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Your team is small but mighty! So it should be easy enough to manage them, right?
Unfortunately, when you’re a small business owner Doing All the Things, HR processes that are critical for a team of any size can fall by the wayside. Paperwork gets misplaced, licenses can lapse, and wait – whatever happened to that former employee’s company cell phone?
If you’re thinking this year’s spring cleaning should include a light refresh of your team management processes, here are three simple ways Payworks can help you kick off your Human Resources exploration (and psst: the affordability will likely surprise you).
What are some basic HR tools for Canadian small businesses?
The quickest ways to get a handle on your small business’ HR processes are to:
- Make sure your info is securely stored in one place
- Set up reminders of important dates so that they don’t get missed
- Ensure all company property is trackable
Let’s take a closer look!
How can I safely store employee data and share documents with my team?
First things first: enough with the sticky notes and crumpled-up paper. You need a safe and accessible place to store your employees’ personal info, certificates, licenses and otherwise – no matter how many people you have on your payroll!
How Payworks can help: All data in our system stays within our borders at one of our Canadian data centres, and you can manage exactly who has access to which information. As a time-saving bonus, you can also empower employees to update their own personal information via Self Service.
How can I get ahead of licensing renewals to stay professionally or legislatively compliant?
Depending on your industry, your team may have to stay on top of certification renewals in order to remain properly accredited in their field. And if licensing renewal slips their mind, you might both find yourselves in hot water.
How Payworks can help: Within our HR solution, you can set automated reminders to pop up anytime a renewal deadline is getting close (and can ensure that everyone who needs to be in the know is notified!).
How can I more easily keep track of company property?
Even with just a handful of staff, it can be easy to lose track of who’s got which laptop, the backup set of keys, or the company cell phone they were just going to be using “temporarily!” And if anyone leaves the team, they could end up taking your equipment with them.
How Payworks can help: Company property can be assigned to employee profiles within our HR solution, making it simple to keep track of what’s assigned, what’s returned… and what ended up getting lost (hopefully nothing!). If there are any expiry dates to keep in mind, you can also set up automatic email reminders for these as well.
Curious about how simple it can be to get started? See for yourself in a no-obligation demo: https://www.payworks.ca/landing-pages/campaigns/book-a-demo.
These articles are produced by Payworks as an information service. They are not intended to substitute professional legal, regulatory, tax, or financial advice. Readers must rely on their own advisors, as applicable, for such advice.
