- · 71% increase in employee lateness on the 12th of December
- · 63% increase in employee lateness on the 11th of December
On the 10th
December, the UK experienced the coldest night of the year with temperatures
plunging to -13 degrees so it's no surprise that today as employees battled to
get into office due to treacherous driving conditions and limited public
transport running; people management software company BrightHR saw a 71%
increase in the number of employee latenesses logged by their customers using
the BrightHR absence system, the highest recorded in 2017.
Alastair
Brown, Chief Technical Officer, BrightHR, said: "The effect of the icy
conditions and heavy snowfall across the UK have caused major headaches for
employers and employees alike as it affected many commuting employees and their
ability to make it work on time. In many of the cases logged by our customers employees
were late by over an hour.”
“Even though
the employee’s lateness is probably through no fault of their own, an employer
has no obligation to pay an employee if their public transport is not running
or for the hours missed if they turn up late. Whilst there is no obligation, it
is recommended that employers be more accommodating in these circumstances and
offer to let the employee make up the time on another day so they still get
paid, or suggest that holiday is taken on that day.”
“Employers
should also consider having an adverse weather policy in place. A bad weather
policy will solve any potential problems by explaining what the business
expects employees to do during a harsh winter. The policy needs to outline what
expectations and steps the business requires the employee to take to make it in
to work and would also need to contain what would happen if staff cannot make
the journey, such as flexible working, non-entitlement to pay, discretionary
payments or the offer to cover the absence with annual leave. The cold weather
is expected to continue so it’s important that employers are prepared for a winter
full of extreme weather.”
About
BrightHR
BrightHR’s
people management software offers a single place to record, monitor and manage
your employees data - from sickness and holidays to shifts and rotas. Users can
also store employee records safely in the cloud. And because it’s available online
and via mobile app, teams can request, approve and share whatever they need...
anytime, anywhere.
https://www.brighthr.com/