Employee tardiness can become a huge issue for companies if not tracked and addressed. Though it may not seem like a big deal if an employee is ten minutes late for a shift or takes a long lunch break, these instances can easily add up to lost productivity. Tardiness not only impacts your bottom line,…
Do you know how much employee absenteeism is costing your company? It’s estimated that unscheduled absenteeism in the workplace can cost as much as $3,600 per year for an hourly worker and over $2,500 per year for an employee on salary. These costs include the wages spent on employees who aren’t working, the replacement cost…
Managers are tasked with keeping employees on task to meet project deadlines. To complete the work, they must communicate with employees to ensure the goals and objectives are clear. Every action and interaction with employees should drive the business forward. What are managers to do, however, when there are more work shifts than employees available…
There was a time when the primary use for automated scheduling solutions in organizations was to keep track of the negative aspects of attendance. Managers used the system to track how many times an employee was late, absent, left early or worked unauthorized hours. Today’s advanced technology does more than track punishable offenses. Organizations can…
If you are like most companies, there is an annual budgeting process where managers project personnel requirements for the upcoming fiscal year. Not every company, however, uses this exercise for more than short-term needs. That’s unfortunate when the business world has a nonstop changing pace that requires more thoughtful staff planning. Narrowly focusing on who…
An element of strategic planning within an organization is to utilize forecasting to determine staffing needs. This requires looking at current and future needs and aligning a process with business goals. Otherwise, your organization will suffer from not having enough qualified employees to fill crucial roles. The flipside is not better: You could end up…
Strategic management is only successful when employees have the right tools to perform effectively. To accomplish this, a company needs staff allocation solutions that enables employees to balance different tasks. Coupled with efficient scheduling, work flow runs smoothly from one task to the next. It is essential in today’s dynamic global work environment that a…
Dealing with habitually absent employees is a tremendous burden on your company and staff in more ways than one. First, they are a financial burden when your productivity levels drop. These absences decrease productivity while increasing costs from a temporary replacement. Second, their absence threatens department continuity and morale. Other employees have extra work in…
Small, medium and large teams can appreciate the benefits of using an attendance roster. Without the ease of a roster, your team will not run smoothly. Instead, everyone on staff will adjust to functioning in the midst of confusion. Everyone will arrive and leave at-will while crucial shifts are not covered. Ultimately, your productivity levels…
It goes without saying that no business can operate or succeed without employees. Showing up for work is crucial to completing projects answering customer inquiries and reaching labor cost goals. The question becomes: how can you make sure employees consistently reports for duty? One solution is to have a clearly written work attendance policy. This…