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Outlook Vacation Management: What Works and What Doesn’t

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Search Google for “Outlook out of office” and the sheer number of guides and rules already hints at how complicated it must be to use Outlook for vacation management. That’s exactly what this article is about: what Outlook vacation management is useful for, where it reaches its limits, and why a handful of individual features

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HR Software for Law Firms: Leave, Time & Expenses

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absence.io is a perfect fit for law firms that want to manage leave, time tracking, personnel files and expenses in one intuitive piece of software, without resorting to a complex enterprise solution. Transparent pricing from €2.99 per user per month, no minimum contract term and ready to go within a few hours. Typical challenges in

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Digital Travel Expense Reimbursement: How It Streamlines Processes, Overcomes Obstacles, and Boosts Employee Satisfaction

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Travel expense reimbursement not only frustrates employees but also burdens the HR and accounting departments. From lost receipts to endless waits for reimbursement, the entire process can be a painful ordeal. As experts in absence and time tracking, the topic of travel expense reimbursement is crucial for us. In our quest to add new features

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AI in HR (Part 1): Potentials in Attendance and Absence Management?

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AI in HR. A topic that has been occupying us intensively at absence.io for some time. How can AI be used in our core areas, attendance and absence management? Especially in the area of process optimization, we see great potential, but also in service. We would like to give you a brief insight into our

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Hurray! The EU passes time tracking legislation!

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Wait…what? That’s right. In a recent European Court of Justice ruling, all companies in the European Union must track their employee’s working hours. This may seem archaic to some of you given flextime, home office days and more generally the culture of freelance work. But don’t forget that although punching in and out may no

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Can We Be Friends?

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Some of you may go to your jobs and mind your own business, plugging away until the clock strikes six and it’s time to go home. If you’re that person, there’s no shame in that, after all you’ve got lots of work to do! So many deadlines and phone calls to field. Those emails are

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According to Harvard Business, Here are Best-Performing CEO Traits

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Judging leaders by their long-term results, rather than short-term hype is the most-common sense solution when analyzing how effective CEOs are in their positions. Harvard Business Review’s 2016 ranking of the 100 Top Performing CEOs has incorporated new metrics and tools to measure executives’ performance, adding 33 new CEOs to the list, having 30 CEOs

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Meet ‘n Greet the Next Gen in HR Tech: Eynat Guez, CEO of Papaya Global

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Here at absence.io, we prepare our clients—which range from legacy companies, governments, to startups—to easily manage planned and unplanned absences. Beyond our snazzy tech, we’re committed to providing talent managers and business owners key insights into the future of work and people management. Because bringing out the best people takes work. And the right tools.

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Conflict Transformation: How to Stay Authentic Whilst Disagreeing in the Workplace

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Politics. Conflict. Workplace. Oh my. You share a desk with the work colleague who makes fun of Asian features. Your boss has hung a poster of a “Black Lives Matter” on his office door and rolls his eyes when newbies ask about the movement. Sometimes you lean towards visa quotes for certain countries, but your

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Absence Management – How to Survive the 21st Century

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The old school way tracking people and their absences probably meant a stone and hammer. Absence management in the 21st century has come a long way…and yet, not. Some companies have barely upgraded beyond ye olde paper and pen. Their bottom line is missing out. In the early 20th century, workers would “punch in” at

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People Confess What Their Best Job Ever Was – No Mention of a Corner Office

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What’s really the best job ever? Does it involve a company car, the corner office, your own assistant, or your own hefty bank account? A few users on Reddit named what their favorite jobs have been. From pizza delivery guy to a bouncer, there’s little mention of a Benz or a Central Park View. According to

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