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Biometric time and attendance / clocking-in systems enable businesses to provide their employees and customers with the most secure services, while in the same time offering a far higher level of accuracy and traceability. The majority of existing biometric time and attendance systems employ fingerprint readers for authentication, although facial recognition and iris recognition systems […]

Installing a fire roll call system can help student accommodation management teams evacuate all lodgers in a very fast and orderly manner, thus ensuring their safety, as well as granting fire crews easy access to the premises. This exact unfortunate situation has recently occurred at the 4-storey student accommodation complex at Liberty Quays in Gillingham, […]

As the modern workforce becomes increasingly mobile and remote, organizations are looking for the right tools that can be utilized to measure employee performance, assess productivity and maintain data security, industry experts believe. Employees are monitored in traditional work settings and the need to monitor remotely working employees is just as important, it is argued. […]

Biometric Access Control Systems are becoming increasingly popular across the healthcare industry – so much so that the market was valued at US$ 1,333.1 million in 2015 and is projected to expand at a CAGR of 23.4% until 2024, according to a research report by Coherent Market Insights. Growing security concerns and integration of information […]

The majority of transport networks across Western Europe are migrating their CCTV surveillance systems to IP-based solutions, in a move aimed at improving the level of security and safety for staff and passengers alike, an industry report has been able to suggest. More than 85 per cent of networks are looking at installing internet protocol […]

Flexible working options can help alleviate some of the challenges and pressures facing new fathers at work, experts at coaching consultancy Talking Talent have argued, according to a news report into the matter. Marking the Men’s Health Week, an annual event that occurs between 11-17 June and seeks to raise awareness about health issues affecting […]

All Construction Site Visitor cards issued from 3rd September 2018 will expire on 31st August 2020 and CSCS will stop issuing the card from 28th February 2020, the Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) has announced. The card was originally introduced for workers who often did not perform a construction related role but visited site on […]

The Market for Smart Card-Based Access Control Systems is set for a very strong growth over the next few years, driven mainly by the increasing demand for enhanced security and government policies for security issues, a recent market research report from Future Market Insights has been able to suggest. Card-based electronic access control systems use […]

Workforce analytics solutions help bolster business performance and bring value to any organization, data from a new global research report from CIPD/Workday has been able to suggest. The “People Analytics: driving business performance with people data” report from CIPD/Workday demonstrates a clear parallel between an organisations use of people analytics and strong business performance. In […]

ANPR cameras integrated with access control systems and CCTV surveillance can deliver a superior level of security for construction sites and represent the most efficient means of construction site management, experts in the sector believe. It’s simply not possible for site managers to monitor all activity taking place on busy construction sites, making CCTV one […]

57% of global organisations have admitted to not having appropriate visibility of subcontractors engaged by their third parties, while a further 21% are unsure of oversight practices and just 2% routinely review the risk subcontractors pose to their organisation, a recent survey by consulting firm Deloitte has been able to suggest. The Deloitte Extended Enterprise […]

The annual costs of sickness absence for UK businesses is estimated at around £554 per employee, data published in the latest research report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD ) has been able to suggest. The eighteenth annual CIPD survey to explore issues of health, well-being and absence in UK workplaces has […]