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The High Court has decided that a shift pattern used by at least 4 fire stations to cut costs, which required firefighters to be on duty for 96 hours in a row, breached the Working Time Regulations. The Fire Brigades Union argued that the ‘close proximity crewing’ (CPC) shift system violated regulation 10, which entitles […]

The historic data collected by your company’s time and attendance systems can provide unique insights into your workforce’s behavioural patterns, enabling new and exciting workforce management options. While time collection and worked hours tracking are their main (and somewhat traditional) features, modern electronic time and attendance systems offer numerous other features, including scheduling details, cost […]

Today, Tensor Security Indonesia (TSI) hosted a meeting of the Indonesian Credit Card Association (http://www.akki.or.id/) at the Ayana Hotel, Jakarta attended by Tensor’s Chief Executive, Ashley Smith. The event was attended by over 100 representatives from the largest financial institutions across Indonesia. TSI introduced and demonstrated several biometric technologies including our facial recognition system to […]

ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) systems represent the perfect solution for car park management, as they can easily record times of arrival and departure, as well as interact with other systems (such as access control barriers) in order to streamline access on site. This is exactly the reason why an automatic number plate recognition system […]

Biometric access control readers will be deployed at the Scottish Parliament as part of a plan to deter terror attacks on Holyrood, a recent news report has been able to suggest, which means that all MSPs and staff will soon be required to use fingerprint scanning equipment to access the premises. The introduction of biometric […]

Tensor plc, the UK based, award winning market leaders in the design, manufacture and installation of security, access control, attendance monitoring and energy management/monitoring solutions are delighted to welcome HYnet Solution, based near Colombo, Sri Lanka, to the Tensor family. Following a visit to our offices in Singapore, Wasantha Malawarage, Managing Director of HYnet Solution […]

Deploying construction site security systems should be considered a priority for those organizations keen on preventing industrial thefts on their site, such as the ones that have recently affected the north-eastern area of the UK. Tools and copper-based building equipment were stolen from sites in Inverurie, Westhill and Milltimber. The overall value of the stolen […]

One of the most serious problems many HR managers must deal with in their departments is the use of targeted, stand-alone applications or services for payroll, time and attendance / time tracking and employee benefits management, which more often than not are not integrated and don’t communicate well with one another. Using an integrated system […]

Employees clocking in late, taking long lunches and pinching some time at the end of the work day can have a negative effect on an employer’s bottom line, recent analysis has been able to suggest. The report quotes a study by the American Payroll Association revealing that up to 10 minutes per day, per employee, […]

According to a 2013 market research report, traditional timesheets are disliked and very inaccurate. 423 people with responsibility for employee tracking were surveyed. 50% of these said that in their company or department, users disliked entering timesheet info more than they disliked expense reporting or time off reporting. All you have to do is to […]

With the 29th March 2019 fast approaching, employment laws are one of the many issues still to be ironed out. The most prominent of these is the Working Time Directive. The Institute for Public Policy Research has created a report called A level playing field for workers to examine the current situation and suggest future plans. […]

As more and more organizations are becoming interested in gaining better control over visitor movement in their premises, the global visitor management systems’ market is set to record a strong level of growth between 2017 and 2027, a recent market research report from Future Market Insights has been able to suggest. Visitor management systems are […]