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AA Insurance is a joint venture between the
Experience has shown that approximately 40% of HR implementations fail, either through ‘post payroll implementation exhaustion’ or because of poor Return on Investment of a wide ranging HR product.
AAI needed a user friendly self-service solution to grow with its business. As a long-time customer of Datacom’s outsourced payroll solution, DataPay, AA Insurance (AAI) had already extended the solution by adding the employee self-service module, DataESS. AAI wanted a system that was easy to implement and could provide the company with timely and accurate information at any point in time. Datacom provided the web based human resources solution, DataHR, to create an integrated self-service modular solution. This solution gives HR managers immediate access to information about total remuneration that can inform discussion with staff trying to understand their ‘real pay. Most payrolls deal only with wage rates and hours of work, not benefits.
“For us the total remuneration data was important. It was helpful to have a breakdown of all remuneration components, including superannuation. A key benefit is being able to easily access this information for timely and accurate reporting by both the HR team and operational managers at any point of the year, but this functionality is particularly important during the annual salary review process. Giving staff visibility of their full rewards package throughout the year is a great reminder of all the great benefits offered here at AAI.”
Casey Armstrong - Human Resources Specialist
Your Co-workers Extend Your Life
According to a new study, having supportive colleagues not only makes your workday easier, it may also help you live longer.
A good relationship with co-workers had an impact on mortality risk for people and was most pronounced between the ages of 38 and 43 according to researchers at
“Peer social support, which could represent how well a participant is socially integrated in his or her employment context, is a potent predictor of the risk of all causes of mortality,” the researchers said in the study reported in the journal Health Psychology, which is published by the American Psychological Association.
A research conducted by Dr Arie Shirom and her team studied the medical records of more than 800 workers who had been followed for 20 years (1998 – 2008), and questionnaires that measured job demands, control at work and peer and supervisor support.
Despite complaining about the boss; which is a favourite work topic, the study showed that having a supportive supervisor had no or little significance to the impact on mortality. The researchers did find a pronounced difference between the genders in the effect of having control and decision-making influence at work. It increased the risk of mortality for women in the study, but had a protective effect for men. Decision-making influence was based on workers being able to use their initiative, having input on how to use their skills and the ability to make decisions to accomplish tasks.
Dr. Shirom explained the findings saying that most of the people in the study held blue collar jobs, in which men typically had high levels of control and women did not. One-third of people in the study were women. The average workday was 8.8 hours. Eighty percent were married and with children, nearly half had at least 12 years of education.
The researchers controlled for other risk factors that could impact mortality such as a cholesterol levels, blood pressure, smoking, drinking and anxiety.
Levi’s®
Established in 1873, Levi’s® jeans are the original, authentic jeans. They are the most successful, widely recognised and often imitated clothing products in the history of apparel. Over successive generations, Levi’s® jeans have captured the attention, imagination and loyalty of diverse individuals.
As the creator of the category, the Levi’s® brand continues to define and redefine jeans-wear with the widest range of products available. Generations that has worn Levi’s® jeans as a symbol of freedom and expression. The Levi’s® brand appreciates what makes all of us unique and encourages freedom and individuality. Levi’s believe great brands and businesses are built by consistently providing quality products and services, by earning the trust and respect of all their consumers, employees, communities and investor through responsible business practices.
For almost 36 months now Levi’s® jeans has been using EasiPay; Datacom’s Outsourced Payroll Service and have found it “very efficient and pleasant” system. As a pioneer in our field, coupled with our core philosophy of innovation, Datacom gives you the ability to have everything produced and stored online.
Your reports will emailed for immediate accessibility and turnaround time, while your confidential payslips will be couriered to a specified location of your choice. All your payroll information will be maintained, secured and protected in our world class hosting facility held at the Orbit Data Centre.
“The site is excellent. I have always used it from day one, no more spreadsheets”, says Phillipa Robinson-Haynes. “The best part is the IRD compliances!!” - having Datacom to look after the entire PAYE & IRD process.