In fact, with efficient workforce management software like WFM, it’s not only possible; it’s guaranteed.
Between the employees who need to use up their remaining days before the end of the year, and those who are well and truly over the cold, dark and grey weather and are planning on escaping to blue skies and warmer weather, as soon as is humanly possible in the New Year, holiday management can be extremely challenging at this time of year.
And if you’re still operating in a more traditional way, challenging may be putting it very mildly. Many companies are now reaping the benefits of workforce planning tools including attendance and absence management, but there are still businesses using the more traditional paper-based systems when it comes to recording holidays, or spreadsheets that are often only found on one employee’s computer. There are many potential pitfalls to this way of doing things, not least of which, what happens when that employee is not at work? Apart from that, it’s a very time-consuming method. Paper holiday request forms can – and do – get lost. Email conversations are an absolute nightmare to track, never mind verbal conversations. People forget. Holiday plans get ruined.
This is just one of the reasons why companies seeking to be as cost-effective, organised and hassle-free as possible cannot bear to imagine life without WFM by Chronologic.
Holiday management could not be easier, for employees or employers, with everything centralised and personalised to each employee, who will be able to request holiday time off through the app and see their remaining holiday allowance and approved dates, all in one place. The task of approving or denying holiday requests can be carried out by one of several appointed people, which avoids potential delays and bottleneck situations where one poor person has to process the lot (because we all know what can go wrong if the HR holiday person has time off themselves…). With the holiday management functionality, managers can also see when requests are pending and easily click to the employee’s history and status as well, which is very important, as reviewing the department or team status before approving, to minimise any potential disruption.
There’s also the other sort of absence, of course – the unplanned, sickness (hangover) kind, which can throw a massive spanner in the works, especially if it’s not easy to calculate the knock-on effect of that worker’s absence, and what that means for the rest of the department/company. Do you have enough cover staff? Will you be understaffed for that shift? This is the kind of information you need to be able to access quickly, and reliably. WFM by Chronologic offers a comprehensive absence management functionality, to make life as easy as possible for you.
Give yourself an early Christmas present – peace of mind, and book yourself in for a free demo to see how WFM can be a total game-changer for your business.
