Stand out from the crowd with Ceequel®
The Elf productivity Ceequel application suite contains 3 mobilised apps that are accessible to download on Apple,Android and Window phones. The Apps available are titled Ceeqel Clock, Ceequel track, Ceequel serve and have been designed to integrate with your web based Ceequel system.
Almost all organisations struggle with the cost of employee absences this is often because they don’t have an effective absence management solution in place. Having access to a system that provides you with the ability to track and view every absence your employee has ever taken would save your business time and money.
Employee absences cost businesses a significant amount of money each year. Having a system in place that is able to effectively manage these absences could not only save your organisation time and resources but also streamline the absence management process.
There are four main types of absences that every business experiences and these include short term absence, long term absence, authorised and unauthorised absences. Keeping track of the different kind of absences each of your employees take is essential, as it allows you identify absence patterns creeping in at the earliest stage. Tracking your employees also allows you to identify any genuine long term ailment, ensuring your company provides the necessary support and care.
Absence management goes beyond just tracking your employees. As it will also ensure your organisation has procedures in place to deal with employees who take advantage of your company’s occupational sick pay or are frequently off when holiday requests have been denied.
With ELF Productivity’s Time and Attendance system, absence management can be provided at the touch of a button. Breakdowns including long term absence, high number of occasions, reasons for absence, and cost to the business due to absence are all viable. Other advantages include immediate notification of return to work requirements as ELF time and attendance operates in true real time.
Graphical reporting and dash board overviews are also standard within the Ceequel portfolio suite.
In addition and where required the Bradford factor calculation can be automated and reports automatically distributed at pre-defined dates and times.
Tracking your employee absences could not only save your organisation money but can reduce the number of time your HR department spends chasing people up, for more information contact us today!
Annual or annualised hour systems have significantly grown in popularity over the years, with many businesses now implementing them as a way to improve employee productivity and reduce the number of people being paid overtime.
Using annual or annualised hour systems within a businesses – is not a new concept. The use of them within organisations dates back to the early 1980’s. However over the past few years there has been a significant increase in the number of manufacturing companies now providing these as part of their employee’s benefits package.
An annualised hour system is where an employee is provided with a contract that states the exact number of hours they are required to work in a twelve month period. These hours are then often worked as “chosen” regular hours or via a plannable shift pattern.
A separate “pot” of hours is then budgeted for which is for emergency use and which attracts an overtime payment. The remaining time is often left unallocated and is available to be used on an as-needs-basis.
Many manufacturing companies are now introducing an annual hour system as an efficient way to achieve continuous production from all employees throughout the year. Annualised hours can also significantly reduce the amount of overtime hours being paid. Hours can be decided on an individual employee basis – at the beginning of the year and overtime hours will only ever take affect when the number of hours worked exceeds the set number.
Having an annualised system also gives your managers greater control of their employees working patterns, providing them with potential ways in which they can maximise productivity and minimise overtime within their workforce.
It enables a business to effectively and efficiently iron out any peaks and troughs in manufacturing demand, and benefits Employees by providing them with a consistent wage – usually 1/12th salary.
Using ELF Productivity’s Time & Attendance module, the administration of an annualised hour solution is streamlined and provides reporting at any point during the year, ensuring employees are rostered evenly, thus mitigating overtime while ensuring production levels are maintained.
For more information on how annualised hours could benefit your business contact us today!
Wishing you a very merry Christmas and a happy new from all of the ELf Productivity team. Celebrating over 33 years within the time and attendance industry.
Here at Elf productivity we offer a range of services that intertwine together to form our Ceequel software suite. Each module can help you as a business deal with the different time consuming tasks your departments face on a daily basis. For example our easy to use time and attendance suite has revolutionised the way in which hundreds of organisations gather n track their employee attendance information.
Here at Elf Productivity Ltd we offer a wide variety of products and services to our clients. Over 30 years of collective experience within the time and attendance market allows us to provide you with unparalleled industry knowledge and expertise. Why not check out this inforgraphic for more information about what is is we do.
Access control is now an essential tool to have when it comes to the protection of your employees, company property and information. Not having an access control system in place means your potentially putting the well being of your entire organisation at risk. Elf Productivity’s Access Control system allows you to restrict access on a door by door basis.
Access control within a business does much more than just locking a door. It’s now seen as a vital tool to protect your employees, their private property and the data, records and intellectual property of your business.
If your company doesn’t have an Access Control system in place – then not only are you potentially putting the well being of your employees at risk – your entire business is at risk.
Elf Productivity’s Ceequel Access Control System revolutionises the way which companies secure their sites. The flexibility of Ceequel® Access Control enables you to proactively manage access to areas of your organisation. The software functions across LAN, WAN or even through the cloud – allowing for a single, company-wide Access Control Solution.
Access control within your business isn’t just limited to doors. Elf’s Ceequel® Access Control can be used to provide secure, authorised access to car park barriers, gate, lifts, power shutters, roller doors and turnstiles – restricting access to all parts of your organisation.
Elf Productivity’s IP based access control system works by using your current Cat5/6 networking infrastructure, providing for greater manageability and reduced support costs.
