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Asians are widely known for the "longer hour working hours translate to a hardworking employee" attitude. With Singaporeans feeling mentally fatigue at work to reports of employees dying due to overwork in Japan overworking in Japan, it seems that employees today are working far too hard.

To minimise this worrying trend, one possible solution that employees can consider would be to implement a Personal Time-Off (PTO) policy.

PTO days are not to be confused with traditional time off policies, in which leave days are categorised into vacation days, sick leave or parental leave. The former lumps all of these different leave days into one category.

It has been an enriching event at DBS BusinessClass SME Academy which was held at Tencent WeStart (Hong Kong). Kicking off in the morning with Jay Chan from Technode giving an overview on the Hong Kong startup scene, this was followed by Tiffany Wan from Tencent WeStart sharing the next generation of co-working space.

So much was packed in a day, with a total of seven lessons from the delegates! Our team member, Hansel Choi, from Gpayroll was also there to share on how SMEs can best use technology to automate their payroll and HR functions. It was a great turn-out!

For every small business, growth always ranks high on the list of priorities. When it comes to setting up a proper Human Resources (HR) to manage employees, here are some practical HR hacks to help develop the company culture and create a productive team of employees.

Setting Up A Non-Employee Business

With the rising gig economy, would it be possible for a company to have zero employees? For New Jersey-based company, Tools4Wisdom, a company that produces calendar planners, it seems to be highly profitable.

Laszlo Nadler, the founder of Tools4Wisdom, managed to generate an annual revenue of USD2 million with just zero employees.

If that sounds impossible, here are some tips to run a non-employee business.