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Outsourcing specialist Capita said it was looking into the concerns of employees who had been taken on and then suddenly found themselves surplus to requirements. The bemused recruits were paid an extra week as notice by Royal Bank of Scotland, who had originally asked Capita to supply them with untrained complaints handlers. One temp worker complained: “I had spent £377 on a monthly rail pass and £120 on childminding, and given up a job working in a friend’s business.” Tensor makes sure your workplace gets its decisions correct over staff and hours with our class leading time and attendance systems. The large LCD colour display and illuminated keypad on a Tensor T32xx clocking station makes it simple for colleagues to check flexi-time hours, confirm their clockings, or make job-booking transactions. There is even a rugged outdoor version of the T32xx, the T3240BK. The T3240BK can handle even the harshest of exterior conditions, providing excellent reliability through rain, storms and heavy use.

Fire-fighters wearing breathing apparatus fought a shop blaze that caused people to be evacuated from flats. The fire broke out in the early hours of the morning at the convenience shop in Yorkshire on Tuesday last week. Three fire crews arrived to find a store room to the rear of the premises on fire. The store room and staircase in the building were damaged by the blaze, which is understood to have been started by overloaded electrical sockets. Installing a Tensor T3510 Low Cost 4 Scanner Controller at your retail or business premises will improve staff safety owing to its Fire Roll Call reporting capabilities. The T3510 is the ultimate Smart Card Access Control system for doors and barriers. The image shows a typical two door access control application using a smart card reader to gain entry and exit. This has the advantage of recording who entered and who left the building, essential for accurate Fire Roll Call in an emergency.

A £250 reward is offered for information leading to a successful prosecution of cruel thieves who stole children’s artworks. The pupils made up the special mosaics as part of a special community history project. Martin Taylor-Cockayne, the chairman of the crestfallen community group in Nottinghamshire, said the size of the items means the crime must have been pre-planned. “They couldn’t have possibly been taken by an opportunist thief,” he commented. “They went to a lot of trouble.” Tensor is the first port of call for organisations seeking more effective outdoor security. The T1481 Access Control Scanner is tailored for granting or denying access to car park or exterior areas. The T1481 has similar dimensions to a standard light switch and its features include a high quality gloss finish and impact-resistant casing. Access control scanners are supplied ready to install and can operate across a cable or Ethernet network. They can also be mounted next to your barriers enabling the swift setting up of a security network.

A boost to the recovering economy came this week with Ryanair announcing it was creating roughly 1,000 jobs at airports nationwide. The airline confirmed it is to expand its operations and hopes to fill the new roles by summer 2013. These include pilots, engineers, cabin crew and baggage staff. Chief executive Michael O’Leary said the firm hopes to carry an extra one million passengers, adding: “We’re taking more and more big aircraft and placing those… across the regions.” Tensor provides cost-effective clocking systems for either small or large businesses; boasting all the same core functionality but with differing staff numbers and remote locations supported. The flagship Enterprise edition of our WinTAnet system allows a Group headquarters to control each subsidiary business that in turn, may each be operating from different local or international locations. All editions are suitable for use with SQL or Oracle databases. WinTAnet is both multi lingual and linked to the regional settings of your office’s PC.

About 30 eco-protesters have broken into an EDF Energy site with the intention of setting up camp. Some have already climbed the only operational chimney at the Midlands-based gas power station. An EDF representative said the operational chimney was “immediately shut down to protect protesters who had placed themselves in potential harm”. A police spokesman added: “Negotiations have begun to encourage the protesters to end their demonstration.” Five women have already been arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass. Ideal for securing exterior sites, Tensor digital CCTV camera and recording systems take advantage of technology that has revolutionised the monitoring of movement and access within a specific area. Tensor digital CCTV is PC based, multi channel video surveillance system that uses the most advanced compression technologies. Compared to analogue CCTV, a far greater number of CCTV cameras can be connected to your network and viewed, all through a single PC monitor. It brings the highest picture quality and video performance in aiding security.

Accountants KPMG say five million UK workers are paid less than the living wage. The firm’s figures suggest that these employees are paid less than is required for a basic standard of living. The UK rate is £7.20 per hour which is purely voluntary, and which KPMG has itself signed up to. “Times are difficult for many people, but of course those on the lowest pay are suffering the most,” said Marianne Fallon, head of corporate affairs at KPMG. Tensor has many types of technology for recording wages and hours. Part of our clocking expertise is a Mobile Self Service Module iPhone Application. Tensor is offering a set of time attendance and absence related self service features packaged conveniently into the App. Mobile clockings and job bookings, once submitted, are transferred to the central Tensor.NET application. The employee's position is also ascertained from their iPhone’s location. Employee movements recorded in this manner are plotted on a map viewable in the Tensor.NET software.

