ELAS in the press
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The Financial Times ( December, 2006 )
The FT devoted the lead story of its Digital Business section to the issue of staff wasting time by doing their Christmas shopping online. It quoted ELAS consultant Peter Mooney as the legal expert on the issue, and recorded a debate between Peter and FT columnist Lucy Kelloway for its monthly podcast.
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Evening Standard ( November, 2006 )
The capital's evening newspaper reported on an ELAS survey which found that wayward staff were now blaming hi-tech gadgets for being late to work or meetings. ELAS's software, Employersafe, was capable of combatting such employees, it said.
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Manchester Evening News ( November, 2006 )
The MEN reported on updates to ELAS's unique Employersafe software which made it even more valuable to employers seeking to monitor skiving staff, and manage workplace absence.
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City AM ( October, 2006 )
Allowing staff to waste time online was costing UK businesses billions of pounds, especially in the run up to Christmas. City AM reported ELAS research suggesting that in the eight weeks before Christmas alone, workers spend an average 30 mins a day shopping online.
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The Daily Telegraph ( October, 2006 )
The UK's leading quality newspaper quoted Peter Mooney on how companies could deal with the many ways modern technology was dividing the workplace. When they're not ignoring colleagues by listening to their MP3 players in the office, they're probably wasting company time by shopping online, the report said.
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The Londonpaper ( October, 2006 )
One of the capital's new free morning newspapers reported the fact that British companies stood to lose £7 billion in lost productivity due to workers doing their Christmas shopping online in the office.
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The Scotsman ( September, 2006 )
Scotland's leading quality newspaper looked at how technology was fighting back against those tempted to lie on their CV. Citing ELAS figures, it said that with the use of Internet searches to verify applicants' information, the biggest danger facing recruiters came through not asking for a CV in the first place.
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Financial Times ( June, 2006 )
In a column entitled The Way We Live Now, the Financial Times claimed that football fans could run, but could no longer hide thanks to software developed by ELAS. Employersafe picks up patterns of absence and can therefore identify which staff are only ever ill around key sporting fixtures such as major England matches in the World Cup.
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Times Online ( June, 2006 )
The online edition of The Times looked at how one of the UK's leading unions had apparently offered advice on how to get away with throwing sickies during the World Cup. Software developed by ELAS, it reported, can spot workers who only fall ill on the day of - or after - sporting events, thus revealing who is genuinely sick and who is only feigning ill health.
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The Independent ( June, 2006 )
Prompted by a survey carried out by ELAS, The Independent ran a feature looking into where the traditional CV fitted into the modern world of recruiting. As the use of word-of-mouth referrals increases, formal resumes are falling by the wayside, the article reported.
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Insider (NW) ( June, 2006 )
In response to a question about CVs, leading business magazine Insider cited research carried out by ELAS which showed that the traditional resume was on the way out. Half of firms no longer insist on seeing a CV before appointing a new member of staff, it said.
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Manchester Evening News ( May, 2006 )
The MEN asked whether the humble curriculum vitae was dying out, with almost half of firms admitting in an ELAS poll that they don't always collect one from new employees. The results came just days after a candidate on TV's The Apprentice boasted about not having needed one to secure his last two jobs. Pam Rogerson warned employers of the risks in not having a worker's CV on file if forced to defend a Tribunal claim.
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Daily Express ( May, 2006 )
Almost half of businesses no longer insist on taking CVs from new employees, reported the Daily Express. A survey commissioned by ELAS revealed that the CV was dying out in favour of employing people on personal recommendation - a potentially very dangerous practice, according to consultants at ELAS.
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Cambridge Evening News ( May, 2006 )
The Cambridge Evening News warned local businesses to demand a CV every time they hire a new member of staff, following a survey commissioned by ELAS. The poll revealed that 42% of businesses no longer saw the CV as a vital part of their recruitment, or record-keeping, process. Pam Rogerson warned not doing so was "foolhardy in the extreme".
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Glasgow Herald ( April, 2006 )
The Herald consulted Employment Law Advisory Services for a story about local businesses forced to burn the midnight oil in order to make their enterprises a success, with some chalking up 100-hour weeks. Far from benefiting their business, ELAS warned that in the long run, Britain's long hours culture actually damages the economy with millions of pounds lost in extra sickness, absence and stress.
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Wakefield Express ( March, 2006 )
The leading paper in this part of Yorkshire reported on a poll carried out by Employment Law Advisory Services which found that traditional written references were now a relic of a bygone age, thanks to the threat of litigation should firms be careless enough to put something damaging about a former employee in writing.
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North West Business Insider ( February, 2006 )
In its advice to small businesses across North West England, Insider magazine told of the growing fears around absenteeism in the workplace. As many as one in four businesses, the magazine reported, were so scared of being sued that they would not even tackle the staff they knew were pulling "sickies". ELAS's intelligent software, Employersafe, could help allay their fears by spotting where problems exist and guiding them through how to do the right thing, Insider said.
