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Allowing employers to offset private treatment costs for staff as a business expense would help them tackle the spiralling costs of long-term sickness absence, according to the EEF, one of the UK’s largest employer bodies. Research carried out by EEF and Jelf Employee Benefits found that 41 per cent of companies have reported an increase […]

The global critical infrastructure protection market by access control systems is expected to exceed USD 68 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of close to 15%, the ‘Global Critical Infrastructure Protection Market 2016-2020’ market study released by Technavio has been able to suggest. Access control systems grant employees access to protected areas only when […]

The UK’s unemployment rate dropped to five percent, the lowest level since 2005, between the 3 months to January 2016 and February to April 2016, recent statistical data released by the ONS has been able to suggest. In the aforementioned interval, there were 31.59 million people in work, 55,000 more than for the 3 months […]

Older workers are likely to represent the largest group in the UK workforce by 2024, a recent report by insurance company Aviva has been able to suggest. And, as a result, investing in them and make good use of their skills would prove highly beneficial for employers and the overall UK GDP, a separate PWC […]

Biometric time and attendance systems must be extended to cover contractual and daily wage employees, similar to regular staff, authorities in New Delhi, India, have recently decided. In a bid to prevent employees from keeping away from work during office hours, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has directed all departments to adopt biometric attendance for contractual […]

Ireland’s police force, the Garda Síochána, plans to increase the level of video surveillance across the country by boosting its CCTV and ANPR set-ups and also introducing facial and body-in-a-crowd biometrics technologies, a news report has been able to reveal. The Garda is seeking to introduce new “advanced IT systems” which will cost more than […]

Integrated access control systems that only allow authorized personnel to access specific areas could potentially help reduce the rising level of theft across UK hospitals. UK hospitals are affected by thefts up to 15 times every day but less than 5% of thefts result in criminal cases. The criminals are mostly targeting vulnerable patients for […]

An estimated 8.6 per cent of workers in the East of England want to work more hours, a study has found, with the gap between unemployment and ‘underemployment’ is at its largest since 2000, a recent study carried out by Reed in Partnership has been able to suggest. The research found that women (10.7 per […]

The deployment of comprehensive visitor monitoring systems can help reduce smuggling operations across UK prisons, especially where mobile devices are concerned. A recent case of this type occurred in Lincoln, where a mother was caught as she tried to smuggle a mobile phone in to Lincoln Prison. Nicola Bradford, 38, claimed she was put under […]

Time and attendance systems could potentially become increasingly important within every company as leaders of the British Medical Association want the time an employee is off work because they have certified themselves as sick to be doubled from one to two weeks before they need to see a GP, in order to relieve the strain […]

Implementing secure and reliable access control systems can significantly improve the overall level of security for convenience stores and reduce the level of risks to business owners, security experts believe. An access control system will enable store owners to limit the points-of-entry, control which employees have access to high-value storage rooms and also cover various […]

Time and Attendance Systems can help companies of all sizes achieve significant efficiency savings in terms of personnel costs, which is an increasingly important topic nowadays, as over a third (36%) of IoD members say the outcome of the EU referendum will cause them to cut investment in their business. According to a news source, […]