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Did you know that the average employee in the UK completes only 3 hours work each day, irrespective of how many hours they are in the office. In fact, the longer they spend in the office the further their productivity decreases after 50 hours.Whilst according to a study by the Harvard Business Review the average business leader works a 72-hour work week. Does this sound familiar? Productivity in the workplace is a perennial problem no matter the size of the business or organization. There are,

Employee scheduling software is a powerful solution designed to streamline and automate the process of creating, managing, and optimizing employee work schedules. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the world of employee scheduling software, exploring its features, benefits, types, and best practices to help businesses make informed decisions and unlock the full potential of their workforce.In today's dynamic business landscape, effective employee scheduling is a critical factor in

Managing a team of employees where everyone has a different job to do can be a hectic task. Employers and managers everywhere are looking for ways to improve their scheduling and planning as this is directly related to employee productivity, costs and efficiency.Keeping up with the schedule of all the employees has been made easy through many employee scheduling products that are now available. Have a look at the benefits that scheduling products offer any business and its employees:Remain Orga

Is your business awash with white boards, shared excel spreadsheets, sticky notes and calendars? If you’re still doing things manually (the hard way!) in 2019, then it's almost certainly costing your business in terms of time, money and effort.This month, we take a look at why traditional scheduling and calendar software simply isn’t fit for purpose any more, and how you can fix it quickly and easily.1. It's messy and disorganisedTraditional business scheduling systems generally rely on som

How Scheduling Software Helps EmployeesEmployees know that when they come to work, they are on company time. While employees respect that, they still like to know what is going on, and what they are going to be doing each day.Employees also like to have instant access to information that is important to them, such has how much vacation time they've accrued and how much sick time they have available. Scheduling software can keep track of such information and offer easy access to employees. Sched

Employees time at work is not unlimited. This makes many employers very strict about what their employees can and cannot be doing during this time. It makes sense to set restrictions and rules to try to improve the productivity in your workplace.Employers can go overboard trying to perfect the productivity in their business and will actually start reducing their employee's motivation, concentration and energy in return, affecting their overall productivity.There are a few productivity improveme

Answering emails can be one of the biggest time wasters, and you've probably already heard the tip of keeping your email closed, and only handling electronic communication during certain times of day.This is a truly wonderful practice, but few people realize why it's so helpful.Quite simply, answering a barrage of emails will break your concentration. There's always 'set up' time when working on a project. You stop and think about the work ahead of you, you focus on the task at hand, and then g

The emergence of employee scheduling software has provided companies with the ability to set-up schedules and easily assign them to office and remote employees. This, in turn, has led to increased productivity, improving results along the way.These developments prove to be immensely helpful for any kind of business - whether it be a virtual office, brick-and-mortar shop, a small department or a large company with hundreds of employees.The idea behind an employee scheduling solution is simple -

Utilizing the employees skills and capabilities to their optimum efficiency results in increased profits for any organization. Managers must come up with strategies that can prove to be effective for enhanced productivity of their business.The key to achieve this is focused planning and scheduling of the employees, for which many methods are adopted.Traditional methods for this purpose include manual paper work which can prove to be very tedious to manage and keep track of. But the good news fo