Does Your Company Really Need Human Resources?

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Does Your Company Really Need Human Resources?
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• Starting a new business can be a stressful time
  and there will be a lot of different things to
  think about. One of these may centre around
  whether your company really needs Human
  Resources, and you may not even be fully aware of
  what HR can do for your business. Below we look
  at their role in more detail and see how they can
  help with such important things as employee
  benefits, payroll and even conflicts among
  colleagues or between staff and employer.
• As your company continues to grow, you may find
  that not having HR up and running from the
  beginning, could lead to more serious problems
  further down the line. So, how important is HR
  for your business?

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• What is the role of HR within a company?
• Some say that the success of a HR department
  rests upon its ability to treat company
  employees as their clients. In this way, the HR
  department can focus better upon the ultimate
  goal of helping employees to be the best that
  they can be at their jobs, in much the same way
  that a sales team role is to turn prospective
  customers into recurring ones, HR needs to turn
  employees into contented and loyal staff members.

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• What are the basic functions of a HR department?
• Most HR departments take on many different roles
  and responsibilities, but their primary functions
  are listed below
• Making strategic hiring decisions and tracking
  applicants
• HRs role is to ensure that the company takes on
  the best team of employees for each job role,
  including the most qualified and reliable talent.

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• Benefit management and absences
• Schedules, planned absences and benefits such as
  those associated with health, are all the duty of
  the HR department to organise.
• Making sure that managers and employees are
  adequately trained
• The real value of a HR department shines through
  in this function, and in providing training for
  managers and employees, they give them the
  ability to perform at their best in their roles
  and use their newly gained skill set for the
  greater good of the company.

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• Helping to solve workplace conflicts
• Incidents of conflict among staff members and
  management can often create rifts in the
  workplace, but with an effective HR department
  who have been trained in mediation, such
  incidents can be deflected and solved with
  minimum negativity for the company.
• Getting to grips with legal issues
• Labour and employment laws must be strictly
  adhered to, and HR professionals are responsible
  for ensuring that this always happens.

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• They are also trained how to handle cases of
  discrimination or harassment that may arise, and
  which if not resolved, can prove costly for a
  company both financially and from the perspective
  of their reputation.
• It may be that after reading through the various
  functions of HR, you have come to the realisation
  that your small business will operate more
  effectively from many different perspectives, if
  it takes on a HR professional. Whether one person
  is sufficienmt for the size of your company, or
  you require a full team, there are many firms out
  there offering such services and they will soon
  help you to improve your business and ensure that
  you have a satisfied and productive workforce.

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• Apollo Payroll is one of the premier small
  business payroll companies in Miami Beach and
  Coral Gables. Apollo Payroll is dedicated to
  delivering expert advice, responsive service, and
  highly accurate payroll processing and reporting
  to ensure the success and growth of the business
  that we serve. Our services include comprehensive
  payroll service in Miami and other cities in
  Miami-Dade County, employee background check and
  group health insurance in Coral Gables Miami.