My company has recently shared the new corporate strategy which in a nutshell is about all business units increasing their bottom line.  I have tried to show directors/senior managers that HR can contribute to this as business partners and not just by reducing absence or recruiting staff cheaper.  Has anyone got examples of where HR has worked with other parts of the business to improve business performance, add to the bottom line etc?

Done this on several occasions everything from brining training in-house rather than using external consultants, improving recruitment and retention rates by importing staff from the EU, Setting up commission based reward structures to improve productively, Organisational restructuring and manpower planning to reduce labour cost, TUPE transfers and reduction of employers liability. Through to the introduction of absence management systems to reduce sick pay cost including the Introduction of sickness waiting days (you don’t get paid for the first 3 days)  

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Regards

Jon

You may also want to consider the staff benefit schemes such as Cycles to Work and Nursery Vouchers as they reduce your employers NI liability.

Travel Plans are a great tool that can have many benefits for the business and thats my area of expertise.  An effective well embraced travel plan can directly affect the bottom line of the business with the added benefits of triple bottom line.  It can also help you achieve CSR Goals, Environmental Goals and Business Efficiency Goals.

Travel plans can reduce:

Staff retention and recruitments costs

Reduce absenteeism

Improve the health and well being of the workforce

Reduce parking costs (average ground level car space costs upwards of £750 per annum)

Reduce idle time and lost working hours

And the list goes on

happy to give you advice on this