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Although time and attendance and workforce management and monitoring systems can provide extensive actionable data regarding the employees’ sickness absences, they still can’t fully mitigate the undesired effects of presenteeism, a persisting problem in the UK workforce, according to research from Canada Life Group. Almost all (90%) employees said they come into work when feeling […]

Organizations using IP CCTV surveillance systems should also seriously consider the issue of network security, members of the BSIA (British Security Industry Association) have warned. While the integration of video surveillance with IP networks carries significant benefits – including offering potentially cheaper and easier installation, the ability to distribute video images more widely and the […]

While currently not planning any major cuts, companies are likely to start considering optimizing their workforce amid a major drop in employer confidence last quarter. The latest JobsOutlook survey from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation suggests that twenty-four per cent of employers would take on more permanent staff in the next three months, while 64 per […]

Demolition operatives will be issued new style CCDO Smart Cards starting this September, the CSCS has recently revealed. Following a comprehensive review of the Certificate of Competence for Demolition Operatives (CCDO) scheme whose purpose was to assess the degree to which the scheme meets the needs of the demolition sector, the organization has decided that […]

The parking management solutions market is expected to exceed more than US$ 9000 million by 2021, a recent report from Market Research Engine can suggest. The number of vehicles on the road is growing rapidly, which increases problems regarding the shortage of parking spaces, even for companies. The parking management market is segmented on the […]

Biometric Time and Attendance system can help combat the phenomenon of payroll fraud and “ghost” employees which has recorded significant growth in numerous countries around the world. While some governments simply ignore it or do very little to combat it, others, such as the one in Nigeria, decide to implement solid measures in order to […]

Facial recognition CCTV technology is being used within an university research project for tracking students’ emotions, a news report can reveal. The system installed at the University of Iowa scans the faces of all who pass under it and instantly calculates their moods — collecting readings for joy, frustration, confusion, fear, anger and sadness. The […]

Having the right workforce management systems and analytics technology in place can help public sector organizations improve their ability to make timely operational decisions about their workforce, recent research has been able to reveal. Organizational processes that are simply out-of-date and legacy technology can limiting some public organizations’ access to the right information. However, implementing […]

Time and attendance systems will make the process of booking annual leave a very simple, straightforward and transparent one, thus preventing conflicts that usually occur within most offices over this rather sensitive topic. A recent survey has found that around 50% of UK employees have fallen out with a colleague when fighting over the best […]

The Video Analytics & Intelligent Video Surveillance Technologies: Security & Civilian Global Market – 2015-2020 report drawn up by the Homeland Security Research Corporation (HSRC) forecasts that the global IVS & VA industry revenues will grow at 19.5% CAGR from 2014 to 2020. The main drivers behind the rapid growth of this particular market segment […]

The majority of companies will offer their employees flexible working opportunities by 2020, a new research report from the Lancaster University’s Work Foundation has been able to reveal. The paper, „Working anywhere: A winning formula for good work?” also forecasted that flexible working will be the main way of working for 70 per cent of […]

Employee management and time and attendance systems could really come under significant stress this year as one in four millennials would quit their job to join a new organisation or do something else during the next year if the opportunity arose, according to the latest Deloitte report. The report also found that 44 per cent […]