Recap: Singapore Management University Panel

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

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The topic for the panel was “Shaping The Next Generation Business Leaders” and was well attended. SMU ran this event in Jakarta, Indonesia and Manila, Philippines as part of their drive for next years students. On the panel, I was joined by;

Moderator: Steven Burton
Deputy Director, Postgraduate Professional Programmes & Dato’ Kho Hui Meng Career Centre, Singapore Management University

Donna De Santos
Country Recruitment Head of Citi Philippines

Elisa Abalajon
HR Director, Mondelez International (SEA Business, APAC)

Rossana Javier
CEO & Partner, PwC Advisory

It was a great panel, with ranging views on hiring, recruiting, education, emerging markets, entrepreneurism and human resources (HR). We all did about 10 minute introductions and was followed by a 60 minute question and answer period with the attendees.

(Panel L – R: Rossana Javier CEO & Partner of PwC Advisory, Elisa Abalajon HR Director of Mondelez International (formally Kraft International), Moderator Steven Burton from SMU, Stephen Jagger Co-Founder of PayrollHero and Donna De Santos Country Recruitment Head of Citi Philippines)

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Makati; The Selfiest City in the World According to TIME

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

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According to TIME Magazine, Makati, Philippines is the “selfiest city in the world”.

“An examination of hundreds of thousands of selfies—the low-fi, self-shot photographs that are intensely popular among younger social media users—suggests that the city, part of metropolitan Manila and home to 500,000 people, produces more selfies per capita than any other city in the world.” (source)

That is a great sign for PayrollHero’s selfie based TeamClocks.

Annual Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Operations Conference, Philippines

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

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The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf organization had their annual operations and training conference in Fort Bonifacio, Philippines this week. A few representatives from each country was in attendance for 2 days of learning, networking and fun.

This year I was invited to speak on employee engagement, how PayrollHero handles it in a tough recruiting environment for engineers, how CBTL Philippines does it. We then covered how PayrollHero can help with employee engagement and how the platform works within companies all over the world.

It was a fantastic event and great to meet the teams from Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Kuwait, India, Korea, USA, Singapore and many others.

Here is the deck used in the presentation;

CBTL Employee Engagement Presentation from PayrollHero

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(With The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Brunei and East Malaysia Team)
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BreadTalk Philippines Chooses PayrollHero

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

breadtalk-payrollherov2 We are pleased to announce that BreadTalk Philippines has chosen PayrollHero’s Time, Attendance, Scheduling, HRIS, Analytics and Payroll platform for their 40 stores in the Philippines.

“BreadTalk, a Singaporean lifestyle brand that has gained international appeal, is widely credited for taking the bread and bakery industry to new heights. BreadTalk Group Limited has rapidly expanded to become a distinctive household brand owner that has established its mark on the world stage with its bakery, restaurant and food atrium footprints. Its brand portfolio comprises BreadTalk, Toast Box, Food Republic, Din Tai Fung, The Icing Room, RamenPlay, Thye Moh Chan and Carl’s Jr. in China. With a global staff strength of 7,000 employees, the Group has a network of over 800 outlets in 15 territories such as Singapore, China, Hong Kong and the Middle East.”

BreadTalk plans to utilize PayrollHero to streamline their HR processes and revitalize how their attendance data is collected. Their employees are excited to start clocking in for work via #selfies and getting real time analytics around their time and attendance.

Welcome to PayrollHero, BreadTalk Philippines!

If your business is interested in learning more, contact us anytime.
(or join tomorrow’s free webinar)

PayrollHero: 20 Hottest Startups in Singapore for 2014

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

Exciting news! PayrollHero has been chosen by the Singapore Business Review as one of the 20 Hottest Startups in Singapore for 2014. What an honour, thanks SBR! You can see the whole article here in the online edition of the magazine.

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#BePunctual And Win with UBER and PayrollHero

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

UBER has launched in the Philippines to much fan fare. Their private car service is a great addition to the current transportation options and is a great way to travel.

Want to give it a try?…. FREE.

