Top 4 reasons to use a staff holiday booking system
We've pulled together a list of the top four reasons why its important to adopt an effective staff holiday management system - whilst easy to overlook, staff holiday management is a fundamental HR process which can easily consume significant time resources for HR and managers and even staff time.
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Compliance
The HR team are responsible for ensuring compliance with corporate leave policy - a staff holiday booking system should likewise ensure that the policy is adhered to automatically and hence should be configurable to reflect company policy.
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Staff Resource
What can management do to ensure they have have sufficient staffing for their company to meet project delivery deadlines?
Most staff tend toward booking leave during the traditional holiday periods, so monitoring staff levels and leave trends through reporting is crucial; it's these metrics that guide senior management when planning project delivery dates.
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Staff Morale
Happy staff are more productive and enagaged, and front and centre of staff morale is a well balanced work-life balance. A staff holiday booking system should help monitor staff leave levels and frequency, and be able to highlight issues of excessive leave denial.
Conversely, negative morale will likely have an effect on the work-place environment possibly leading to higher staff attrition levels, jeopardising both stability and business continuity.
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Bottom Line
Accrued leave can be a financial liability for a company - paying outgoing staff for untaken paid leave could be avoided through the use of an effective staff holiday booking system helping to ensure all staff take sufficient leave throughout their employment.
Additionally, absenteeism has a direct cost implication for a company - a staff leave management system should allow that cost to be measured.