Integrating your Access Control solution with Elf’s time and attendance / Human Resource modules, enables you to manage all your business processes in one easy to use platform. Having one centralised solution means that you can provide your employees with one simple solution for all locations and divisions of your company.
Your Access Control system can be used as your company’s fire register as each door, barrier or turnstile etc can be set up to identify if a person is in or out of the premises. All information is collected in real time meaning fire registers are kept constantly up to date.
Fire register assembly points can be configured within the system and upon the sounding of the fire alarm an accurate employee lists can be sent through to designated fire marshals by email or sent through to network printers.
Your restricted doors would also be set up to automatically release when the alarm sounds.
If you would like more information on how access control can revolutionise the way in which your company secures their sites then contact us today!
Finding ways in which to save money is crucial for any business. Yet many organisations are unaware of just how much employee absences are costing them. A recent study completed by XpertHR looked at absence rates and costs within UK businesses and uncovered which regions had the highest and lowest rates.
High absence rates cost money, don’t believe me? Check out this infographic we have created around a recent survey done by XpertHR on absence rates within the UK and the impact they have on business costs. If you would like to know more about how you can reduce your company’s absence rates, whilst saving yourself time and money, Contact us today!
Managing your businesses human resource department is often a timely job. This is due to the extensive number of things HR have to complete on a day by day basis as well as also making sure they abide by certain processes. Implementing an easy to use time and attendance system into your business can help simplify the way in HR processes are completed.
Managing your human resource department can often be a time-hungry job for many organisations. Often because many HR departments have a high number of tasks to be completed at one time and each task has to follow processes – often with legal implications.
Introducing an easy to use time and attendance system (incorporating HR) can help simplify the way in which some of these tasks are undertaken and provides one centralised solution that can be accessible to all departments within your business.
Our time and attendance system acts as one central database, and contains all data and records information to effectively and efficiently manage your employee’s. As Ceequel® (Elf’s Time and Attendance/ HR Software Suite) co exists on one core database, managing the life of an employee whilst employed by your company, becomes a much simplified responsibility. Information is shared real-time to all modules and having one single database removes the need for double keying and thee possibility of your business having duplicate data within the system.
Employee clocking times are automatically stored within the database and absence codes can be configured to help the system recognise the reasoning behind any missed clocking’s. This information is visible to all departments including HR and payroll – ensuring that wage information is correct at the time of processing.
Your line managers have the ability to view all planned absences including training days – for all their direct reports – providing them the ability to manage staffing levels and ensure that productivity of their department remains within business parameters.
With the use of shift patterns, rosters and rotations – your system can be configured to recognise working days and rest days – whilst accurately calculating absences. The system can then report on these absences to support your policies – such as Bradford Factor.
Exceptions can also be customised to suit your business rules and can cope with even the most complex of shift patterns. Our time and attendance system even provides you with the ability to report nightshift hours on the same day and allows you to setup true flexitime.
The Mail merge facility within the Human Resource module of Elf’s Ceequel® Software Suite – allows you to filter your employees by any data you hold within the system – this may include; true age, cost centre, length of service, holiday entitlement, or any other field stored. Once employees have been identified by the system a letter or document can be automatically merged with each employee’s details and then printed and/or stored against an individual’s record.
Letter templates including, offer letters, contracts of employments, pension auto-enrolment etc can also be stored for future use.
For more information about how we could help you simplify your HR department’s day to day business processes, contact us today!
Businesses are always looking for new modern day technologies that will help them with their every day processes. Here at Elf Productivity we have developed a reliable technological solution that’s not only cost effective but can help increase the productivity of your workforce. We offer a wide variety of software suites that integrate into one main easy to use system.
Companies are always searching for ways to make their investment in technology work better for them. They want to use technology to increase their production levels, ultimately saving on both time and costs. Ideally increasing sales and revenue which is the goal of every company. But they are also looking to use technology in such a way that would benefit their employees as well.
At Elf Productivity Limited, we provide the technological solutions that companies seek. Our time management and attendance systems offer choices that are reliable and cost effective. Not only do we provide advanced and dynamic time and attendance systems to our clients, we also provide consultancy and guidance through our extensive industry knowledge.
Our Employee Self Service Module
One of the solutions (using leading web technology) is the Employee Self Service module with Time and Attendance. This browser based solution allows employees to have access to their own work records. It supports employees in gaining more confidence, knowledge and acts as a way of motivating them to become more productive in their role. The fact that they can access their records whenever they want makes them feel more in control and empowered. From an IT department perspective – there is very little IT footprint.
Employees can have access to their data through a number of ways. They can use their own computer or tablet to view their data, or they can see it through a touch screen terminal or central kiosk. Companies also have the option of linking it to their existing LAN, WAN, and/or Intranet. Being browser based enables employees to gain access to their Self-Service portal from the comfort of their own homes.
Some of the benefits your employees can expect from this efficient employee self-service solution, include –
Elf Productivity Limited has (over the years) combined extensive industry knowledge and expertise in creating one of the most sophisticated and dynamic time management software suites available. Because of this – Elf Productivity Limited is now seen as one of the industry leaders not just in the UK but world-wide. For more information on our Employee Self Service or other Software Modules, please feel free to contact us or visit our website.