basis, several business...

Rayaan Shire • 24 Oct 23:04 • 5 min read

Hybrid working Guide: Everything You Need To Know

Hybrid working model is a type of work that allows employees to work from a variety of locations....

Rayaan Shire • 08 Oct 08:08 • 5 min read

Staff leave planner

When it comes to administrative processes, it might be a pain. In the following article, we'll go...

Rayaan Shire • 07 Oct 22:27 • 4 min read

How to bring employees back into the office after the pandemic?

Return to in-office work. How to bring your employees back into the office. Here are four simple ...

Luisa Syed • 05 Oct 15:04 • 4 min read

Ultimate Guide To Effectively Manage Virtual Teams

A remote team, also known as a virtual team, communicates remotely using communication technology...

Rayaan Shire • 05 Oct 14:44 • 5 min read

Why You Need Employee files

An employee file is a place where you keep all the documents of your employee from the day they h...

Rayaan Shire • 02 Oct 14:28 • 2 min read

Ultimate Guide to Employee Onboarding

Employee onboarding is an essential step of the entire workforce-building process. If your organi...

Rayaan Shire • 02 Oct 00:35 • 4 min read

Should You and Your Team Continue to Work Remotely? Pros and Cons

We go through a few pros and cons of remote working versus going back to the office. Is the balan...

Rayaan Shire • 01 Oct 23:50 • min read

Why Is An Employee Handbook Important For Your business?

It's essential that every organisation must have an employee handbook ready for their employees a...

Rayaan Shire • 01 Oct 23:10 • 7 min read

A guide on Stand-ups and Retrospectives

Stand-ups and Retrospectives. What they are and how to run them effectively. Stand-ups and Retros...

Luisa Syed • 01 Oct 05:40 • 4 min read

The importance of having policies and procedures

Establishing clear policies and procedures for your small business is set to flourish and keep y...

Luisa Syed • 22 Sep 12:42 • 5 min read

Why HR software is essential for small businesses

Human resources software saves vital time and lowers paperwork by automating tasks and managing d...

Rayaan Shire • 22 Sep 12:37 • min read

A guide to employee off-boarding

Offboarding is the process during which an employee leaves a company through resignation, retirem...

Luisa Syed • 22 Sep 12:29 • 5 min read

A guide on Payroll, Pension and Employee Benefits

Payroll, Pension and Employee Benefits. What they are and why they should be one of the prioritie...

Luisa Syed • 31 Aug 01:20 • 4 min read

How to Hire: A Guide to Recruit and Interview Effectively

A company's workforce is its most important asset. For small businesses to succeed and thrive in ...

Rayaan Shire • 20 Aug 16:38 • 4 min read

What is HR Management?

Human resource management is the hiring, deploying and managing the people in an organisation. It...

Rayaan Shire • 20 Aug 15:14 • 3 min read

A guide to: Contract of Employment

A contract of employment or employment contract is a set of agreed terms between the employer and...

Luisa Syed • 29 Jul 13:13 • 3 min read

A guide to: Employment notice periods

A notice period is a notice an employee must give his or her employer before resigning. It is als...

Rayaan Shire • 29 Jul 11:42 • 3 min read

How to Maintain Mental Health in Your workplace

Mental health issues not only diminish the productivity of your workforce but also cause a series...

Rayaan Shire • 24 Jul 10:52 • 3 min read

How to turn 28 days of annual leave into 63 days off in 2022! 🏝

Here’s a guide on how to strategically book your annual leave to maximise your time off. Take 28 ...

Luisa Syed • 24 Jul 05:47 • 4 min read

10 things that will/have changed with people management post covid

Many of those irreversible changes are in terms of people management and workspaces in general. H...

Rayaan Shire • 19 Jul 05:47 • 3 min read

Holiday Management Guide

A detailed, transparent, and easily accessible holiday policy is crucial for any organisation. Fi...

Rayaan Shire • 08 Jul 12:34 • 3 min read

What is sabbatical leave?

Learn everything you need to know about sabbatical leave and how companies use it to retain emplo...

Rayaan Shire • 04 Jul 12:32 • 3 min read

The Ultimate Bradford Factor Guide: Everything You Need to Know

Bradford Factor is a tool to calculate a score of employees' absenteeism. A complete guide on how...

Rayaan Shire • 28 Jun 15:27 • 3 min read

Add your own custom fields to employee profiles

Easily add unlimited amounts of custom fields, let it be dates, numbers, text and even dropdowns ...

Ryan • 08 May 22:39 • 1 min read

Office Simplify gets a new home tab inside your Slack

A new Slack home tab for Office Simplify means you will be able to do more without having to leav...

Ryan • 27 Sep 16:38 • 2 min read

Automatic Slack status updates

OfficeSimplify can automatically update your Slack status when you're away. Keep everyone up-to-d...

Ryan • 26 Sep 17:25 • 2 min read

Top 5 Slack integrations to improve remote working

Our top 5 picks for Slack apps that will help your employees and business especially during remot...

Ryan • 27 Jul 16:38 • 3 min read

How to build an Excel Vacation Tracker for Employees

Vacation tracking can be a tedious job! We will show you how to make an Excel vacation tracker fo...

Ryan • 26 Jul 15:07 • 4 min read

Microsoft Teams connector for OfficeSimplify

Integrate MS Teams with OfficeSimplify. Setup a Microsoft teams connector to receive daily notifi...

Ryan • 27 Feb 14:49 • 1 min read

Managing company Leave Types

How to setup your company leave types, it's good to think through each one and make sure it makes...

Ryan • 21 Oct 09:09 • 3 min read

What is "Time in lieu"?

During busy times, you may need your employees to work longer hours or extra days. You might offe...

Ryan • 21 Oct 01:34 • 4 min read

Booking time off directly in Slack

Integrate Slack with OfficeSimplify. Book, approve or reject time off with a click. Receive daily...

Ryan • 17 Oct 01:00 • 3 min read

The Fundamentals of Human Resources

The most basic fundamental scope of the existence of Human Resources, is for a department to mana...

Ryan • 12 Oct 21:42 • 4 min read