In the UK, employees take an average of 5.8 days sick a year?

In Germany, this number is almost twice as high at 10.6 days a year?

The most common day for employee absence is Monday and the least common is Friday?

If you keep these figures in mind, managing and tracking employee vacation requests and absences is a crucial part of running a business successfully. Time is precious and valuable. If it is not managed correctly, companies not only face confusion and frustration among employees but will also lose money. It is therefore important to implement accurate processes. This will keep employees happy and the business running smoothly.

Find out about 5 problems that effective absence management can solve – not only saving you money but improving the efficiency of your business.

• Depreciation of Good Employees

No recorded reasons for an employee’s absence can easily lead to false impressions caused by a lack of communication: Is a child sick and the parent has to stay home? Has a tragedy occurred? Has the employee taken their well-deserved vacation or is the employee sick?

This differentiation of the reasons can help to analyze the collected data and not write off an excellent employee for an unavoidable and unspecified tragedy. Also, the options for reasons of absence provide an excellent basis for follow-up meetings, appraisals or personnel planning forecasts in case of noticeable absence patterns.

• No Overview of Personnel Capacity

If no absence management software is available and all absences due to illness, leave requests and other absences are stored in a table, this can cause delays in the communication chain from the employee to the HR department and the responsible manager.

This delay can mean that management is unable to respond to productivity problems or stress within departments because they cannot track immediate staff levels. Therefore, absence management software can improve communication and transparency within the company and thus prevent these bottlenecks.

• Employees are Unsure about Absence Arrangements and their Absence Status

Have you ever asked your employees to tell you the absence regulations of your company? Or the extent of the vacation already taken? If you find that employees cannot find this information, it is time to change the process. Empower your employees to manage and track their absences.

By giving them access, they easily can manage their absences, submit absence requests, see how many days of leave they have taken, requested and planned. Managers on the other side can easily track their team members’ absences and allocate resources accordingly – not to mention freeing up your HR department!

• Unclear Communication of Company Rules and Regulations

Can I take Christmas off? Is Monday a holiday? These questions are perhaps just a few of the many that your HR department is regularly asked. Absence management can solve this problem: a simple implementation of company rules that are displayed in the calendar function. If the employee wants to take a holiday on one of these days, they will receive a notification.

• Overflow of the HR department’s E-mail Account with Absence Notifications and Leave Requests

Keeping track of all absence requests and notifications can be a resource-intensive task and challenge – not to mention updating spreadsheets and monitoring absence allowances!

Absence management increases productivity, efficiency and workflow by replacing these e-mails with easy-to-use, automated, accurate and fast software. This allows your company to relocate newly gained resources.

Do you see any of these problems happening in your company? Then we invite you to learn more about our NOVATIVE Absence Management module or request a demo.

We are happy to support you with the success of your business!

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Novative has offices around the globe, with the HQ in Switzerland. In many countries, there is lockdown and social distancing rules in place to combat the COVID-19 outbreak. The health and safety of our team, business partners and clients are of the utmost importance to us. Our team can work from home thanks to our robust and secure HRMS cloud technology NOVA Smart. All our meetings are now on-line.

Robust HRMS Platform

NOVA Smart Cloud continues to guarantee the confidentiality and security of our client’s data. The major benefit of NOVA Smart being cloud based means it is accessible, anytime, anywhere. Our clients can continue to  perform vital  HR & Payroll processes. NOVA Smart HRMS solution provides an all-in-one platform, which includes workforce scheduling, clock in/out, absence management and payroll.

HR & Payroll Support When You Need It

Novative’s amazing team are continuing to provide outstanding outsourcing service and continuity to our clients and business partners. In fact, Novative is onboarding new clients at this difficult time and giving them peace of mind about the fast-changing HR and Payroll landscape.

Do you Need Help?

If you are struggling with your HR and Payroll during these challenging times you can count on Novative cloud based HRMS apps and outstanding service to support, you.

Stay safe and well!

If you need help with your businesses HR & Payroll, please find out more here.

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Hospitality is a fast-paced industry and very competitive. To stay on top, Nova Smart can help you improve your daily challenges. Employee scheduling can be a minefield because of intricate shift patterns. Other factors include multiple teams to manage, absences to resolve and to stay compliant for paying in the right moment and correctly. Hospitality can suffer a high turnover due to all type of positions needed to manage a hotel. Also, season period or special events which influence hiring. Employee well-being and morale is a challenge for HR departments across all sectors, and the hospitality industry is no different.

