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• [-]2014(36)
  • [-]October(11)
    • Statutory Sick Pay is insufficient for 75% of staff
    • Use trigger points to manage absenteeism effectively
    • Employee leave: Know the category of worker you employ
    • Flexible Working Patterns Reduce Absenteeism
    • Has poor holiday administration been bad for business this summer?
    • Managing Holiday Requests during the Festive Season
    • Permission-Based Management of Leave
    • Reduce Absenteeism by Engaging Your Workforce
    • Absenteeism: London Has the Healthiest Workers in the UK
    • Is Absenteeism Making Employers Ill?
    • Managing the Cost of Christmas Leave
  • [-]September(13)
    • Help Your Employees to Manage Their Own Leave and Absence
    • The Importance of Using Reliable Data for Return-to-work Interviews
    • Do Your Staff Suffer from Vacationitis?
    • Presenteeism and the Risk to Productivity
    • Working in Open-Plan Spaces
    • Workplace Health and Wellness Programmes
    • Could Your Organisation Be Britain’s Healthiest Company?
    • Take the Guesswork Out of Authorising Leave
    • The Bradford Factor - An Effective Deterrent
    • Let LeaveMaster Help You Focus on Customer Service
    • The Benefits of Having a Compassionate Leave Policy
    • TUC claims 23 million days lost to workplace ill-health
    • Has removal of the Default Retirement Age affected absence levels in your organisation?
  • [-]August(12)
    • Managing Absenteeism as Your Business Grows
    • The Bradford Factor: What Is It and How Can It Help Your Organisation?
    • What are the Main Causes of Absenteeism in the Workplace?
    • One in Every Eight Sick Days Are Not Legitimate
    • What is the True Cost to Your Organisation of Minor Illness?
    • Why Paper-Based Systems are Costing You Money
    • Highest Levels of Sickness in 2013
    • How National Sporting Events Have an Effect on Workforce Productivity
    • Use LeaveMaster to Determine the Exact Cost of Absenteeism
    • Has the Fit Note Scheme Been Successful in Reducing Absenteeism in the Workplace?
    • The Difficulties of Monitoring Different Leave Types
    • How Flexible Working Arrangements Can Reduce Absenteeism
• [-]2013(0)
• [-]2012(38)
  • [-]September(4)
    • UK companies invest in HR technology to increase efficiency
    • Staff in big companies take more sick leave
    • Over 15 million days lost to sickness absence in the NHS
    • Why waste time on paperwork?
  • [-]August(4)
    • 39% work on holiday
    • 24% of employees have lied to secure leave
    • Only 15% of HR directors provide cover for leave
    • Sickness absence costs £618 per employee
  • [-]July(4)
    • ECJ issues new sick leave ruling
    • Long-term absenteeism costs £3.1 billion a year
    • Employers warned about Olympics holiday requests
    • Establish a single system for applying for leave
  • [-]June(4)
    • Employees may take sickies to watch football
    • Bank holidays cost the UK £2.3bn
    • Less than one in four measure absence costs
    • Employee on fake sick leave caught red-handed
  • [-]May(5)
    • New Year’s resolutions lead to absence
    • One in five will take unauthorised absence during Olympics
    • Try LeaveMaster today
    • 131 million working days lost to absence
    • Employers warned about Diamond Jubilee absenteeism
  • [-]April(4)
    • Employees take sick days to watch TV
    • 90% of employers say fit notes do not work
    • Council workers take 800,000 sick days a year
    • 60% of employers have no Olympics leave policy
  • [-]March(5)
    • Eliminate holiday admin errors
    • Role sensitive menus
    • Staff spend 8 hours a year booking holidays
    • Employers unaware of absence levels
    • Employers unaware of absence levels
  • [-]February(4)
    • Benefit from our expertise
    • Absence management procedures out of date
    • Technological advances will put a stop to sickies
    • Eliminate holiday admin errors
  • [-]January(4)
    • Speed up holiday booking this year
    • Fit Notes cause employees to be off work for longer
    • Approve leave with confidence this year
    • Quickly and easily keep track of leave
