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Gateshead College Goes Live with Integrated HR and Payroll System from MidlandHR
03-06-2008
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iTrent improves accuracy of information and helps meet pensions requirements for college.
Gateshead College has gone live with phase one of a new integrated HR and payroll system, using MidlandHR’s web-based iTrent system.
Rolled out in just three months and replacing disparate legacy and outsourced systems, the new solution provides crucial integration between HR, payroll, recruitment and learning and development. Phase one has focused on payroll, core HR and recruitment, while phase two – due to go live in September 2008 – will see the roll out of absence, web recruitment, learning and development and self service options for the college’s 600 employees.
In addition, phase two will ease the burden of completing and submitting the annual Staff Individualised Records (SIRs) for the Learning and Skills Council through iTrent’s automated SIR process.
From September, the self-service module will be rolled out, allowing the college to update details including training requests and records, expenses claims and holidays for authorisation by line managers using the solution’s workflow system.
Importantly, iTrent will also enable the college to easily keep up with recent changes to the local government pension scheme. Gateshead’s previous system would not have been able to support these changes, which would have meant huge amounts of manual calculations each month.
Su Breadner, Assistant Principal for HR at Gateshead College comments, “Our priority was to reduce risk and administration in order to increase efficiencies and productivity of the HR and payroll departments. We were particularly impressed by MidlandHR’s track record in the further education market and felt confident that they would be able to meet all our specific needs, especially in terms of SIR returns and local government pension schemes. Ultimately, iTrent will streamline the HR and payroll functions, reflecting the college’s forward-thinking approach to the support and service levels expected of a world-class education institute.”
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