Time and attendance clocking systems helps employers when faced with wide scale job cuts

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 affect the productivity of UK businesses

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, […]

Automated Licence Plate Recognition Systems can help drive down crime

The deployment of Automated Licence Plate Recognition Systems on some of Cape Town’s busiest roads leading to one of the city’s wealthiest suburbs has led to a dramatic drop in crime within the suburb, down an indicated 65% following their introduction, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. Sea […]

Secure biometric access control systems are a must for medical research facilities

Implementing secure biometric access control systems ensuring that only authorized members of staff are able to access their research facilities at any given time is something medical firms should consider when evaluating their future investment plans. This was also the case with US-based medical device firm CorMatrix Cardiovascular, who required an access control solution for […]

UK unemployment rises for the first time in two years

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 […]

Proper use of employee-related data could help boost UK productivity by 3%

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 […]

Employees favour contract roles over permanent positions, survey reveals

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 […]

Workforce management solutions could help manage looming „skills emergency”

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 […]

Government considers installing biometric time and attendance systems in hospitals

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 […]