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Workers across the UK have some of the shortest working days in Europe, a recent research report on the matter has been able to suggest. British employees work almost 100 hours less each month than the world’s most hardworking countries, the study by Printerland.co.uk into the daily habits of office workers around the world can […]

Although more people are working flexibly and remotely than ever before, personnel management experts believe that clocking-in and out (recording time spent doing work-related activities) is still extremely important for a variety of reasons, including making the payroll process easier and creating a trusting and rich company culture. Clocking in is a simple and effective […]

Time and attendance systems with built-in workforce management modules can help prevent the build-up of left-over holiday time and indeed the high number of holiday applications that occur towards the end of the financial year, experts believe. HR departments across the country tend to receive a very large number of holiday requests at this time […]

The market for workforce management systems (including here time and attendance monitoring solutions with rostering modules) is set to grow by 9% in 2018 and 2019, and by 10% in 2020, 2021 and 2022, a recent market research report has been able to suggest. The 2018 – 2019 Workforce Management Product and Market Report from […]

Time and attendance systems can help large companies who decide to apply sudden changes to the types of benefits they offer their employees and collaborators. This is exactly the case with parcel delivery company DPD, who has decided to offer self-employed drivers access to benefits such as paid annual leave, sick pay and pension entitlement […]

Having the right office equipment in place can help companies save time and money, since the average UK worker is wasting 50 hours a year as a result of failing technology in the office, according to a recent survey. The research from serviced office specialist Workthere estimates that these failings could result in an £11 […]

Agile time and attendance / workforce management solutions will be vital for the future survival of SMBs, almost half or leaders in this segment believe, a recent survey has been able to reveal. Improving agility is a top priority for European SMB leaders seeking to take advantage of a digitally empowered workplace. According to a […]

Around three quarters of UK employees claim that flexible working benefits would make a job more appealing, and in fact nearly a third would prefer flexible working to a pay rise, a recent market research has been able to suggest. The report from Powwownow points out that the number of employees favouring flexible working is […]

The UK’s SMEs are optimistic about the global economy and are already working on the best ways to unlock ambitious growth over the next 12 months, a recent survey by American Express and Oxford Economics has been able to suggest. The research found that 41 per cent of UK SMEs point to using their advantages […]

UK companies are still optimistic about their prospects to generate jobs in the short-term, building on the UK’s record labour market performance, data published in the latest CBI/Pertemps network group employment trends survey has been able to suggest. The annual survey found that 51 per cent of firms across the UK will grow their workforce […]

Managing sickness absence is always a difficult topic for all members of staff involved in this activity, but a time and attendance system that accurately records and manages time taken off by employees will certainly help. It is a well-known and well-accepted fact that employers have a duty of care towards their employees. If an […]

Time and attendance systems will require extensive remote and flexible workforce management capabilities in order to keep with the growing demand across the UK’s workforce, for whom flexible work arrangements and remote working options are a priority. More than half — 52% — of HR professionals said their companies currently offer flexible work arrangements to […]