• [-]2011(52)
  • [-]December(4)
    • HR staff stressed by absenteeism
    • Addressing absence will improve productivity
    • Fit notes fail to reduce absence
    • Increase your productivity levels in 2012
  • [-]November(5)
    • 2005 Licensing Act increased absenteeism
    • Small businesses count the cost of absence
    • UK employees take more than seven sick days a year
    • Absence costs businesses £673 per employee
    • Absence costs taxpayers £13 billion a year
  • [-]October(4)
    • Less than 50% of companies automate absence management
    • Only 50% of UK employees used up their leave in 2010
    • Staff sick days cost SMEs £3.4 billion
    • Improve your productivity levels
  • [-]September(4)
    • China has highest unwarranted absenteeism rate
    • Unscheduled absences cost over 5% of payroll
    • Absence management training improves absence rates
    • 50% of employees affected by colleagues’ sick days
  • [-]August(4)
    • Acas publishes London 2012 guidance
    • One is six could take a sickie during London 2012
    • 20% of employers do not record sickness absence
    • Employers say fit notes have not reduced absenteeism
  • [-]July(4)
    • Over 50% of HR professionals say sickness absence rates are too high
    • Get an instant reminder of staff holidays
    • Employers warned about London 2012 absence
    • One in three admit to faking sickness
  • [-]June(5)
    • Manage leave the easy way
    • Sickies cost £2.7 billion
    • Employers clamping down on sickies
    • Sickness surveys reveal costs of absence
    • Worst reasons for absence revealed
  • [-]May(4)
    • Absenteeism costs £32 billion a year
    • Try our user-friendly dashboard
    • A week a year lost to sickness absence
    • Setting up couldn’t be simpler
  • [-]April(4)
    • Multiple calendar views
    • LeaveMaster video
    • Fit note scheme a success
    • Nine out of 10 employers granting extra bank holiday
  • [-]March(5)
    • Sickness absence rising
    • Review to examine absenteeism trends
    • Amend user accounts with ease
    • How will you manage leave during London 2012?
    • Define employee types
  • [-]February(6)
    • Add new users in seconds
    • Absence cost businesses £181m a week in January
    • National Sickie Day
    • Government to review sickness absence
    • Monitoring and recording absence essential
    • Sickness absence rising
  • [-]January(3)
    • Change the look of LeaveMaster
    • Easily add any team or department
    • Create new user types
• [-]2010(99)
  • [-]December(8)
    • View up-to-date leave and absence data at-a-glance
    • Get an instant overview of departmental leave
    • See who was off yesterday
    • Get Bradford Factor scores in seconds
    • Schedule any leave and absence report
    • Email leave reports to any contact
    • Export reports for further analysis
    • Effortlessly plan for 2011
  • [-]November(10)
    • Registered for CIPD 2010 yet?
    • Dr. Fiona Robson working with the LeaveMaster team
    • LeaveMaster team at CIPD 2010
    • Requesting time off just got easier with LeaveMaster 2.0
    • Take the guesswork out of authorising leave
    • CIPD 2010 draws to a close
    • Add any leave type to LeaveMaster
    • Absence management initiatives cut absence rates by 30%
    • Amend leave allowances in seconds
    • UK employees leave it too late to book leave
  • [-]October(7)
    • LeaveMaster 2.0 launched
    • Try LeaveMaster 2.0 for free
    • What’s new in LeaveMaster 2.0
    • Innovative leave management solution gives restoration specialists an exceptional ROI
    • Join us at the CIPD 2010 Conference
    • Requesting time off just got easier
    • New automated apply for leave feature
  • [-]September(5)
    • Easy navigation
    • Manage your resources easily and efficiently
    • Make it easy for staff to collaborate
    • See LeaveMaster for yourself
    • LeaveMaster speeds up holiday booking at The Revival Company
  • [-]August(8)
    • New survey reveals fall in absence levels
    • See at-a-glance who’s off today
    • LeaveMaster boosts productivity
    • Why use LeaveMaster to calculate leave balances?