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Daily Telegraph ( February, 2006 )
More than a third of British employers are so terrified of the threat of sex discrimination, they want to ban Valentine's Cards from the office, a survey by Employment Law Advisory Services found. In a news story and comment piece, the Daily Telegraph reported on the death of the office romance.
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The Times ( February, 2006 )
In its Career section on workplace issues, The Times told of how romance had become a decidedly thorny issue for employers, with more than nine out of ten bosses now believing that office love affairs were bad for business, according to an ELAS poll published to coincide with St Valentine's Day.
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Daily Express ( January, 2006 )
END OF THE SICKIE AS BOSSES FIND A WAY OF SPYING ON SLACKERS The Daily Express featured a story about Employersafe, revealing that "the day of the sickie" may be over thanks to a piece of software developed by Employment Law Advisory Services.
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Daily Express ( January, 2006 )
Prompted by a story about Employersafe, the Daily Express wrote in its leader column: "Malingerers beware: legal experts have invented a computer program to help bosses spy on employees who are taking sick leave when they shouldn't be. The day of the sickie may soon be a thing of the past. And not a moment before time."
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Daily Star ( January, 2006 )
SICKNOTES TO SACKNOTES A "computer spy" could land workers who throw sickies the sack, according to a story in the Daily Star. Employersafe, it reports, tracks days off and warns managers of staff who only ever fall ill on Mondays and Fridays, then guides bosses through dealing with any disciplinary action.
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The Times ( November, 2005 )
Senior managers in a third of businesses clock up an average of 58 hours each week, costing the economy millions of pounds in poor health and low productivity.
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The Daily Mail ( November, 2005 )
Andrew Alexander - one of the Daily Mail's most respected columnists - quoted a recent survey by Employment Law Advisory Services which found that one in three bosses work longer than the 48 hours a week set out in the European working time directive.
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The Daily Telegraph ( November, 2005 )
100-HOUR WEEK 'HARMS ECONOMY' The Daily Telegraph featured a story on how some bosses are working up to 100 hours a week, while a third of SME senior managers owned up to working an average of 58 hours a week.
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The Daily Telegraph ( October, 2005 )
SOFTWARE SPOTS FAKE 'SICKIES' The UK's best selling quality newspaper reported on Employersafe's ability to detect staff who take bogus sick days by identifying patterns in their illness.
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The Guardian ( October, 2005 )
NEW SOFTWARE SPOTS SICKIE FIDDLERS A report on The Guardian's award-winning website told of how ELAS had created a piece of software which could help reduce the £1.7 billion toll caused to the British economy each year by workers pretending to be ill. Employersafe works by detecting patterns in the days when skiving staff ring in sick.
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Sky News ( October, 2005 )
KEEPING TRACK OF FAKERS Sky News featured a story on Employersafe, ELAS' new employment law software, which it said helped businesses spot staff who take "fake sick days". Rather than simply count the number of absences, Employersafe spots patterns in absences as well and alerts employers when there is a problem.
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BBC Radio Essex ( October, 2005 )
NEW SOFTWARE SPOTS SLACKERS BBC Radio Essex interviewed consultant Peter Mooney on the problem of absenteeism currently facing small businesses. An ELAS survey found that 90% of SMEs employed workers with Long Weekend Syndrome - the tendency to fall ill only on either Mondays or Fridays.
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Personnel Today ( October, 2005 )
EMPLOYERS LOSE MILLIONS OF POUNDS FROM MONDAY AND FRIDAY SICKIES Britain's leading weekly human resources magazine featured an article on its website about "Long Weekend Syndrome" - the tendency of staff to phone in sick on either Friday or Monday, which ELAS software Employersafe can help combat.
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Cambridge Evening News ( September, 2005 )
EXPECTANT FIRMS GET SERIOUS ON MATERNITY RIGHTS The Cambridge Evening News featured a story about how small businesses across the UK risk ending up being taken to Tribunal through an ignorance of maternity regulations. It explained how ELAS software Employersafe can help small firms by providing them with straightforward on-screen advice when it is needed most.
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HR Look ( September, 2005 )
CHANGES IN AGE DISCRIMINATION LAW RIGHT UP NORRIS' STREET HR Look, the news website for the human resources sector, looked at how Coronation Street busybody Norris Cole lied on a CV to hide his age. Peter Mooney explained how forthcoming changes in the law, however, will make it illegal for firms to discriminate against anyone on the basis of their age.
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Accountancy Age ( July, 2005 )
PUTTING PEN TO PAPER Head of Personnel Pam Rogerson was commissioned to write a double page feature in the UK's premier weekly accountancy magazine discussing the changing world of job references. This followed an ELAS survey which showed that only one in ten firms would offer former staff a traditional reference. Pam discussed the problems this presented for both recruiters and employees.
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