New Add Employee Journey in LeaveWizard
It is no secret that for a long time your employee holiday planner, the LeaveWizard app, was built, maintained and supported by a team of two. We invested a lot of time and did our best. But of course, times moved on, technologies changed, people’s expectations changed. And over time some parts of our app […]
Are You Getting Enough Notice for Staff Leave Requests?
Getting enough notice when staff request annual leave is vital to make sure your business runs smoothly when staff are away from the business. When staff is on holiday it’s vital to either replace them or to have a colleague cover their work. Out of the blue, last-minute requests for time off can make it […]
What Could Your Data Tell You About Leave and Absence?
Big data is king, we have all heard of how gathering and analysing information is transforming the modern business world. By seeing patterns, you can make predictions and manage your resources, saving time and money. Seeing trends early can also let you spot and deal with difficulties before they become problems. When it comes to […]
How Easy Is It to Manage Holiday for Shift Workers?
Shift working can throw a spanner into the works of managing holidays and absences at your company. Calculations of hours to be paid as holiday pay, or remaining allowance, may be simple enough for a fixed working pattern, but when hours may vary week-to-week, averaging over a longer period, they become more complex. Shift patterns […]
Do You Need Document Storage?
Running a business generates a lot of paperwork. Just on the human resources side, almost every action creates a paper trail. Even for a small company, the space taken by these records soon grows vast, so could digital storage be the answer? The Never-ending Paperwork Mountain Paperwork starts to build up even before you give […]
Do You Have Complicated Rules Within Your Organisation?
Most people think of annual leave as a simple thing: book it, take it, done. For managers though it can be a minefield. Staffing levels and core tasks need to be balanced against the needs and rights of individual employees. Very quickly the rules your organisation needs to manage annual leave can become complicated. So […]
Tax has Gone Digital – Should Annual Leave?
April 2019 saw the introduction in the UK of Making Tax Digital (MTD), a new regime for business taxes. Under the new arrangements, certain types of corporate tax will need to be filed electronically every quarter, with records kept using software that meets the taxman’s standards. The introduction of MTD has been much delayed and […]
Do You Need Different Start Dates to Your Annual Leave Year?
Holiday entitlement at most firms is set on a yearly basis. In any given year each employee has a fixed number of paid days off, based on a legal entitlement, and any contractual rights to extra days. The annual nature of leave means that once-a-year holiday entitlement resets, with untaken leave usually lost and the […]
How do you deal with leave requests at a short notice?
When you’re running a business, sometimes seemingly little things can have a severe impact. One of these is last minute leave requests. To the employee it might seem like no big deal but, especially when your operation depends on staff being present, granting a request at short notice has costs both in financial terms and […]
How Do You Manage Your Core Team?
Every workplace has a core team – some members of staff who are crucial to success; if nobody does their role or has their knowledge, you simply cannot operate. This is true however much you might treat all employees as equal. Given how important they are to your organisation’s success, it’s key to keep track […]