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Welcome to Softworks: Workforce Management, Time and Attendance
UK & Ire News Bytes feb 2006
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- An absenteeism survey conducted for Hudson showed that nearly a third (30%) of US workers admitted to taking a ‘sick’ day when they were not ill. Almost half (49%) of the employees who played hooky said they did so because they needed a break, while 22% said they took the time off to care for an ill family member. Younger workers (aged 18-29) and those earning less than $20,000 a year were the most likely to pretend to be sick at 43% and 37% respectively.
- With the busy pace of today’s working environment, employees are taking matters into their own hands to combat stress and take care of their families, often with the tacit approval of their manager. While this practice may reduce employees’ concerns about breaking the rules, managers can also help by advocating a healthy work/life balance, time management training and stronger personal time policies.
- E-cruitment - Some of the figures are startling: in 1996, only 500,000 resumes were posted on-line; by 2005 the numbers topped the 40 million mark. Many benefits of e-cruitment include: reduction in the time-to-hire ratio, significant cost savings compared to traditional recruitment channels, access to a 'global' talent pool, and the fact that this tool works for you 24 hrs per day, 7 days per week.
- Women are threatening to turn their back on the nine-to-five, with 47% of all female professionals not expecting to be in full-time work in 2010.
- In a report from Global Recruitment and Human Resources Consultancy, Hudson, it revealed that if employers want to attract and retain women, they must do more than pay lip service to flexible working arrangements. Women are saying they are dissatisfied with the amount of free time they have, with their career prospects and with the level of responsibility.
- Hudson – Employers need to provide effective career management programmes, increase clarity around roles and delivery expectations and recruit women at senior levels within the organisation to ensure they are in touch with their needs.
- 85% of employers believe they are actively committed to providing flexible working opportunities, just 58% of employees believe it is an option in their company – highlighting a serious gap between perception and reality.
- Recruiting more women at a senior level as a means of making the company more in tune with today’s workforce is now seen as a solution, according to one in three (32%) employers, while 39% think that offering flexible hours and home working would raise female representation in the workplace.
- A study based on 3,300 benchmarking exercises at almost 2,000 companies around the world, including 35% of the FTSE 100, reveals that, in most cases, in-house HR is a cheaper option than outsourcing. The link between greater spending on outsourcing and increased total HR cost is partly driven by common mistakes – such as neglecting to streamline processes.
- Almost one in ten employees would like to work fewer hours, even if this meant taking home less money each month, according to a new report published by the Trade Union Congress. However more than half a million workers who have asked for a shorter working week have had their requests turned down by their employers’ claims the research.
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