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How do companies guarantee that all looming skill gaps are dealt with in a timely way? The traditional approach – hiring permanent, payrolled employees – is still favoured in most European countries, according to an international survey conducted by European HR and payroll services provider SD Worx. However, more and more HR departments are expanding their horizons. With COVID-19 making smart workforce management even more pressing, employers should seize the opportunity to thoroughly revisit their talent strategies.

An international employee survey conducted by HR and payroll services provider SD Worx amid the COVID-19 crisis shows that most employees would prefer to have more digital options when handling HR-related issues. Employers seem to have understood the urgent need for change, with 64.8% of them having short-term plans to improve their HR service delivery to employees. The ultimate goal: boosting their rather low employee engagement scores.

The European HR & payroll services provider SD Worx and MobileXpense announce the expansion of their partnership across Europe to further help businesses in their day-to-day payroll and expense management. As part of their collaboration, both companies will co-develop new digital expense management solutions. MobileXpense and SD Worx partner on a global scale, and will initially focus on Germany and the UK as key markets.

A new survey by HR & Payroll services provider SD Worx conducted in 11 countries across Europe reveals the limited digital maturity of many HR departments. While some countries, like the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Ireland and the UK, are performing slightly better, less than half of the 3,000 polled companies are satisfied with the automation level of their HR and payroll processes and digital HR tools. Mainly SMEs (<250 employees) can still take big leaps.

The Gartner Market Guide for Multicountry Payroll Solutions has once again named SD Worx a 'Representative Vendor’. The payroll and HR service provider, which operates in more than 130 countries, is honoured to receive this accolade. SD Worx is one of 21 companies worldwide to receive this honour.

The first peak of the coronavirus pandemic reshuffled the priorities of both large and small companies. The result: smooth, efficient payroll calculation and payment is now by far the top concern for HR departments in 8 out of 11 countries all over Europe, according to a survey run by SD Worx, a leading European payroll and HR services provider. Within that context, the vast majority prefer to keep their payroll in-house, and paying only fixed salaries remains the go-to option, despite an increasing demand for more flexibility.

Research shows that the majority of employees takes pride in the work they are currently doing. The Belgians and the Dutch score highest with 80% followed by the Dutch employees with 70.7% and the British and the Germans are close behind with roughly 64%. 57.1% of French people take pride in their job. The survey was conducted by payroll & HR services provider SD Worx and the Antwerp Management School in the first quarter of 2020, before the COVID-19 crisis.

Payroll and HR service provider SD Worx has announced its results for the first half of 2020. SD Worx is an essential partner for its customers in an economic climate that is really suffering due to the coronavirus crisis. By adopting a strong emphasis on cost control, SD Worx has succeeded in maintaining its results.

Employees generally take a positive view when new technologies are rolled out in the workplace. Employees regard modernisation efforts as new opportunities to advance their career. In Belgium, this is even the case for 47 percent of employees, while about one third of employees in the Netherlands (32.3%), France (31.5%) and the UK (30.7%) and about one quarter of employees in Germany (25.9%) would agree with this. At the same time, it was found to have a positive impact on the stress they face in the workplace. 

British 19-year-old Anna Shackley has signed a two-year contract with the SD Worx Cycling Team (currently competing under the name of Boels-Dolmans). From 2021, this talented young rider will be part of the best women's cycling team in the world.

The corona crisis has given rise to exceptional working conditions and everyone is dealing differently with the lack of face-to-face contact now that everything is done digitally wherever possible. Of the five stages of grief that occur after a sudden change, acceptance is the most common. Of those surveyed, 77% indicated that they are making the best of the new work situation without face-to-face contact with colleagues. The new balance requires an approach that takes the needs of the employees into account. These were the findings of HR and Payroll Provider SD Worx after a survey among local 2,500 white-collar workers.

Antwerp, 16 June 2020 – Olympic champion Jolien D’Hoore has extended her contract with the current Boels-Dolmans team by one year. This means she will be riding for the new main sponsor SD Worx in the new Olympic year of 2021. Ten-time road champion Christine Majerus from Luxembourg is also staying with the team. Majerus is extending her contract by two years.