Overtime should count in holiday pay, tribunal hearing rules

An employment tribunal’s decision that overtime can be taken into account when calculating holiday pay could have potentially devastating effects on British firms, business organizations have argued. That’s because millions of workers could now have their holiday pay recalculated to take into account overtime and commission after the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that it is […]

Biometric time and Attendance systems can prevent workplace idleness and fraud

Reliable and accurate biometric time and attendance systems can help reduce workplace idleness and fraud, which can cost a business millions in lost revenue, Lund University sociologist Roland Paulsen has revealed in his latest book. The book, titled “Empty Labor: Idleness and Workplace Resistance”, gives multiple examples of idleness in the workplace following interviews with […]

National living wage outside of London reaches £7.85 per hour

The living wage, a value based on the price of living factors including rent and the cost of basic retail items that differs from the National Minimum Wage, has reached £7.85 per hour, up from £7.65, the Loughborough University Centre for Research in Social Policy has announced. Research released today by KPMG reveals that, despite […]

Personnel management solutions can help small businesses reduce employment costs

Personnel management solutions are likely to come in handy for small and medium businesses who are faced with huge costs, especially when taking on their first employees, as recent analysis released by the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) was able to reveal. The new research estimates […]

Time and attendance systems can help maintain staff productivity levels

Time and attendance systems can easily provide accurate and up-to-date information on employee activity and performance, thus helping managers maintain productivity levels. Productivity (or lack thereof) is a vital topic nowadays, with average revenue generated by each full time UK employee dropping back £108,000 from £139,000 in 2010, according to a recent PwC report. The […]

Management of Contractors and Visitors System can help curb site vandalism

A proper Management of Contractors and Visitors System can help curb theft and vandalism on UK building sites by easily tracking individuals and maintaining a history of who visited each site. The construction industry is severely affected by site thefts and vandalism, total costs rising to £400m a year or more than £1m a day, […]

Mobile Access Control set to greatly improve the tenancy experience

Mobile access control systems could potentially overhaul the tenancy experience, enabling fast and easy access to a building’s premises and other advanced technologies (such as energy management systems, for example) by using solely one’s smartphone. As part of an ongoing effort to demonstrate the possible applications of a mobile access control system, HID Global created […]

Proper skills management of older employees could add 88 billion pounds to the UK’s GDP

Putting in place proper skills management systems and harnessing the skills and experience of more than a million people over the age of 50 that are still ready and willing to work could help British companies add an extra £88 billion to the UK’s GDP, a recent report by PRIME was able to reveal. The […]

How to monitor attendance and worked hours for building contractors by using CSCS cards

Monitoring attendance and worked hours for building contractors is a major issue for residential developers, mostly because, in order to do so, they typically need to issue additional access cards. Putting in place proper systems designed to monitor attendance for contractors is particularly useful nowadays, as the construction of new homes in the UK reached […]