Apprenticeship schemes are vital for plugging the digital skills shortages that are likely to affect UK business on the short and medium term, experts believe, as revealed by a new survey. Seventy-eight per cent of businesses taking part in the poll strongly believe that earn and learn training opportunities, including apprenticeship schemes, can help address […]
The vast majority of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have a very tough time recruiting digital talent for their business, a recent research report has been able to suggest. In fact, as many as 82% of all the businesses participating in the poll were struggling to attract the skills they need to adapt to digitalisation. […]
Digitalization is one of the main driving forces pushing forward growth in the workforce management software sector, a recent report released by TMR Research has been able to suggest. The presence of a younger and more dynamic and diverse workforce is also expected to drive the demand for workforce management. With social advancement within companies […]
Data from a biometric time and attendance system has been used to hold pay from teachers who failed to register their attendance on site (or indeed, actually attend the schools’ site), a recent news report has been able to suggest. Staffers of polytechnic colleges across Hyderabad, India, who fail to mark biometric attendance face salary […]
British small and medium enterprises are still confident about their prospects over the next five years despite the possible challenges posed by Brexit, a recent research report published by MetLife UK has been able to suggest. The poll of SMEs with between 50 and 300 employees found 76% are optimistic about their business prospects for […]
Despite the significant leaps forward recorded in the field of flexible working, close to a third of UK workers still feel that their employers do not provide the level of flexibility and support they require. According to a YouGov survey for MHR, 32 percent of employees don’t receive the option to work flexibly. Furthermore, employees […]
What is flexible working? Flexible working is a type of working which is outside from the usual working hours in some way which suits the employee’s needs. Types of flexible working include job sharing, part time jobs, compressed hours, and staggered hours. All employers who have worked for an employee for 26 weeks are eligible […]
According to a visitor management white paper by Proxyclick, two out of every five people in the 2,000 US and UK workers surveyed claim their perception of a company or brand has been negatively affected by their experience in the corporate lobby or reception area. 71% cited unfriendly receptionists as the most important reason for […]
What is buddy punching? Buddy punching is the act of one employee falsely registering the arrival or exit of another employee. This leads to the employer paying them for longer than they should, and so it is actually a form of wage theft. There can be many different reasons why the particular employee will not […]
According to the government website, all employees who have worked for their company for 26 weeks or more have the right to apply for flexible working. Broadly, flexible working just means work which is more suitable for the employee than their current assigned hours. Examples of different types of flexible working include job sharing (splitting […]