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It is 2019, almost 2020, and yet companies are still using self-reporting timesheets to record their working hours!Self-reporting has multiple drawbacks. Firstly, you are relying on people’s memory. People are likely to forget exactly what hours they worked, especially if the tim

Silver Birch Interiors, an entrepreneurial kitchen firm, has opened a new showroom in Hamilton. This is the company’s first expansion, after its founding in 2014 by Alan MacGregor, a graduate of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Entrepreneur Accelerator programme. Its base is in Glasg

A recent survey revealed that nearly nine out of ten businesses say offering flexible working has had positive results. Benefits reported in the survey included increased productivity among workers (37%) and better staff retention (40%). 30% reported that fewer staff were off sic

Biometrics are measurements and/or calculations of the human body, used to identify people. There are many different types of biometrics, as there are many parts of the human body which can uniquely identify you. SecurityThis is the usage that most people immediately associate wi

Accurate monitoring of sickness absences is vital in any workplace. This means something more trackable than a phone-call, or an email to their line manager. Having reliable data allows employers to recognise any developing patterns, or unbalanced amounts of sickness absences. It

The European Court of Justice has followed his suggestion and ruled that EU member states must ensure their employers set up “an objective, reliable and accessible system enabling the duration of time worked each day by each worker to be measured.” Without clear time and attendan

More and more workplaces are needing to grapple with the additional needs of remote workers, as that option becomes steadily more popular. Over the last ten years, the number of UK workers moving into remote working positions has increased by almost 250,000 according to the Offic