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The significant growth in employment experienced across the UK for the past year has started to stall, as official figures released by the ONS (Office for National Statistics) can reveal a small dip in the number of people in work for the the three months leading to June 2015. For the aforementioned time period, there […]

The Australian Senate has just passed a bill that will enable the country to further enhance the security of its borders by deploying biometric systems on a much larger scale than before, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. The new legislation strengthens the ability of border control authorities […]

An advanced time and attendance system can easily become the ideal tool for holiday management within any company, helping employees on all levels attain a better balance between work and personal life. This seems to be a very serious problem nowadays, as the average full-time worker only takes 22 days of their average 25 days […]

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 […]

Solid and reliable workforce management solutions could help companies mitigate the looming „skills emergency” that’s likely to affect the UK economy in the near future, according to this year’s CBI/Pearson Education and Skills survey. The survey received responses from more than 300 organisations, collectively employing more than 1.2 million people across the UK. Participants ranged […]

Over 50 percent of European professionals would gladly leave their current permanent positions for temporary ones that are closer to what they consider to be an “ideal” job, a recent survey by recruitment specialists Robert Walters has been able to reveal. The poll of almost 6,700 employees also revealed that, of the 59 per cent […]

The proper use of employee-related data (attendance, skills, qualifications, etc.) could help the UK bolster its productivity levels by around 3%, recent research carried out by innovation charity Nesta has been able to find. The research found that if companies that do not use data extensively behaved more like data active companies (datavores, data builders […]

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 new biometric access system will help baseball fans enter the grounds of Coors Field stadium in Denver much faster than before, a recent news report has been able to find. The new system will enable the use of fingerprint recognition technology to screen entrants as they head into the venue. There will be a […]

The number of employers who are seriously considering hiring young jobseekers has recorded a significant growth over the past quarter, recent data from CIPD’s latest Labour Market Outlook (LMO) has been able to reveal. The report suggests that 33 per cent of organisations with ‘hard-to-fill vacancies’ are planning to hire more young people to fill […]

Smart cards are likely to become thinner and incorporate more extensive security features after HID Global has announced an ultra-thin Polycarbonate (PC) ePrelaminate inlay for electronic ID (e-ID) cards that is more than 30 percent thinner than alternatives. The new inlay takes advantage of its proven process of directly bonding chips to wire-embedded air-coil antennas for […]

British SMEs are now very confident and optimistic than ever about their future prospects, a recent report has been able to reveal, with recruitment difficulties being the only real reasons for concern. The new report, produced by Aldermore in conjunction with YouGov and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr),* suggests that that a […]