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With the numerous long weekends in Singapore, there is no denying that the post-holiday blues is likely to creep in to the workplace on a Monday. And with everyone in the office feeling that post-long weekend blues, it can be quite a struggle to get back into the swing of things.

While the responsibility of keeping employees motivated tend to fall on the shoulders of the line managers, employers themselves are likely to feel the post-holiday blues as well. Therefore, it is imperative that everyone within the workplace, both employers and employees, strive to motivate each other to get back on track after a long weekend.

Here are some tips to get the work drive back after a long weekend or perhaps even after a long holiday.

Gpayroll beat out 18 other companies to emerge as the winner of the inaugural HR Tech Pitch-Fest at HR Festival 2019. It has been an incredible experience for our team and we are excited to share our joy with the rest. Asia-Pacific has become a melting-pot for emerging businesses, ideas and innovation. Three years ago, Gpayroll was out in the market to provide online payroll software solution to the small businesses (SMBs).

There is no doubt that HR technology has transformed the roles of HR professionals today. Long gone are the administrative HR paperwork. Instead, these have been replaced by software platforms or even cloud-based platforms that are able to handle thousands of employees' data and incorporate multiple HR processes such as time attendance and payroll all on one platform.

With the rapid advancements in HR technology today, various HR platforms have begun to partner or even merge with each other to reach a wider HR audience. This indicates an attempt by these HR software platforms to further streamline HR processes and free up the time of HR professionals. This will allow them to place more focus on the employees and come up with people strategies rather that spend time resolving day-to-day HR issues that can be easily handled by a HR software platform.

Such example would be the partnership between Human Capital Management platform, Workday and work chat platform, Slack. According to Workday, this partnership will allow each platform to bring together their individual expertise and reach out to employees. Additionally, Slack has added that this partnership will provide employees with more interactive features such as requesting for time-off, real-time peer feedback and customised notifications.

Here is what companies can look forward to with this partnership.

In today’s workplace, the waistline matters just as much as the business profits. There are numerous research to suggest that corporate wellness programmes can be used to encourage employees as well as boost their productivity, reduce turnover rates and reduce healthcare costs in the long run.

According to Patrick Teow, Chief Executive Officer of AIA Singapore, “Business leaders are beginning to recognize the importance of investing in corporate health.” He also added that encouraging healthy behaviours in companies will eventually become healthy habits that boost company’s profitability.

Based on research from Willis Towers Watsons’ Global Medical Trends Survey 2018, “Singapore’s medical inflation has increased from 7.6% to 9.2% in the past two years.” It is no wonder that employers have come with strategies to empower employees to take charge of their own health through various preventative initiatives and wellness programmes to encourage a healthy lifestyle amongst employees.

Here are some “prescriptions” to develop for this year to develop a healthy workforce this 2019.