UBER has partnered with PayrollHero to provide free rides to punctual employees. All you have to do is consistently show up for work on time and you could win a free UBER ride.

For those that don’t know how UBER works, they are a technology company that provides an app to make it quick and easy to find a ride.

From their website; “UBER is evolving the way the world moves. By seamlessly connecting riders to drivers through our apps, we make cities more accessible, opening up more possibilities for riders and more business for drivers. From our founding in 2009 to our launches in over 70 cities today, Uber’s rapidly expanding global presence continues to bring people and their cities closer.”

My favorite features of UBER… emailed receipts with exact trip details, cashless (no need to argue with driver about his lack of change), slick app that lets you see where the vehicle is and a rating system so that you can provide feedback on the driver or vehicle.

Want to give UBER a try?

#BePunctual and you could win!

5 Old School Ways To Track Employee Attendance

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

Companies all over the world want (read: need) to keep track of employees time. From being aware of their start time / end time, to knowing how late or early they are from their scheduled time, knowing the time and attendance of employees is important. There are many ways companies try and achieve this;

1. Traditional Punch Clock
2. Manual Hand Written Journal
3. Excel / Google Doc for Attendance
4. Bio-metrics (finger scanner)
5. Honor System

Each have their drawbacks and 4 out of 5 enable massive fraud. Time theft is a big problem in companies and adds up quickly. Imagine an employee who is 5 minutes late for work and leaves 4 minutes early. 9 minutes a day, times 5 days, times 52 weeks is 39 hours a year in paid but unworked time. Almost a full week! Now imagine you have multiple employees doing this. How much time theft is your company allowing?

Check out PayrollHero’s Time, Attendance, Scheduling and Analytics platform – we eliminate buddy punching, ghost employees and make it fun for employees to clock in and out for work.

#BePunctual and Win with FourEyes.com.ph

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

Our friends at FourEyes.com.ph have given us a few Gift Certificates for P500 off new glasses. For the punctual PayrollHero employees out there, this might be your chance to get some new glasses. For your chance to win, just make sure you are early for work!!

Never heard of FourEyes? They are 1st online eyewear store in the Philippines. Plus…

“For every pair of eyewear that you buy from www.foureyes.com.ph, we would donate a pair of FourEyes prescription eyeglasses to someone in need of eyewear. We work with various recognized partner charities in making sure that the glasses are delivered directly to them.”

So don’t be late!

Update: Salary Function For Philippine Payroll

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

Great news!

We’ve just released a new pay mode setting called “Salary”. This feature can be used for your employees who don’t clock in/out on the system but are still part of your payroll, meaning, you can still generate payroll without clocking in/out or resolving attendance.

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How this feature works – the system pays the employees their salary for a specific pay period without any lates and overtime.

To summarize our pay mode features, here’s a table of what we have on the system:

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* If attendance has not been published, a notification would show up and say that “Sorry we can’t generate your payroll until all work days have been published. Please publish the needed attendance.”

** If they need deductions or additional pay, you can create specific “payments” on their employee profile.

So if you currently have clients who are paid a “Salary” here’s how you can edit the pay mode.

Interested in signing up for PayrollHero? Signup online.

Event: PayrollHero Unwrapped

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

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Our partner at New Leaf Ventures in Manila, Philippines is having a PayrollHero Unwrapped event. This is a fantastic way to get a hands on look at how PayrollHero works and what it can do for your business. From their website:

We’re unwrapping PayrollHero for you! Learn how this simple and easy-to-use software can help transform your business!

PayrollHero is a Time, Attendance, Scheduling, HRIS and Payroll app that is built for web and mobile.

Employees can clock in/out using facial recognition technology, giving “accuracy” a whole new meaning.

Scheduling, as well as viewing schedules, is as convenient as a single click.

Payroll computation is exact as it is built for the Philippines. You don’t have to worry about computing different types of pays– be it Night Time Differential, Holiday pay, Double shifts etc.

You will also have access to a set of analytics that will help you make important decisions for your business.

The best thing? Everything is in real-time. Space is limited, Register Now!