According to an article in Personnel Today, almost 14% of the UK workforce was absent last week due to the severe weather conditions, at a cost to the economy of £0.5bn a day.

But even if the adverse weather is freezing productivity and costing you money, if staff can not get into work because roads are blocked or public transport has been cancelled, is there anything you can do other than waiting for the weather to improve?

One course of action you may wish to consider is to analyse the impact that the adverse weather has had on your absence rates, using LeaveMaster , our time and cost-saving leave and absence management solution.

As LeaveMaster stores absence data for all your employees in a single, centralised location, you can use it to evaluate the affect the frozen weather has had on your attendance rates and make an informed decision about whether to implement technology that will make it easier for your staff to work from home if they can’t make it in.

And should your assessment reveal the need for remedial action, Systems Valley can help by implementing solutions such as SharePoint in your organisation that facilitate remote and home working and allow your employees to remain productive even if they can not get into the office.

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