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Fire Drills are a necessary evil. Making sure that in the event of a fire, everyone knows what to do and can exit the building quickly and safely should be a priority for every company.

There are a lot of Time & Attendance systems out there, catering to a wide array of requirements. It can be a bit daunting trying to find the right system for your needs, and being sure that you’re purchasing a high quality product that is going to continue to serve you for years to come can be like walking a tightrope in the dark.

According to Investors in People, presenteeism is “persistently turning up to work when ill.” At first glance, this might seem like a preferable situation rather than an employee being absent.

According to a study by Stanford University, 50% of remote workers believe they are more productive working from home than the office. Mikogo also reports that, according to a study by Intel and Dell, perceptions on Remote Working is shifting, with more companies and employees seeing the benefits of working “away from the office.”

A quality time and attendance system can do a lot more than simply calculate hours worked by an hourly-paid workforce. In fact, it can be an integral part of recording and monitoring salary paid employees too.

A Time & Attendance system works very well with Job Costing solutions, and at Vizual we supply a Job Costing module that works as an extension of the Captureit Time & Attendance system. Job Costing is an excellent way of getting detailed information concerning individual jobs and the activities of your employees on those jobs.

There have been a number of surveys conducted at the end of 2015 and in the first few months of 2016 concerning the movements and plans of full-time employees. People management consultancy Penna discovered that one in five employees (21 per cent) will be looking for new employment in 2016.