Small, medium and large teams can appreciate the benefits of using an attendance roster. Without the ease of a roster, your team will not run smoothly. Instead, everyone on staff will adjust to functioning in the midst of confusion. Everyone will arrive and leave at-will while crucial shifts are not covered. Ultimately, your productivity levels…
Dealing with habitually absent employees is a tremendous burden on your company and staff in more ways than one. First, they are a financial burden when your productivity levels drop. These absences decrease productivity while increasing costs from a temporary replacement. Second, their absence threatens department continuity and morale. Other employees have extra work in…
An element of strategic planning within an organization is to utilize forecasting to determine staffing needs. This requires looking at current and future needs and aligning a process with business goals. Otherwise, your organization will suffer from not having enough qualified employees to fill crucial roles. The flipside is not better: You could end up…
If you are like most companies, there is an annual budgeting process where managers project personnel requirements for the upcoming fiscal year. Not every company, however, uses this exercise for more than short-term needs. That’s unfortunate when the business world has a nonstop changing pace that requires more thoughtful staff planning. Narrowly focusing on who…
Do you know how much employee absenteeism is costing your company? It’s estimated that unscheduled absenteeism in the workplace can cost as much as $3,600 per year for an hourly worker and over $2,500 per year for an employee on salary. These costs include the wages spent on employees who aren’t working, the replacement cost…
Employee tardiness can become a huge issue for companies if not tracked and addressed. Though it may not seem like a big deal if an employee is ten minutes late for a shift or takes a long lunch break, these instances can easily add up to lost productivity. Tardiness not only impacts your bottom line,…