The pandemic can be seen as having brought about a substantial mindset shift in terms of dealing with our people. There has never been a more obvious focus on the welfare of our people. Almost overnight, companies had to grapple with the need to ensure the welfare of their staff coupled with the survival of […]

How many times have you presented strategies that haven’t worked out as you intended? How many times have you made plans only to realise that you didn’t have the capacity to implement these plans? How many times have you turned to your people and felt frustrated at their lack of motivation, lack of drive or […]

Human resource professionals work on the front-line in any company. When connecting with people in this way it is difficult not to pick up the subtle signs. The side glance from an employee on a corner desk. The silence from staff members when you ask for their opinion. The tension when you walk into an […]

Human resources is about people. In reality, it’s a business we all understand. The formula is relatively simple – happy people leads to happy customers which leads to better profits. Simple to understand, yet as most HR leaders will tell you, very difficult to implement. The reason – well, we are dealing with people and […]

Cheers to 2022! Over the past year, the Shireburn team has been hard at work developing and launching some powerful new features for the Indigo Suite. This has all been aimed at helping you and your teams in your day-to-day tasks, ensuring you have the tools to help you work smarter. We’ve also added the […]

Insights is a new data dashboard embedded in the administrator’s portal of Shireburn’s payroll, HR and attendance management solution, Indigo. This new feature leverages Microsoft’s PowerBI, allowing Indigo users to analyse their employee data via powerful graphs and visuals, right from the Indigo portal. Organisations and HR Teams that are able to leverage data effectively […]

Whether your company is in a service business, or simply works on different client assignments, it is sometimes required to keep track of the hours worked per project. Time tracking can be a key element within an organisation as it sheds light on how much time is spent on client work, which can then be […]

Utilising our Indigo Suite gives you more time to focus on your people. Ever since we’ve teamed up with BambooHR – one of the leading HR software solutions providers, we’ve learned that whilst some companies use it as an HR tool to manage essential employee information, others also use it to keep track of their […]

Software at its best makes your complex processes simple. With Indigo Attendance we address your staffing availability, rostering and clocking processes, but we wanted to make it even simpler for operations that don’t have a complex scheduling requirement but still want to track their employees’ hours. That’s why our team worked hard to bring you […]

We’re thrilled to announce that the Shireburn Team has been working hard to launch Indigo Target Attendance; a new Indigo Attendance feature aimed at helping you compare the hours your employees work versus the hours your employees are expected to work. What’s even greater is the fact that this comparison can be carried out over […]

What are periodic payments? Periodic payments are payments or adjustments to an employee’s payroll that need to be carried out regularly, but not on each payroll. Such items can include director’s fees or quarterly allowances. Did you know that you can set up periodic payments with Shireburn’s Indigo Payroll? Users can set up these pay […]

One of the most challenging and time-consuming tasks of many business is the shift planning process, especially assigning, editing and ending shit patterns to employees. Over the past few weeks, the Shireburn Team has made significant improvements in Indigo Attendance’s scheduler with the aim of improving your scheduling workflow. Previously, shift patterns could only be […]

As we enter 2022, we are taking some time to round up the top features released throughout 2021. To ensure that our users have the best tools on the market to manage their payroll, attendance, and HR functions, our team regularly releases updates for Indigo. Besides giving the Indigo Suite a refreshed look, there have […]

New Rounding and Limits to Allocate Overtime and Leave Entitlement in Rewards The Shireburn Team has been working on yet another feature to give employers increased control over rounding and limits on allocating overtime and leave entitlement in rewards. What’s new? When setting the overtime and leave entitlement rules for rewards, you can now apply […]

Just over a year ago, Shireburn’s Indigo Attendance was named the best Cloud-Based Solution as a Service in the Malta eBusiness Awards 2020. Today, we’re pleased to share that Shireburn’s Indigo Attendance has been shortlisted for the WSA Shortlist 2021! The World Summit Award is a United Nations Based Global award initiative selecting and promoting […]

Starting 2022 in line with the last Budget When we said we’ve got your back, we meant it! As another year draws to an end and everyone gets ready for some seasonal festivities, Shireburn’s Indigo is on hand to make the transition to the new year run smoothly. Here are the ways Indigo will help […]

1. Weekly Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) Increase of €1.75 Indigo Payroll has a tool to help you apply the COLA increase throughout your payroll, using the Global Basic Pay Adjustments utility. Check out this article to find out how to go about it: How do I allocate C.O.L.A. to all employees at once? | […]

Indigo Suite will, once again, proudly be an official partner of the Foundation for Human Resources Development (FHRD) annual HR conference, which will be held on Friday 12th November at Hilton, Malta. Delegates will have the opportunity to meet the Indigo Suite team at the FHRD annual HR conference, where they will gladly answer any […]

At Shireburn, our product comes first, and our users can attest to the regular releases with enhancements and new features. Our latest release was a bit different, though, with no new features or enhancements. Since the launch of Shireburn’s Indigo Suite in 2015, the product has grown substantially. Now, 100,000 employee licenses later, the latest […]

Are you looking to enlist Indigo as your payroll provider? That’s a great idea! However, are you worried it’s too late in the current year to switch over to the award-winning, cloud-based service? We have good news to quell that concern: you now can join in any time of the year, and your company’s employee […]

All businesses operate differently, especially when it comes to scheduling work for employees. What works for a factory setting does not work for your convenience or retail shop, or neither for your remote-based workers or office space. Indigo Attendance simplifies staff scheduling and attendance tracking for businesses of any size and type. The award-winning solution […]

At Shireburn we understand that your workforce is one of your key resources, which means that labour costs are one of the main contributors to business expenses. This is why employee time and attendance management could have a substantial impact on your bottom line. Furthermore, the use of an automated, cloud-based time and attendance management […]

At Shireburn, we have started off the year with yet another great milestone: surpassing the 100,000 user subscription mark on Indigo within the first week of 2021. This achievement affirms Shireburn’s cloud-based system as the leading payroll, HR and attendance management solution in Malta. We would like to thank all Shireburn Indigo users for helping […]

As we look ahead to the holiday season, and eventually 2021, we want to take this opportunity to highlight some of the top features and functionalities we added to the Indigo Suite in 2020. In 2020, we made several special adaptations to the Indigo Suite to help our clients effectively run their businesses throughout this […]

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the workforce was already changing and moving towards remote teams and flexible working hours and patterns. If there is one thing that COVID-19 has taught most companies it is that even if you are not adopting a remote-first approach, a robust business continuity plan and ensuring that all of your essential […]

Shireburn’s Indigo Attendance was named the best Cloud-Based Solution as a Service in The Malta eBusiness Awards 2020. The winner was announced on Friday 13th November. Shireburn had already won a series of awards for its software products, both locally and internationally, with the organisation’s Indigo Payroll solution winning the award for MCA eBusiness Award for […]

With the covid -19 pandemic heightening the awareness of surface transmission of viruses, bacteria, and other nasties, companies around the world are re-thinking the use of handprint or fingerprint punch clocks at their premises