Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 31 | Page 7

NEWS Cisco among top 10 best places to work in the UAE Dubai. Cisco UAE was recognised for its commitment to creating a workplace that fosters trust, pride and fairness among its employees. Shukri Eid, Managing Director, East Region, Cisco Middle East, said: “Receiving this recognition as one of the best places to work in the UAE in our first year of participation is both exciting and a great honour. “We believe that technology alone doesn’t drive innovation, people do, which is why we aspire to give our employees the space, freedom and support to make amazing things happen. “Our people and culture remain crucial to our success, and this recognition provides us with the opportunity to continue learning, improving and transforming Cisco UAE into an even greater place to work.” C isco has been ranked among the top 10 best places to work in the UAE, by Great Place to Work (GPTW), a global research, training and consultancy firm that identifies the best workplaces in over 50 countries worldwide. The top 25 companies were honoured at the GPTW annual event, recently held at Jumeirah Zabeel Saray in The GPTW analyses policies, process and practices in each participating company along with data obtained from direct surveys with employees offering a rigorous representation of the organisation from an employee perspective, and an overall portrait of the workplace culture. ///////////////// Epicor payroll MEA solution assists interiors company E picor has launched a flexible and responsive payroll solution that has been custom built to meet the country-specific employment regulations and business needs of HR departments across the MEA region. Built on the Epicor ERP platform, and recommended for any organisation using Epicor ERP version 10 or above, Epicor Payroll MEA helps improve employee experience and job-satisfaction by providing employees (including HR) with a self-service portal where they can make requests – annual leave, a company loan or time off – and view all the information that the company has on file for them. The solution also significantly reduces the administrative and legal burden on HR. It provides them with automated tools for managing requests from employees, employee contracts, salary revisions, attendance records, timesheets and pay slips, all while making sure that the organisations’ internal processes are in line with the latest local employment regulations. www.intelligentcio.com Santosh Patnaik, Strategy Manager at UAE- based Bond Interiors, said: “Epicor Payroll MEA, embedded with employee self-service, has turned our payroll process into a simple and fast process. A positive experience which reduces effort on the pay cheque process and enables us to focus more on human capital management.” INTELLIGENTCIO 7