Lesson Learned week three: The best employee for the job Many companies have discovered time clock task trackers years ago, but for others it may be time to adopt this method of determining productivity for non-demand work or non-call work. A task tracker allows employee to select from a list of tasks and clock […]
Emergency Telework Takeaway Week Two: Scheduling
Emergency Telework Takeaway Week Two: Scheduling The near total shut down of businesses, schools and daycares, has many business owners accepting that quarantined households with many people living there are going to be disruptive and less productive. It does not have to be. Pipkins is continuing to provide the means to handle your telework assignments. […]
Pipkins Has Your Work From Home Options
PIPKINS HAS YOUR WORK FROM HOME OPTIONS With the United States and much of the world battling the spread of COVID-19, the demand for businesses to prepare for a long-term remote management options has rapidly spiked. For up to date information, please refer to the CDC. Although many of our customers operate through traditional offices, […]
Brush Up On Your Policies
Brush Up On Your Policies The coronavirus has created quite a controversary over how to continue with routine situations in the event there is a prolonged emergency quarantine or outbreak. The New York Times reports that Switzerland has banned gatherings of 1000 or more people. Factories have shut down in China and Governor Gavin Newsom […]
Wash Your Hands and Stay Home! Also Dont Panic.
Don’t Panic, But Wash Your Hands, and Stay Home! Right now, it seems all the world is abuzz over the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19 as it is now being referred to. Between its highly contagious nature and ever higher publicized death toll (currently resting at 3%), everyone is […]
Working Remotely Increases Productivity: Prove It!
“Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.” – Paul J. Meyer Most of us have heard that working remotely increases productivity. Several times a year I receive emails from employees wanting to work from home citing increased productivity. Still others send a link […]
Workforce Management Tools Enable Successful Telecommuting
Jim Reidy spoke about telecommuting at the Society for Human Resource Management’s 2016 Employment Law & Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. In short, he noted that telecommuting could save companies about $11,000 a year per worker and made employees happier as they saved about $7000 a year on commuting costs, office attire, and the like. Workers […]