We understand that the Hospitality industry has specific HR needs and have designed our HR Software (HRCM) to simplify the HR processes and your daily job. NOVA Smart Hospitality Solution helps you optimize your workforce, enhance your employee performance, control your labour costs, and make smarter business decisions based on flexible HCM analytics.

Our in-house developers craft NOVA Smart with the help of our HR and Payroll experts. This guarantees the quality, the compliance and the efficiency of the system. We recognise that even in the same industry, not every establishment has the same requirements, therefore, your HR solution will be designed specifically for you. The all-in-one platform covers all your HR processes. These include core HR processes, onboarding, workforce scheduling, absence management, clock-in, clock-out, payroll, appraisals, training, recruitment.

The software is cloud-based, giving you ultimate adaptability and access anytime, anywhere. Let NOVA Smart give you back valuable time to concentrate on higher priority tasks for your businesses.

If you would like to find out more contact info@novative.com or call our friendly team on 0117 959 5311.

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NOVATIVE are excited to announce we will be joining senior professionals at this year’s London HR Summit.

About HR Summit London

London HR Summit is a highly focused event that brings together buyers and suppliers. The Summit consists of one-to-one business meetings, interactive seminars and valuable networking opportunities. Creating lasting business relationships.

NOVATIVE at the Summit

The one-day agenda consists of seminars hosted by some of the industry’s most dynamic minds, one-to-one business meetings and networking. NOVATIVE will be meeting with specifically matched representatives throughout the day to explore how our services can enhance their business. One-to-one Meetings will delve into topics our services cover, including first-class global HR & Payroll outsourcing. Also, our world-class HR software which covers all aspects of HR such as Talent Management, Time and Attendance, Absence Management, Payroll, HR Data Analytics and more. We have over two decades of experience in Human Resources Management, helping companies globally of all sizes and industry.

The seminar focusing on people data analytics is of particular interest:

“Driving strategic business change through people data analytics.”

For most businesses, people are the main cost and value creator. We’ll explore the latest thinking in people data analytics and the opportunities for strategic change this presents to HR leaders.

NOVATIVES HR Software has a powerful analytics module which can help businesses use their data to their advantage.

Who is Going?

We are looking forward to joining representatives from:

• Amazon
• Dorsett Hotels International
• Estee Lauder
• Fred Olsen
• Gourmet Burger Kitchen
• Hilton
• Ola
• Pickering Electronics
• Prezzo
• Primark
• Ralph Lauren
• Sainsbury’s
• Scottish Sea Farms
• Volvo Car Mobility
• Well Pharmacy

When and Where

HR Summit is taking place on the 25th of September, at the Radisson Blu hotel in Stanstead.

To find out more about HR Summit London, please head to their website.

If you would like to discuss further any of our services please:

E-mail: info@novative.com

Tel: 0117 959 5311

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The purpose of the HR function is to manage the staff of a company. With the introduction of digital tools, HR is now controlling the quality of work, training, talents and the image of the employer. HR has been transformed.

What About These Changes in 2019? What Trends Should You Adopt?

Optimise Talent Management:

It is good to motivate the talents in their functions to achieve their goals. However, to engage them within the business is also essential.
With Nova Smart’s talent management tools, companies can increase employee satisfaction and ensure effective management of performance.

The Digital Boom:

The automation of HR processes is proving to be the central issue in the years to come.
Companies that have seized this opportunity will be distinguished from others by combining new technologies and business expertise.
The Nova Smart solution offers global management of HR processes (payroll, absences/presences, recruitment, planning, etc.) in real time. Modular and flexible according to the needs of each employee.

People Management AKA Soft Skill:

In a professional environment that continues to evolve, the abilities of adaptation, intellectual agility as well as relational qualities, these emotional abilities or Soft Skill have become now essential and as important as technical skills or Hard Skill.
Recruiters have changed the way they evaluate candidates and nowadays give more importance to their skills.
With the integration of an HRIS, this kind of task has become easy to manage.
The recruitment module simplifies the overall recruitment management, from the application to the integration of the future talent.

A Future Vision of Work:

Today’s business goals are to prepare their employees for the future, given the constant changes that occur within organisations.
By setting up training plans or apprenticeship workshops, the staff will always remain vigilant and fit for its future mission.
Good management is vital for the kind of manoeuvre to reap good results.
Nova smart training makes it possible to manage all training processes in the same database.

Editor note: This post was written by NOVATIVE’s newest marketing team member Ikram Elkouay

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