As a technology agnostic business, we’re often asked to provide our thoughts on the evolution of the payroll provider market and what has changed. As the year draws to an end, we thought we would reflect on some of the key developments and share. One of our resident...
We recently featured a podcast with the CEO of Level Financial Technology, Stephen Holliday, looking at the impact of financial wellbeing on today’s workforce. For today’s blog we’ve included a summary of some of the key points of the discussion. If you would like to...
There are a few common statements we hear from payroll and HR professionals who approach us at LACE Partners to discuss challenges they are having with their payroll function, be it the system or the processes that aren’t quite working for them. In today’s blog we’ve...
Earlier this year we were asked to give our view on a perspective that an optimal number of employees per line manager was between eight to ten. But with leaders not in the same room, should this be reduced? We reflected on this in a piece featured the HR Director...
Encouraging people to return to work post-pandemic can be a delicate balancing act for HR Directors. There have been numerous headlines recently about global tech companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook pushing for more office working. So are we now seeing a large...
For many organisations, the time for nine-to-five office-based operations is over for good. The world of work has changed – and continues to do so. We were recently asked by People Management about technology and hybrid-working, which got us thinking.... How can...
In October this year LACE Partners were awarded the certification as a Great Place to Work. This accreditation supports an organisation along their journey to create outstanding, high performing workplaces, with a strong focus on building a positive culture. We’re...
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 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...
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...
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?...
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....
,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...
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...
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...
