​Sick? Stay at Home! 

Is anybody in your office sick today? Did they take the day off, or are they sitting near by?

According to Statistics Canada, the average full-time employed Canadian missed 7.8 days of work last year because of illness. And what is the largest contributor to absenteeism? Illness caused by germ-spread, or sick people working in the office.

A recent Purell Protection Poll noted that over 79% of Canadians reported having gone to work sick. While a Harvard Business Review study on "presenteeism" revealed the cost of going to work sick is greater than the cost of absenteeism. People who go to work when they aren't feeling well are less productive and have a greater tendency to make mistakes.

With a deep cold freeze sweeping the entire Western side of Canada and the United States, we are entering the cold and flu season. So, how can you protect yourself?

Simple. If you're sick, stay at home. More importantly, stay away from work.

If you aren't sure how many sick days you have, adopt an automated time and attendance program to tell you in the click of a button.

As an employee, an automated time off system allows you to instantly view your remaining vacation time, flex days or sick days and submit time off requests over the Internet. You can view a master calendar at your convenience and you will receive an email notification upon time off approval.

As a manager, you can easily approve or reject a vacation, sick or other time off requests with the click of a button. You can instantly view the master calendar to see a snapshot of employees’ time and attendance in or out, and you can easily identify trends of employee productivity, punctuality and absences - with no error-prone paper trails or manual work!

Visit http://www.replicon.com/attendance-software.aspx to learn more about the benefits of an automated time off tracking system today.