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EDITOR'S COMMENTS

5th February 2010

Employment legislation weighs heavily on businesses of all sizes.  It governs corporate conduct in almost every facet of managing people, from the way organisations recruit, (what they can say in advertisements and what they cannot say), to managing under-performance (warnings) to age discrimination, equal opportunities and retirement.  Few businesses can remain abreast of the volume of legislation and the constant barrage of changes.

Large organisations can of course afford to employ dedicated HR professionals to keep them on the right side of the law and out of tribunals.  Or perhaps they can outsource to specialist providers, who can provide a complete payroll and HR service.   But for mid-market companies compliance with HR regulation can be daunting since they are subject to the same laws (and liabilities) as everyone else but cannot afford in-house expertise.  It is this void that is increasingly being filled by mid-tier software vendors, many of whom are venturing well beyond the traditional payroll boundary and into the provision of HR advisory services.  This week, Lesley Meall, FSN contributing editor takes a look at the major providers in this space.

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