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Our parent company, Tensor plc, will exhibit high-end security, facial recognition and access control solutions at the International Security Expo 2019 on the 3rd and 4th December. Visit us at Stand J61. The International Security Expo 2019 at the London Olympia is the flagship event for the security industry, bringing government, industry, academia and the entire […]

Some companies believe that because they have a small number of staff, an official fire roll call isn’t necessary. They can just look at their assembled staff and recognise missing people! This may be the case for regular employees, but what about contract or service workers like cleaners or repair engineers? What about visitors? How […]

At the Conservative party conference, the chancellor pledged to increase the National Living Wage to £10.50 per hour by 2024. He also said that the age at which one qualifies for this wage will drop from its current age of 25 to 21. The current National Living Wage for over-25s is £8.21. The current minimum […]

We’ve written on the blog before about the problems of presenteeism. This is when employees continue to turn up for work despite being physically or mentally unwell. Old-fashioned management will hail this as displaying loyalty and grit, while those more in touch with modern research will know that presenteeism can lead to a dramatic drop […]

By not offering their staff any flexible working options, London’s SMEs are wasting up to £18,600 every year in rent, a recent research report from conference call provider PowWowNow has been able to suggest. Figures published in the report suggest that by allowing just 1 in 5 of their workforce to work remotely, London based […]

Time theft is widespread across virtually all industries. This is the unethical practise of not working during paid work time, and thus receiving money for doing nothing Behaviours leading to time theft Buddy punching (recording incorrect arrival and/or departure times thanks to a co-worker clocking in or out for them) Taking longer breaks and lunches […]

We believe in offering our customers the best quality products and services that we can, so we are constantly looking for enhancements to be made to our software, as well as incorporating customer requests wherever possible. The most recent update to our Self Service Visitor Management app (available for iOS and Android) extends the ability […]

More and more workplaces are needing to grapple with the additional needs of remote workers, as that option becomes steadily more popular. Over the last ten years, the number of UK workers moving into remote working positions has increased by almost 250,000 according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS). This has prompted a shift […]

Absenteeism is a well-known problem for employers, and has probably been so for as long as the concept of employment has existed. For example, there is an Ancient Egyptian document from more than three thousand years ago which lists which workers are absent due to illness! Unplanned absences disrupt the workforce, can cause rota difficulties […]

The accurate monitoring of sickness absences is vital in any workplace. This means something more ‘track-able’ than a phone-call, or an email to their line manager. Having reliable data allows employers to recognise any developing patterns, or unbalanced amounts of sickness absences. It is important not to immediately jump to negative conclusions if you discover […]

Biometrics are measurements and/or calculations of the human body, used to identify people. There are many different types of biometrics, as there are many parts of the human body which can uniquely identify you. Most of the common ones are: fingerprints, iris recognition, voice recognition, hand geometry. There is a more complex type of biometric […]

With the summer holiday season well and truly approaching, your company might already have fallen foul of the many problems caused by out-of-date and inefficient holiday booking procedures. Annual leave entitlement A common problem from inexperienced companies without a specialised HR and accounts system is problems working out what the holiday entitlement is for their […]