Spoken alerts on staff not present at work similar to the Microsoft paperclip

Strikes on the other side of the channel temporarily halted ferry services. Talks continue between unions and Brittany Ferries management concerning routes from the south coast to France. Brittany Ferries communications director Stephen Tuckwell apologised to those caught in the disruption and added: “This is a wildcat strike. The dispute centres on allowances that were given to staff in the good times, but now that we’re facing a third year of losses, we need to safeguard the business and the interests of our crew.”

Time and Attendance UK’s cutting edge business clocking system, called WinTAnet, keeps your management abreast of all events concerning those staff who are not present at work. The proactive system does this by automatically emailing or SMS text messaging both employees and system users with speakers attached to a PC or to an audio distribution network. Spoken alerts are heard in a variety of voices and on screen ‘agents’ that are similar to the Microsoft paperclip.