When you outsource crucial processes, you can focus on your team’s wellbeing
Featured Products Promotional FeaturesPosted by: Dental Design 6th August 2021
We’re half-way through 2021 and the early optimism sparked by the vaccine rollout is facing a few challenges, with many of us continuing to proceed with caution with regards to making plans – that longed-for holiday abroad might have to stay on ice, for now.
The same can be said for businesses. There may be talk of recovery and recruitment but, at the same time, plenty of workforces across the UK are still dealing with the fallout from the pandemic. In the practice team, you may have an employee now unable, or unwilling to return to their job, for a variety of reasons, from concerns about safety to their changed circumstances.
With more dental practices now calling up patients for routine consultations, is the mood at work positive, or uncertain? And what can you do to support employees, when there are so many unknowns?
Your most valuable resource
Taking care of your team, so that they feel well looked after, has never been more important. Their wellbeing should be your priority, because this is how to retain happy, engaged and motivated employees and become known as a great place to work. If you have had to restructure your bonus scheme, or make pay cuts, it is vital you let people know you value their hard work and commitment, and are willing to go above and beyond to hold on to them, despite the disruption. Remembering to keep saying “thank you” and doing all you can to make people’s work lives stress-free can sometimes be hard when you’re running a busy dental practice – but your team is your most precious resource and deserves appreciating as such.
Your business practises must be adapted to give you more time to focus on wellbeing. Payroll is one function that can be difficult to manage internally. Errors can be upsetting, even distressing and yet the smooth delivery of payroll, every month, faces pressure from things like changing legislation, also the government’s decision to extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme until September 2021. But you won’t have to endure the stress of delivering an accurate, HMRC-compliant, payroll on time, every time, any longer if you outsource to a specialist provider.
Outsourcing payroll takes back your time
Outsource payroll and you’ll get reassurance that people will be paid the right salary, also the correct amount in benefits, such as their employee pension. Outsource and your payroll can be easily adapted if work schedules alter, or scaled up if you recruit more people. Any changes can be actioned smoothly, with no fuss and no risk of upset to those who you value because there has been a mistake. Because specialist payroll providers use the latest technology, with systems and software that back up to the Cloud, your key data will be stored securely while remaining instantly accessible from multiple devices. A specialist provider will also have a bullet-proof disaster recovery plan in place, so people will get paid even if an(other) unexpected event comes out of leftfield.
Payroll is unique in that it actually becomes better with outsourcing. A dedicated payroll provider like Wagemate not only offers a comprehensive range of services, from BACS to pensions auto-enrolment, but it also has an ePayslips portal, for digital paper-free payslips which are highly convenient and easy to store – no physical filing cabinet required – as well as being good for the environment and your green credentials.
Every business, including your dental practice, has been reshaped by the pandemic. Even if the impact seems imperceptible at the moment, workplaces in the UK are looking out at a new and changed landscape. It is essential for a positive, productive work environment that everyone in your practice feels that they are supported, are appreciated and are being well looked after.
When you outsource complex yet necessary tasks, like payroll, you can focus more resources on your employees’ wellbeing. Outsourcing payroll is a strategic decision, then, to give you back more time to dedicate to retaining happy and engaged people, to take with you as your practice navigates its way through these uncertain waters, towards its future growth and success.
To better manage your payroll, contact payroll specialists Wagemate today, tel: 03330 102102 or email info@wagemate.com
Author:
Daniel Hull
Director – Wagemate Limited
“Money isn’t everything, but its right up there with oxygen”.
Staff are a business’s most important asset and peoples pay matters! Making sure employees are paid correctly, on time and have access to their pay information is one of the fundamentals to keeping staff happy. That is what we do and much more.
My goal is to take away the stress of payroll away from as many people as possible, making sure staff are paid accurately and on time and by adding value, providing excellent service and plenty of convenience to our clients.
