Absenteeism alerts given at work via onscreen PC agents

Management and unions are in deadlock on pay issues, raising fears of a third successive Boxing Day strike on the Tube. The Aslef union has been demanding triple pay and a day off in lieu for working on bank holidays. On the other hand, bosses Transport for London say there has been a long-term agreement for working on bank holidays, including Boxing Day. Aslef said if the issue was not resolved soon it may ballot its members for industrial action.

Tensor provides the ultimate in web enabled, mobile or wireless technology based Time & Attendance for those employing a few people up to 10,000-plus. Absenteeism and lateness reporting, including email, SMS, speech notifications and alerts, is one of the key features of WinTAnet. The proactive WinTAnet system keeps you abreast of events with speakers attached to a PC or to Tensor's audio distribution network, spoken alerts are heard in a variety of voices and on screen 'agents', similar to the Microsoft paperclip.