A court ruling on Wednesday (October 24) means workers can now seek compensation for lost earnings. Susan Clare was one of the batch of workers, mainly women, who won a ruling over lower pay from Birmingham City Council. The 51-year-old was a full-time care assistant, earning about £900 a month before leaving in 2011. She said: “I think it's awful that we weren’t put in that position where we could have been earning the same as a man collecting rubbish.” There is no danger of a mistake being made over pay or working hours at your council or company with a Tensor clocking and time and attendance system. The WinTA system is a proven product at giving total control over working rules and handling all major hours calculation methods. Tensor is the leader in the payroll field and has worked with all of the major payroll packages. WinTA has a wide range of configuration options to extract payroll information in exactly the correct format.

Seen as a success at every level, the London 2012 Olympics came with piece of mind too, with no security scares. The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) estimated that £514 million was spent on venue security. It was confirmed through official sources that the government remained committed to providing LOCOG funds for venue security, initially put down at £282m. The figures released on Tuesday revealed £480m in unused contingency cash from the public funding package. An Olympian level of expense does not need to be spared when installing an effective security solution from Tensor at your premises. Biometrics is the technique of studying the physical characteristics of a person such as your fingerprint, hand geometry, eye structure or voice pattern. Scanners using biometric methods of identification for a ‘two-factor’ security authorisation of an individual can be added to a Tensor time and attendance or access control / visitor monitoring system. We stock a smart card access control scanner with built-in fingerprint reader.

On Wednesday it was revealed the NHS Employers organisation is pushing for no across-the-board pay rises to be awarded to non-medical staff. On the other hand, almost two-thirds of midwives, nurses and administrators will still receive a salary increase because they are entitled to climb one ‘rung’ up the pay scale. This is equivalent to a 6.7 per cent pay rise for some. NHS Employers wants to leave the pay scales alone as it argues current conditions “are increasingly unaffordable.” Advanced payment schemes and scales are no problem setting up via a Tensor Time and Attendance and payroll system. Using the Secondary Pay Bands function, certain pay bands pay into other bands either on a 1:1 basis or by using a multiplier. Another feature of our comprehensive software is Shift Premiums, where complex payment schemes can be used, based on factors such as the time of working to the grade of employee. The annual hours of a particular employee can be tracked.

A current case in the European Court that is set to review whether an inability to work full-time could be a disability could make an impact on the UK’s existing legislation. The definition has not been reviewed since 2006. UK law currently identifies a number of key indicators of disability, such as the length of any incapacity. Temporary illness is not generally covered so any verdict to the contrary by the court could place the UK’s existing legislation in doubt. All companies are ultimately looking for an easy and accurate method of recording their workers’ hours and breaks for payroll, job costing and legislation purposes. The EU Working Time Directive provides a complex set of employment rules and regulations that govern the number of hours an employee can work, and ultimately dictates the way all companies within the EU must operate. All Tensor time and attendance systems come complete with advanced software to help your company meet the requirements of EU law.

A suspect has been arrested following an armed robbery at a shop on Friday evening. Police say a shot was fired at the premises in North Lincolnshire, however the raider left empty-handed. The shopkeeper, a man in his 40s, was left with slight head injuries caused by glass from a set of broken bottles smashed in the incident. Officers have so far been unable to find the firearm used. The arrested man remains in police custody. Low cost door access control is available from Tensor to secure even smaller size premises. The one to four door access control system can be linked together can control other doors from one PC. The range uses the latest .NET PC-based access control software. The speech output announces flagged arrivals and security breaches and there is a burglar alarm output for forced entry. The Tensor system adheres to international security standards applicable to Access Control systems; EN50133 Parts 1, 7 and 2; GW18, PC79 and DD243I2002.

The BBC and other news agencies today (Friday) reported that about 120 protesters tried to storm a government property. Approximately ten people scaled scaffolding outside the Department for Communities and Local Government building in London. It is understood the crowd have been protesting about the eviction of travellers last year at Dale Farm in Essex. More than 60 police officers were required at the scene to join together in a human barricade to hold the protesters back. Tensor has gates, barriers, and turnstiles in our product range to prevent access to a business or organisation’s property. Sliding or Swing Gates are available. Tensor barriers fully integrate with our smart card and biometric access control systems. A Tensor system allows rapid communication when any delay occurs, such as when unauthorised personnel attempt to access a restricted area. Peak period congestion is thus avoided. The system gives full control over who is allowed access through any controlled point at any time of the day.