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The number of people taking up night shifts has increased significantly over the past couple of years, recent data published by TUC has been able to suggest. The report, titled ”A Hard Day’s Night”, points out that there has been a 6.9% increase in people working nights between 2007 and 2014. The number of women […]

Close to half of UK employees went to work despite being ill, a situation that seriously affects their overall productivity, recent data from the Health in the Workplace Report has been able to reveal. The research found that that 40% of employees have not taken a single day off for illness in the last 12 […]

The market for all biometric workforce management solutions (i.e., cloud-, software- and hardware-based) will reach US$600 million in sales by 2018, market researchers at Biometrics Research Group, Inc. have forecast within their latest market analysis report. The paper examines the growing demand for biometric applications for labor management, workforce productivity and time and attendance solutions. […]

British small and medium-sized (SME) manufacturers have continued to grow in the three months to July, but were slightly affected by a lower level of performance in terms of exports, a recent news report has been able to reveal. The survey of 408 companies reported steady growth in new domestic orders over the quarter and […]

An advanced system designed to use CCTV cameras and automatic image recognition software to detect litter being dropped is currently being developed

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 […]

A worker on a London construction site has received a prison sentence after being charged with multiple CSCS card fraud offences, a recent news report has been able to reveal. Isaac Agyekun of London pleaded guilty and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. The case followed an incident on 17 February at the Westfield shopping centre […]

Modern and secure biometric time and attendance systems could soon replace the older attendance registers and roll calls in primary schools across the Indian state of Goa, a recent news report has been able to reveal. Under a central government scheme, local authorities will install biometric time and attendance systems in two government primary schools […]

The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) has urged retailers to hire digitally-skilled staff in order to tackle a forthcoming productivity fall, a recent news report has been able to reveal. The organization’s report suggests that as retail becomes increasingly digitalised, a completely different workforce expertise is required to keep pace with this trend. […]

A rapid deployment asset protection system can become a must-have security solution for large-scale sporting events that typically attract a very large number of visitors, considering the significant safety and security challenges their typically raise. In the case of such events, all perimeters need to be properly monitored to ensure people without tickets do not […]

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 […]

Employees suffering from fatigue could be costing British businesses around £453 million in productivity each year, recent research by Sealy UK has been able to reveal. Researchers for the company calculated that if one in five employees missed work because of lack of sleep one day a year this would cost £453 million in productivity, […]