The penalty for failing to implement a sound leave management system
With home and now hybrid working part of the new reality, increased absence due to the endemic Covid-19 variants, and the threat of industrial action targeted at disrupting commuters, having a good, trustworthy, and intuitive leave management system has never been so important. Failure to implement such a plan can have unfortunate consequences on your […]
Sick Pay entitlement for part-time workers
Part-time workers enjoy the same benefits of statuary sick pay (SSP) as do full-time workers. Therefore, managing employee absence for part-time staff is essentially no different from standard absence management for full-time staff, but there are some provisos. For instance, you need to understand the difference between part-time workers, workers on zero-hours contracts, and agricultural […]
11 interesting facts about UK bank holidays
They used to be called public holidays, though today we know them as Bank Holidays. They were, after all, created by a banker. While you might have already been aware of that, here are eleven interesting Bank Holiday facts that might surprise you. 1. There used to be 33 public holidays Before 1834 there used […]
10 Ways to be the Best People Manager you can be
When moving into an employee management role, everybody, and if not everybody then at least most of us, make mistakes, sometimes glaring mistakes that come back to haunt us. However, mistakes are there to learn from, and anyone who wants to become a good and possibly highly regarded people manager will strive to learn from […]
Is your team working remotely? Use “Reduced Availability” to boost productivity and keep colleagues
In this article, we look at the concept of limited employee availability. Of course, we all instinctively know that times occur when we might well have some free time to work remotely on a project or times when we are mostly unavailable but might be able to contribute with an opinion or a small task […]
Understanding Paid Vacation by Country: A Global Overview
With one exception, all major countries provide employees with statutory annual leave, with that exception being the United States. Below we compare the kind of annual leave you can expect from different countries, but first, we’ll take a brief look at how paid annual leave came about. We didn’t always have it as good as […]
Online Spreadsheets Are Still Spreadsheets
Among the many things to come out of last year’s work from home and remote worker trend is an increased use of online spreadsheets. With more and more people working from home or participating in hybrid work environments, online spreadsheets were an easy way for anyone adept at Excel to share data with the rest […]
How LeaveWizard Can Save Your Business Or Organisation Time
In today’s post-pandemic world, time is incredibly underrated. It seems as though most business owners are far too busy making up for the time they lost during the pandemic and extended lockdowns that they have forgotten to take time for themselves and their employees. While this isn’t entirely their fault, it is still an industry […]
The Impact of Brexit and COVID-19 on Holiday Entitlement
Most UK workers are entitled to 28 days annual holiday, which includes bank holidays. However, in regular times only a proportion of this can be carried over to the following year. Thus, in most situations, it is a case of “use it or lose it”; if you fail to take your annual holiday, then it […]
2021 in Annual Leave: What Lies Ahead?
As we bid a not-too-fond farewell to 2020, thoughts naturally turn to the year ahead, here’s our look at 2021 in annual leave management and what lies ahead. Certain Uncertainty To start with the easiest prediction, even if it is a little trite, a lot of things in the business community will be unpredictable this […]