Sick Yet? Managing Through H1N1 Season

Tuesday, 11. 17. 2009  –  Category: Absence Management, All Blog Posts, Management Tips

As more and more of our friends and neighbors are experiencing the effects of the H1N1 virus, we thought we’d weigh in with some tips of our own.
As the flu season has unfolded, we’ve been receiving a variety of questions from our customers related to H1N1.  Because we sell data collection devices (time clocks) through [...]

Continue reading this post »   

The Domino’s Effect – Presenteeism Among Food Handlers

Friday, 04. 17. 2009  –  Category: Absence Management, All Blog Posts, Customer Satisfaction

While Domino’s has been in the news this week due to the unfortunate video hijinks of a couple of their workers in North Carolina, the issue of sick food handlers is one of serious and ongoing concern according to our board member, David Creelman who submitted the following food for thought:
Here is a big issue [...]

Continue reading this post »   

The Summertime Crunch

Saturday, 05. 31. 2008  –  Category: Absence Management, All Blog Posts, Management Tips, Work Life Balance, Workforce Software

Our latest workforce survey reveals that 69% of US workers polled plan to take off time between Memorial Day and Labor Day.  This obviously presents challenges for employers who seek to keep their operations running smoothly throughout these peak vacation months.
According to our board member Steve Hunt, what employers should NOT do is discourage employees [...]

Continue reading this post »   

Dealing with Extreme Weather: An Inconvenient Truce

Thursday, 02. 21. 2008  –  Category: Absence Management, All Blog Posts, Management Tips

Today we’ve released the results of our most recent survey concerning the impact on the workplace of extreme weather. In Boston, we’ve had several severe workday snowstorms this year that ground the region to a halt. The picture here is from our storm on December 13th – when just about everyone’s commute became a nightmare. [...]

Continue reading this post »   

Super Bowl Sick Days

Friday, 02. 1. 2008  –  Category: Absence Management, All Blog Posts

We’ve just published the results of a survey we did this week of 1430 full time adult workers regarding the likelihood that the Super Bowl will impact their attendance at work on Monday.  According to our survey, 3% or about 1.5 million workers are likely to call in sick while another 4.4 million are likely [...]

Continue reading this post »