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A modern time and attendance system could be easily implemented and used for managing and monitoring manning levels in the shipping industry, as the international trade association for in-house and third-party ship managers is currently investigating the minimum manning levels for diverse vessels trading on different routes and carrying various cargo types. The aforementioned investigation, […]

Biometric time and attendance software solutions will make life a lot easier for employers and employees alike, experts in the field have recently argued. Time and attendance software enables employees to rest assured that all of their working hours are properly counted and that they get paid for all the time they work. Furthermore, these […]

Hospitals in South Korea have been ordered to track all emergency ward visitors, after a large outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was blamed on difficulties locating every person exposed to the disease, the country’s health ministry has recently revealed. Many of the 180 MERS cases in South Korea, were caught from sufferers encountered […]

The biometrics segment is set to record a transformational year in 2015, recent research from Frost & Sullivan seems to suggest, with the consultancy predicting a “significant growth in both public and commercial applications” of the technology. The report uses 2014 as a base year and points out that fingerprint scanning was the dominant modality […]

Reliable time and attendance clocking systems with extensive built-in workforce management features can help employers when facing wide scale job cuts, an unfortunate situation that’s likely to affect the Barclays employees over the next couple of years. Up to 30,000 posts are expected to go by 2017 as the bank plans to speed up its […]

UK unemployment rose by 15,000 to 1.85 million over the three months to May 2015, recent figures published by the ONS (Office for National Statistics) has been able to reveal. The ONS found that, for the aforementioned time frame, there were 30.98 million people in work, 67,000 fewer than for the 3 months to February […]

A local government in India is currently taking into consideration the possibility of installing biometric time and attendance systems in local hospitals, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to find. The Delhi government is considering this move after numerous local hospitals have received complaints about medical employees failing to […]

A modern and highly reliable integrated access control system is a real must-have for any military installation, especially one that has to deal with a very large number of visitors on a daily basis, such as the US Army’s Fort Bragg base. The military base, one of the largest in the US, is currently in […]

The UK’s SMEs are likely to reach the highest growth levels in five years, the Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) latest Small Business Index has been able to reveal. The survey discovered a considerable increase in positivity and confidence among small business owners and supports recent data published by the Enterprise Research Centre which suggested […]

Up to 6,000 jobs will be axed following a strategic review carried out by Centrica, owner of the UK’s largest energy supplier, British Gas, the company has revealed during its interim results for the period ended 30 June 2015. The move is likely triggered by the fact that Centrica group profits fell 3% to £1 […]

The UK’s security industry sector is growing rapidly and surpassing other major players in Europe, a study has revealed, according to the BSIA. The research, commissioned by the European Commission DG Migration and Home Affairs, aimed at developing statistical data that would allow to obtain a clearer picture of the technological and industrial base of […]

Almost a third of UK employees would prefer more flexibility in terms of their working hours rather than a 3% pay rise, recent research has been able to find. The Investors in People’s Job Exodus Trends poll also found that nearly a third (28%) said they would rather have a clear career progression route and […]