According to the popular adage, what you don’t know can’t hurt you. However, in many cases, the reverse is also true – what you don’t know can’t help you either. When it comes to staff absences, it’s crucial to know as much as possible. The more data on employee absence you have at your disposal, […]
Release 2.7 – Approval changes, enhancements and bugfixes
New features & enhancements Approve menu item now shows number of bookings to approve Now you can see how many approvals are required without going into the page Booking reason can now be hidden on each leave type To allow further customisation, leave types can now be defined to hide the reason box fully. Logout […]
Release 2.6 – Approval email action buttons & bugfixes
New features & enhancements Approval email action buttons Within email notifications you can now click approve/reject or view request to perform quick actions on approving specific leave requests: Bug fixes Routing – Various adjustments to improve routing within the application Bookings – In some cases, past bookings were not showing up correctly for the user […]
How HR’s role is changing
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is forcing companies all over the world to change the way they operate, and one of the areas this is most apparent is in the HR department. With the effect the pandemic is having on everyone, and the fact that we’re all being affected in different ways, HR is being called […]
Release 2.5 – Approvers for users and admin email notifications
New features & enhancements Different approvers on a single user account Previously the approver could only be configured on the department, this can now be set instead on an individual user as an override. This is particularly useful if you want a different approver for the approver within a department. Admin email notifications On admin […]
Release 2.4 – Various UX improvements
New features & enhancements Card expiry email Now when your card has expired and we were unable to take payment, an email will be automatically generated and sent out to your admin/billing contact(s). Booking request date added to bookings logs In the various locations we show the booking log, we now show a Requested date, […]
Making the transition to a digital/online absence management system
While most businesses are constantly looking to overhaul, upgrade, and improve the way they do things, an area they commonly overlook is how they manage staff absence. This mainly down to the fact that a lot of companies don’t see any room for improvement in something as seemingly trivial as how their employees book their […]
How to overcome the challenges of working remotely
With the numerous benefits it offers companies of all sizes and our rapid rate of technological advancement, the world was moving towards more employees working remotely. After the COVID-19 outbreak, however, companies were forced to set up their staff to work from home sooner than many of them would have liked. And while there are […]
How to help employees with their mental health
Mental health in the workplace has started to receive some much-needed attention in recent years, reflecting an evolving attitude in society as a whole. A large part of this change is the growing awareness that mental health issues don’t just affect those diagnosed, clinical conditions but are something we all need to address – just […]
How to support remote working employees
Remote working has become so commonplace in recent months that it’s constantly referred to as the ‘new normal’. However, for some of your staff, the keyword in that phrase is new – and working from home doesn’t feel ‘normal’ at all. Similarly, even those employees who’ve worked from home in the past aren’t accustomed to […]