How to improve your employee onboarding process? First, don’t let it lag behind policy updates. Carefully review your policies, then update your employee onboarding checklists. In addition, keep employee handbooks up-to-date. Let’s discuss the issues that affect new hire onboarding: Remote Work Time and Attendance Health and Safety Benefits Compliance The Human Part of Onboarding…
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Thinking about using geofencing in your small business? Perhaps you have multiple locations like an office building and a factory. Or maybe your employees are assigned to job sites that change over time. You may have some staff that now work from home. Geofencing provides a great way to easily keep track of where your…
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Before we dive into our topic, let’s define workforce management. What is Workforce Management? Workforce management is a comprehensive strategy to optimize the performance of employees in an organization. Simply put, the goal is to have the right number of employees, with the right skills, working in the right positions, during the right shifts. It…
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Updated March 4, 2021 Are you an employer with a virtual team? If so, you have probably discovered that it takes some effort to stay productive. Here are the challenges you may be facing, for instance, that may be helped with a time tracking app. Virtual Staff Management Challenges Paying employees accurately Helping employees stay…
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Be Intentional About Employee Relations for Offsite Teams In 2020, remote work stopped being the professional opportunity of the future and became the norm for a wide variety of companies. Businesses discovered the benefits of hiring remote employees in an unpredictable environment where office access isn’t always an option. Business leaders have also seen first-hand…
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Pivoting in Uncertain Times Uncertainty is uncomfortable—and inspirational. Companies across America are pivoting to meet new demand and rethink operations. They combine creativity, determination, and technology to retool, retrench and rebuild. New production lines, online shops, takeout, curbside service, home delivery, remote work, drive-by clinics and telehealth are all inspired by uncertainty and need. Retool:…
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Has your company been forced into remote working due to the pandemic? Remote work can be great in normal times. By no stretch of the imagination is this a normal time. It’s never been more crucial for leadership to step up. Managers play an important role in helping remote employees adjust. Those who succeed will…
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The professional services/tech industry is fortunate that many of the jobs can be done at home. Now that employers have expanded telecommuting due to COVID-19, they need a good way to track virtual teams. There is a misconception among some that you only need to track hourly workers. This is simply not true. It’s even…
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Updated May 8, 2020 The Common Sense Guide for Employers Do you have employees working from home due to the coronavirus? You can minimize disruption to your business operations with Swipeclock HR software. Swipeclock employee solutions for the coronavirus (and when the situation has calmed down) TimeWorksPlus: mobile time and attendance, geolocation and geofencing TimeSimplicity:…
Read MoreTable of Contents What is Mobile Workforce Management? Five Must-Have Features of Mobile Workforce Management Forward Thinking Employers Have Mobile-First HR Run Your Small Business With Your Phone? A Guide To Scheduling Apps Time Tracking Apps for Virtual Teams (8 Surprising Benefits) What is Mobile Workforce Management? Mobile workforce management encompasses the following: Managers and…
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