Retail absence is corrosive to employee engagement

28 December 2018

While four out of five retailers worldwide 78 percent say employee engagement is important to organisational success many are challenged by the corrosive impact that rampant unplanned absence has on staff productivity 58 percent manager stress 55 percent and team morale 46 percent...

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Unplanned Absence Wreaks Havoc

28 October 2018

According to a survey of 800 retail managers across multiple countries conducted by The Workforce Institute at Kronos Incorporated for every 10 hours of in store labour budgeted more than one hour is wasted due to staffing misalignment caused by unplanned employee absence...

Legal Update

Failure to adjust absence trigger points for disabled employee was discriminatory

9 October 2017

An ET finds that the dismissal of a disabled employee after she exceeded the trigger point for action in the employer s absence policy was discriminatory as reasonable adjustments were not put in place...

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Why HR Directors are taking a more active role in Workforce Management Projects

21 June 2017

The area of Workforce Management WFM has undergone significant change in recent years Some of this change has come about due to advances in technology and some due to the way modern businesses operate compete and utilise labour resources By Mairead Walsh Softworks...

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Employee ill health: active management for effective outcomes

3 April 2017

Employee ill health active management for effective outcomes Managing ill health is a perennial challenge for HR departments looking to balance employee welfare on one hand and operational requirements on the other In this seminar EEF s employment law team take an in depth look at physical and mental ill...

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