Time attendance

The workplace landscape has transformed dramatically in recent years, with hybrid work emerging as the preferred model for many forward-thinking organisations. By blending remote flexibility with office-based collaboration, companies can enhance productivity while meeting evolving employee expectations. But this shift represents more than a temporary adjustment — it reflects a fundamental rethinking of how work can be structured to benefit both employers and employees.

In the 2024 Autumn Budget, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced changes to National Insurance rates paid by employers. These came into effect on 6th April 2025 at the start of the new 2025/26 tax year.      

The government introduced the changes with the aim of raising revenue for public finances. Employees themselves do not face any increase in the National Insurance rates they pay. 

In this blog, we outline some of the key National Insurance changes. And we look at how better working-time management can help with payroll calculations.

In today’s complex work environment, businesses need reliable systems to track working hours and tasks, manage absences and plan team schedules efficiently. 

A comprehensive timesheet management solution helps you: 

• Monitor working time precisely 
• Maintain accurate payroll records 
• Ensure compliance with working time directives 

Here, we examine the different types of timesheet, their benefits, and how to chose the perfect system for your organisation.

Physical security is a significant concern for many UK businesses across all industrial sectors. It really doesn't matter how large or small your company is; it is up to you as the owner to take all the necessary security precautions you need to ensure the safety of you and your staff onsite, especially if your company handles a lot of sensitive information and holds valuable business assets such as tools, machinery and IT equipment onsite.

Effective Time and Attendance (T&A) management is now an essential part of any HR management strategy. The right T&A solution can transform the way your organisation operates, improving productivity and team wellbeing.

To realise these benefits, you must choose the right solution. However, how do you know which is best for your business? We examine seven criteria to consider when choosing a T&A solution.

As Christmas approaches, it’s likely that holiday requests will be coming in to your HR team. It’s important for the whole business to track them correctly. However, there are many other reasons for staff absence: parental leave, illness, sabbatical, training courses, medical appointments to name a few.

To manage your workforce effectively, you must track absences in an efficient system that records the right information. Here are three things you should look for when choosing absence management software.

Most of us enjoy a Bank Holiday and wish a four-day working week was the standard. Under the government plans to boost flexible working, employees will be able to request a four-day working week. Here we examine the practicalities of this new working week.

Monitoring employees' working time is of significant importance in organisations where the Human Resources team need to juggle different working time patterns, such as part-time, shift work and staggered hours. To optimise managing working time and monitoring employee activity, organisations can implement time management software.

Workforce management is one of the responsibilities that falls not only to the HR department but also to every team manager in each department. Between the difficulties of scheduling, legal obligations and working constraints, how can we help managers organise their employees shifts patterns and daily activities?