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Biometric time and attendance systems will help Government authorities ensure punctuality and accountability of employees in public offices across the Indian state of Punjab, a news report could reveal.

Small and medium businesses across the UK are very confident about their future prospects, figures obtained from the latest survey carried out by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) were able to reveal.

There were 2.02 million unemployed people in the UK between May and July 2014, 468,000 fewer than a year earlier – the largest annual fall in unemployment since 1988, data obtained from the UK Labour Market September 2014 report released by the ONS can

Biometric identification systems have a widespread range of useful applications that go way beyond access restriction and control.

Accurate information about absenteeism and lateness is crucial for any organization, especially when union members working for the respective bodies (either public or private) decide to strike over pay disputes or other issues.

Employee management systems designed to fully leverage existing skill sets within companies’ workforces will become increasingly important as the number of jobs requiring higher-level skills is set to reach 2 million by 2022.

Personnel management systems capable of providing accurate and up-to-date employee activity data will become increasingly important on the future as companies step up their efforts to tackle the issue of diversity in the workforce and marketplace, recent research was able to reveal. A significant data gap will seriously affect diversity in business, new research from […]

The implementation of proper employee attendance monitoring systems is a key requirement for managing sickness-related absence in a proficient way, findings from a recent poll published by the Canada Life Group Insurance seem to suggest. The survey found that a staggering 93 percent of employees would come to work when they are ill. Excessive workloads, […]

Biometric access control systems are the most secure and reliable alternative to old “lock and key” door access control methods. However, even these technologically-advanced systems are not hacker-proof, so implementing multiple-authentication solutions is the best approach, an expert in the field have recently argued. Biometric technology uses human physical attributes as locks and keys, making […]

A prison visitor monitoring system can be a very effective tool in preventing the smuggling and use of weapons into prisons and correctional facilities, a concerning phenomenon that’s becoming increasingly widespread across the UK. The latest report regarding the “significant” use of weapons by inmates comes from Cookham Wood, a news source was able to […]

The UK’s skills system has been severely affected by constant changes in the policies of successive administrations on skills and employment, a major new report published yesterday by the City & Guilds Group has warned. The paper, titled ‘Sense & Instability: three decades of skills and employment policy’, pointed out that there have been 61 […]

Employee management and productivity monitoring systems could help SME bosses across the UK save a lot of time and money by providing the required tools to manage their workforce wherever they might be, at any given moment. Furthermore, it would also allow them to enjoy the little vacation they take throughout the year, a problem […]