Introduction to Zero Hours Contracts Zero hours contracts are a type of employment contract where the employer does not guarantee a set number of working hours—this is also known as a zero hour contract or zero hours contract. These are a type of hour contracts and are sometimes referred to as casual contracts, reflecting the […]
Challenges surrounding leave management are among those almost universally shared by companies. Underutilization of paid leave contributes to employee anxiety and negatively impacts their well-being. This is down to the fact that staff have to take time off, whether planned or unplanned, so a few issues are inevitable without an effective leave management process. That […]
Upon first hearing about it, the idea of unlimited annual leave might seem fantastical; surely such a thing is too good to be true? However, not only is the idea a reality, it’s gaining popularity. For instance, large organisations like Netflix, Dropbox, Virgin, and even the massive General Electric are now offering limitless holidays to […]
While most of your staff will have similar annual leave allowances, there are a couple of scenarios where you’ll need to calculate pro-rata holiday entitlements for particular. In this post, we’ll take a look at how to calculate pro-rata annual leave allowances and when it’s necessary to do so. What is the statutory annual leave […]
Now we are in 2024, you might be thinking how can you maximise the 2024 bank holidays? 2024 has eight bank holidays in total New Year’s Day – Monday, January 1, 2024 (1st January) Good Friday – Friday, March 29, 2024 Easter Monday – Monday, April 1, 2024 (April Easter Monday) Early May Bank Holiday […]
If you’ve ever noticed a job requirement from a company with unlimited leave allowance, you may have wondered if it’s even for real or just a trick. The fact is that numerous companies deliver this advantage, but very few individuals can truly utilise it. There are a ton of justifications for why the endless holiday […]
Knowing how much annual leave your employees have accrued is important for when they request time off, as well as for when they leave the company. However, calculating staff holiday accrual can be time-consuming, and tedious, particularly if you don’t have the proper systems in place. This post looks at how holiday accrual works and […]
New features & enhancements Customisable public & bank holidays A new system has been implemented to allow for customisable public/bank holidays for several countries including: England & Wales (previously the default) Scotland Northern Ireland Ireland You can add any of the above public holidays, pick one to be the company default, as well as customise […]
New features & enhancements Customisable allowance and lieu on users Previously when overriding allowance and or lieu on an individual user, the override would only be for the current company year defined. In the new system, a default allowance override can be set which will apply to all years or a specific year can be […]
New features & enhancements Admin reports User leave stats report Within admin reporting the User Leave Stats report now includes the number of bookings as well as the total days booked off for each leave type in your system. This will allow you to easily track who has booked what type of leave off as […]
