Home Group has been using iTrent, MidlandHR’s HR and payroll system, since 2010 and has now just added the iTrent Employee and Manager Self-Service modules as part of its new HR strategy. The new modules will be used by 3,200 employees and 570 managers across Home Groups operations. The self-service strategy involved the introduction of…
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Workplace transformation & welfare reform
Jacqui Stoggall, director of consultancy at Sovereign Business Integration Group, outlines the importance of workplace transformation programmes to deliver the new strategic vision and mitigate risk in a challenging business environment. From the introduction of universal credit to the decline in government funding, unreliable income streams are fast becoming one of the most critical issues…
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Cascade wins HR deal at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Housing Association is implementing dedicated HR software from Cascade to give managers access to real-time information in order to help them make better decisions around resource planning and to give its staff some self-service capabilities. Nicola Brandon, personnel and training manager, St Vincent’s Housing Association, said, “During the evaluation phase, we spoke to…
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Universal credit – Results of pilot projects
At the time of writing (the end of June 2013), the government has released its April 2013 update on some of the local authorities taking part in the pilot projects for universal credit. Birmingham City Council 50 per cent of people attending UC briefings did not have an email address. Dumfries & Galloway Council A…
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Editor’s Notes: No escape from universal credit
Despite the patchy start to many of the universal credit pilot projects (see page five), welfare reform is going ahead and it does look likely that universal credit will be introduced, albeit in a rather longer timescale than originally planned and despite reported glitches in the DWP’s IT systems. Since there’s no escape from the…
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Do you see the impact of UC?
A quick canter around the internet at the moment will tell you all you need to know about universal credit: It will start in October 2013; It replaces Jobseekers Allowance, Employment Support Allowance, Income Support, Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit and Housing Benefit; A pilot will run in four areas [at the time of…
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