Absence is running at 7% in the UK and only 38% of employers are achieving their targets on staff absence rates, according to the Professional Planning Forum on Absence.

More than 100 cleaners at St Pancras Station in London are considering strike action over plans to introduce machines for them to clock in and clock out using their fingerprints.

Psychological and sociological issues are bigger contributors to public-sector absence than diet and fitness, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Thousands of Ministry of Defence (MoD) personnel received the wrong salaries because of a fault with the organisation's Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) programme.

Brewer, retailer and hotel chain Adnams has implemented a managed payroll service and an online time and attendance system.

Masterlease UK, the fleet management company, is using self-service software from Sage HR & Payroll to reduce HR admin and increase employee engagement.

The future of flexible working is here, today. David Woods browses through some of the technology already available that makes flexi-working a hard-to-resist reality.

The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) has called on the Government to do more to prevent repetitive strain injuries (RSI) among British workers.

Only 8% of UK businesses trust their employees to work out of the office - despite 42% of workers believing they could do a better job remotely.

Almost a quarter of the workforce (24%) went to work in January even though they believed they were too ill.

Tesco will not pay staff for absence caused by the adverse weather at the start of the month.

Islamic Relief has updated its HR and payroll technology and is set to roll out an online recruitment module.