Archive for the ‘e-days’ Category

Managing staff absence effectively – System considerations: Introduction

2nd February, 2012

Staff absence in any organisation is a serious matter. Here’s the bottom line: Staff absence costs you money.

Thus – the system you use to record and manage your staff absence is of paramount importance. Give it thorough consideration.

A variety of absence management systems are available to companies; paper-based, spreadsheet, desktop-based systems, online systems and wider HR systems. However – this series will focus on the latter: online and wider HR systems. Read more →

Warning: Winter is Approaching!

15th November, 2011

Say goodbye to Autumn and hello to Winter!

Your company motto should be: Be proactive, not reactive.

We all know the results of last year’s extreme weather. People snowed into their homes. Cars abandoned. Minus-silly-degree weather.

And then there was the impact on companies. In fact, it was reported that 1/10 companies were ‘seriously’ impacted by the extreme weather conditions. Read more →

The Importance of Simplicity When Selecting a New System

3rd November, 2011

Many factors are considered when selecting a new business system.

However one of the most important elements consistently overlooked is: Simplicity.

What is meant by Simplicity?

How easy is it for any given member of staff to access and use the system as intended?

Try and concentrate on the real back-to-basics questions:

  • How many clicks does it take to get to the desired menu?
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Accuracy: The First Lesson in Recording Absence Data

20th October, 2011

Understanding the reasons behind staff sickness absence is critical. It will ensure your company is equipped to deal with the consequent effects.

This post will look at a real-life case study – it will demonstrate how not recording your data accurately (or not recording it at all!) can all go so terribly wrong…

A case study

A recent discussion with a manufacturing company uncovered a typical example of how the lack of one small but vital piece of information led to significant problems later on. Read more →

e-days 4 Press Release

10th February, 2011

e-days, the market leading web-based absence management system, has recently been updated with a host of new features following on-going feedback from existing e-days clients.

The new functions are designed to improve the efficiency of the administration processes surrounding staff absence.

The new functions include:

Updated User Interface: maintaining e-days as the most intuitive and user-friendly system available Read more →

e-days at the University of Lincoln

19th January, 2011

AN ABSENCE MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY: THE UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN

The Situation

It all started with the University of Lincoln introducing a new Managing Sickness Absence Policy.

This identified the need to support the organisation with the technology that could record sickness data accurately and in a timely manner. It also needed to provide accurate and detailed management information to inform the University Wellbeing programme. Read more →

Holiday and Absence Management goes Down Under

21st May, 2010

e-days has officially launched an Australian version of its website!

This will help use to expanded the reach on the software e-days offers, and with our lead e-days support technician moving to Australia the website will be fully supported.

If you live in Australia or part of your company is based in Australia, e-days can help to streamline your staff leave planner and absence management. Visit us at www.e-days.com.au. Read more →

e-days Admin Area receives Re-design

10th March, 2010

The e-days team have been hard at work implementing a new design for the e-days administration area.

The e-days system itself has not changed and thus the users will have no problems adapting to the new environment.

In fact due to the new clean design, users will find it easier to get around the admin area of their e-days installation. Read more →

e-days gets website redesign

16th February, 2010

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The e-days site is being re-designed for the new decade. The re-design is a way to help e-days move forward as a software package and to give e-days a mature and attractive image to visitors of the website. Read more →

e-days Blog Launches

16th February, 2010

Today e-days launches its new blog!

Its aim will be to keep visitors up to date with all the latest news and updates from the e-days team, this will include, software updates as we are always striving to make to e-days system more versatile and user-friendly.

This blog won’t just be about the e-days system though. We plan to bring you all the latest news and opinions from the industry. Read more →