Month: January 2015

Cut through Red Tape with Employee Self Service

Filling out forms to request a change of information on the system can be a time consuming task for employees. This information can then take weeks to be updated due to the number of high priority tasks human resource departments need to complete. Employee self service systems cut out the middle man meaning your employees can update their own data in real time.

Every business has bureaucracy: maybe you need to fill out three forms to have Human Resources change your name in the computer, alternatively you might have to put in a request for a change of address and wait for weeks before the system gets updated; all this red tape is seen as a necessary evil, after all, how else is all this information going to get updated?

By letting the employees do it themselves.

Employee Self Service

Employee Self Service is the idea that all employees are capable of doing simple tasks, such as changing their names, addresses, and other personal information. Instead of giving this power only to the Human Resources department, a business utilises software that allows every employee to access and alter his or her own basic profile. This means that employees can make necessary changes more quickly, and the Human Resources department is freed up to handle different assignments.

Elf Productivity Ltd. Can Help

Efficiency is the name of the game, and Elf Productivity Ltd. can give your business the tools it needs to play in the big leagues. The software suites produced by this company are easy to learn, and they provide more access for more employees. At the same time, though these systems don’t sacrifice security, making absolutely certain that employees only have the amount of access they need to get the job done.
You can go in and change your name and address easily enough, but information like personnel records, evaluations, etc. can only be accessed by those with authority to do so.

What Else Does This Software Do?

Elf Productivity Ltd. wanted to create a single solution for all of a business’s needs, which is why their software balances access control, employee self service, and record keeping. It’s flexible and functional with features that even allow it to be used as a time clock so hourly employees can make sure management knows how long they’ve worked. The suite eliminates redundancy, and provides simple, elegant solutions for fixing the problems every business has to deal with.

For more information on what Elf Productivity Ltd. can do for you and your business simply contact us today!

Breaking Bad Habits (Infographic)

This infographic provides you with statistics about how time and attendance systems can increase your employees productivity and includes sections on employee monitoring, human error and administration costs.

Here is an infographic that we have created that is packed with statistics on how a time and attendance system can make your employees more productive. The infographic includes sections on employees being monitored, human error and administration costs.

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2015: The Big Year for Human Resources

Having a poor functioning human resource department within your business can lead to a significant decrease in net profits. This is due to a drop in employee productivity levels being caused by unaddressed attendance issues or position forecasting. If someone were to leave your organisation, your Human Resource department should still be able to provide you with up to date information on their entire time within the company as well as being able to tell you what skill sets new applicants need to have.

Human Resource Management is actually a key ingredient of any business. Poor HR management can lead to a significant decrease in net profits due to a decrease in employee productivity and efficiency stemming from unaddressed attendance issues or position/function forecasting. For example, if a valued employee resigns, improper HR management may lead to not knowing exactly what this employee’s functions were (since job titles don’t disclose everything), and thus, even if this employee gives a 30-day notice, it may take you longer than a month to figure out which potential applicants have all the skill sets needed to fulfil the now-lacking functions in your company.

According to a recent article by Business2Community, 2015 will mark new, progressive trends for HR management. No longer is HR management going to be one-dimensional, with employees, wages and other statistics boringly laid out on long spreadsheets and multi-page documents: “In 2015, visual media [will become increasingly utilized and]… when it comes to HR technology, the importance of visuals will increase.”

You should start improving your HR management resources today! Be ready to re-fill positions and functions this upcoming year, since “according to a recent survey, one in three employees will look for a new job in the next year.” This goes both ways – your employees are at a higher risk of leaving you, and you’ll have a more rich pool of applicants – so HR management becomes critical.

Elf Productivity Ltd. offers innovative software that efficiently and accurately records and processes all of your employees information. Not only will you have them neatly organised by job titles, you can include notes and sub-notes in a detailed, organised fashion that allows you to list specific functions and roles that the employee performs. Our software also allows your employees to perform self-attendance. Contact us today to learn more!

Employee Self Service is the way to do more with less

Businesses are always looking for ways in which they can get more things done without the need to increase hours worked or the number of people employed. A cost effective way to increase productivity is by implementing easy to use tools that simplify tasks, thus providing extra time for employees to do more within their working days.

There are three ways to get more done in a business setting: increase the hours in the working day, increase the number of hands doing the work, or use better tools in order to do more. While many businesses shy at the cost of paying overtime or hiring additional personnel when it isn’t strictly necessary, investing in better tools is usually an easier pill to swallow. This is why so many businesses have invested in Elf Productivity Ltd. software in general, and in the idea of Employee Self Service in particular.

What Is Employee Self Service?

The quick and easy definition is that Employee Self Service is when employees are given more access to human resources information and allowed to make changes on their own. In a typical business set up, an employee who moves, gets married, or has any other sort of information change would contact HR, fill out the necessary forms, and then wait for a human resources representative to put in the changes. By contrast, Employee Self Service allows the employees to access their information directly, and to put in any and all changes on their own.

What Are The Advantages?

The advantages of Employee Self Service are two-fold. On the one hand employees, can now make minor changes on their own, this cuts out the human resources middle-man and ensures that these changes get made in a quick and timely manner. On the other hand the burden on human resources personnel is eased, meaning they have more time to handle more serious work.

In the end, Employee Self Service allows more flexibility in the work force, and allows employees to get more work done more quickly with fewer forms filled out in triplicate.

Elf Productivity Ltd. Is Here To Help

While Employee Self Service is a great goal, it isn’t easy to accomplish without the right tools. That’s why Elf Productivity Ltd. has designed business software with this feature already built-in. It’s easy to learn, intuitive, and it allows more employees to handle their business more quickly.

While it’s still possible to build your business with old-fashioned tools, you get the job done a lot faster if you use the latest models available.

For more information on how Elf Productivity Ltd.’s software can help your business, simply contact us today!