Personnel package can control payroll over multiple sites

Unemployment in the North West increased by 2,000 in the three months to October, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The surprise increase to a total of 279,000 (8.1%) mirrors the overall pattern, especially in the north, and was driven by public sector job losses. Dr John Philpott, chief economic adviser at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, found the news especially disappointing. He said: "The remainder of the ONS statistical release reads as if it was scripted by the Grinch who stole Christmas."

An all-in-one smart card attendance recording and monitoring system from Time and Attendance North West includes comprehensive user-definable working patterns, rosters and shifts. One of these is Annualised Hours – simply keep track of time worked throughout the year by a particular employee. Individual and group absence planners are more features contained in the WinTA software, which has a standard ExplorerTM style interface. More advanced versions of the multi-lingual package can control wages, hours and payroll over multiple international sites.