    • Request any type of leave
    • Want to know if your holiday’s been approved?
    • Get an instant snapshot of staff holidays
    • Want to take the afternoon off?
  • [-]July(9)
    • Improved absence monitoring leads to absenteeism reduction
    • Absenteeism costs UK companies nearly £17bn
    • Are you left short-staffed every summer?
    • Public sector absenteeism remains high
    • Over half of UK employers think staff fake sickness
    • Reducing public sector absence could save £5bn
    • More than 35 million sick days are not genuine
    • Why waste time on paperwork?
    • LeaveMaster provides statistical proof of absenteeism
  • [-]June(7)
    • Public sector staff work while sick
    • Acas encourages World Cup teamwork
    • Managers and HR professionals face World Cup challenge
    • Speed up summer holiday booking
    • Employees working through World Cup
    • Sickness absence levels set to rise
    • Sunshine and soccer could cost businesses £147 million
  • [-]May(8)
    • Easy integration
    • Improve your outlook
    • Could you make substantial efficiency savings?
    • LeaveMaster accelerates key HR processes
    • Coca-Cola campaign could encourage sickies
    • CIPD issues World Cup guidelines
    • Employers and doctors are not embracing fit notes
    • Why fit notes won’t cure absenteeism
  • [-]April(8)
    • Only 22% of employers believe fit notes will reduce absence levels
    • Incentive scheme halves sickness absence rate
    • Short-term absences account for two-thirds of lost working time
    • BMA committee chairman expresses fit note concerns
    • ECJ ruling will hit over 50% of small businesses
    • LeaveMaster FAQ launched
    • A flexible solution to leave management
    • Minimise user training
  • [-]March(9)
    • Holiday booking couldn’t be easier
    • View the status of leave requests at a glance
    • Your instant holiday planner
    • Swamped with staff holiday requests?
    • LeaveMaster’s absence management features commended
    • The complete absence planner
    • Are you deterring absenteeism or just recording it?
    • NHS could save over £300m on absence management
    • Deterring absenteeism could save the NHS millions
  • [-]February(10)
    • LeaveMaster automates and accelerates staff holiday booking
    • View the status of leave requests in a second
    • Cancel leave with just three clicks using LeaveMaster
    • A third of all sick days spent playing videogames
    • Take a more informed approach to leave requests
    • Two time-saving views
    • Government publishes new sick leave guidance
    • Collecting absence data critical to business management
    • How to cut your absenteeism costs by over 25%
    • Expect exceptional ROI
  • [-]January(10)
    • Internet galleries showcase LeaveMaster
    • Reduce absenteeism with LeaveMaster and the Bradford Factor
    • Is there an absence management cure for the winter blues?
    • Social workers spend five weeks a year off sick
    • Office party absenteeism costs £200 million
    • Process staff holiday requests quickly and efficiently
    • An invaluable absence planner
    • The Bradford Factor: now on LeaveMaster
    • How does the Bradford Factor reduce absenteeism?
    • Why not manually-calculate the Bradford Factor?
• [-]2009(17)
  • [-]December(7)
    • One in three sick days taken on a Monday
    • Productivity Soars After Engine Supplier Automates Holiday Admin
    • LeaveMaster customers aren’t missing paperwork
    • 60% of HR professionals support sick leave ruling
    • LeaveMaster’s now even easier to use
    • A solution to New Year’s absenteeism
    • The five most common paper-based problems
  • [-]November(5)
    • LeaveMaster enhances customer and supplier service
    • Effortless administration
    • Approve leave from another continent
    • Book next year’s holiday today
    • HR magazine highlights LeaveMaster
  • [-]October(5)
    • Dr. Fiona Robson working with the LeaveMaster team
    • Welcome
    • Absenteeism during the recession
    • Why create unnecessary paperwork?
    • An essential HR management solution