Health group reduces absenteeism

The Health Store, a UK buying group supplying independent health and wholefood retailers, has reduced staff absence levels from 7% to 2% by implementing a human capital management (HCM) system from COA Solutions, states Accounting Web.

This HCM system, which has integrated HR, payroll, absence recording and time and attendance functionality, has also streamlined The Health Store's HR and payroll processes, providing greater control over payroll, reducing costs and improving management reporting.

Denise Bradley, HR manager for The Health Store, says, “Paper processes used to dominate HR and payroll creating various issues and inefficiencies. It was impossible to extract information in order to monitor staff absence and absence alone was costing the business thousands of pounds each year.”

Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions, a global HR and payroll software and services business, is offering its global standard HR software free to those organisations signing up for Patersons International Payroll Management solution, reports PR-USA.

The offer includes Patersons standard HR suite, document manager and standard HR reports, enabling organisations to manage their employees.

Included with the free HR solution is Patersons 24-hour online access and 24-hour support across the globe.

Ultimate Software, a provider of end-to-end strategic HR, payroll, and talent management solutions, has received the 2009 Partners Award from the International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM), says Business Wire.

IHRIM's Partners Award is presented to organisations that have significantly contributed to the practice of HR information management andf to supporting the mission and goals of the association.

Ultimate's CIO, Bill Hicks, will accept the award today (20 April) at IHRIM's 2009 HRMStrategies Conference & Technology Exposition in San Diego, California.