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HR software pricing

Are you tired of spending endless hours on employee management? Trust us, youre not alone. Human resources are the backbone of any business, but ...

HR outsourcing services

As a small or medium-sized business owner in the Ireland, its highly likely that you need HR support to manage your employees and related ...

What is discrimination at work?

To protect our equality of opportunity, some of those characteristics — such as race, sex, age, religion and disability — are protected by law ...

Racial discrimination in the workplace

Racial discrimination at work is specifically prohibited under the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2015. Race is one of the nine protected grounds ...

What is direct discrimination?

Direct discrimination occurs when employees or job applicants are treated less favourably than other people because of who they are. Direct ...

Disabilities at work

As stated in the Equality Act, it is the responsibility of all employers to make reasonable adjustments in the way in which employment is structured, ...

Religious discrimination in the workplace

Discrimination on the ground of religion occurs when one person is treated less favourably than another on the ground that one has a different ...

Core values

Can your customers answer this question? If you asked ten different employees, would they all give the same reply? Answers provided by staff and ...

What is staff turnover?

A certain amount of employee turnover is a normal part of running a business. Change is inevitable but if it is happening too much, it is time to ...

Indirect discrimination

Direct discrimination tends to be straightforward to identify. Direct discrimination occurs when one employee is treated differently because of who ...

Reasonable accommodation allowing disabled employees to take up roles

Employers are required under employment equality legislation to consider whether making reasonable accommodations to either the role or the workplace ...

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What is a human resource information system (HRIS)?

A human resource information system or HRIS software is a digital solution, platform, or database with tools to help small or large businesses manage ...