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Absence Management

Monday, February 8, 2010 posted by Dan

HR Software

At an administrative level, self-service applications make it much easier for employees and managers to log and monitor absence centrally. Generating accurate data – particularly on sickness – is critical in managing long-term absence and providing evidence for action in the case of abuse. It also provides data for trend analysis.

Some organisations use employee portals as a tool to manage absence, configuring systems so that employees see their own sickness and holiday data whenever they log in to check HR-related information. This serves as an incentive to use up vacation time – and an implicit warning that absence is being monitored.

A Tool for Flexible Working:

Flexible working is emerging as a key competitive differentiator in several industries, and as organisations broaden their search for talent, the ability to cater for part-time employees, home workers and demand for flexible hours will continue to grow.

While much of the focus on flexible working has been on the line management and cultural challenges, the IT implications are also far-reaching. Alongside the voice and data communications capability required to connect home and remote workers, there are significant benefits in enabling internet-based access to self-service HR applications – not least in ensuring that home workers enjoy the same employee benefits and information access as their office-based peers. The HR function has always played a central role in helping build a comfortable, attractive work environment for office-based employees: by staying connected to remote workers online, that role can be extended outside the office.

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