The WorkForce Blog

Fair Pay Agreements & The Holiday Act Leading the Way for Compliance in New Zealand
An overview of major NZ compliance updates and pertinent changes in employment and workplace legislation, as well as noteworthy developments in case law within New Zealand.
7 Shift-Planning Techniques to Promote Social Distancing for Onsite Employees
As employers bring their workforce back to an onsite experience, social distancing practices must maintain a top point of concern.
Six Questions to Help You Prioritise Which Employees Return to Work
Organisations must prepare themselves with a carefully planned roadmap of how and when to being employees back to work.
Get Your Workforce Back Safely with Pre-Shift Health Screenings
Our team at WFS Australia has developed an online, mobile pre-shift health screening questionnaire. How does it work?
Managing Your Rostering and Payroll Needs for a Mobile Workforce
The team at WFS Australia launched a new webinar series to showcase the success that our customers around the world are experiencing.
How Workforce Management Software Will Help NDIS Transitions
In July 2016, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) moved from a trial to a full scheme transition; a move that included the introduction of a new ICT system to support the NDIS, which will be implemented nationally over the next three years.
Driving Competitiveness in 2016: Why Supporting Workplaces of the Future is Essential
Too many organisations treat employee engagement as set-and-forget, potentially damaging the organisation’s competitiveness, according to WFS: A Workforce Software Company (WFS Australia).
3 Keys to Managing Millennials Effectively
Millennials, born between 1982 and 2004, represent the largest generational group and continue to flood the workforce. WFS Australia offers these tips to ensure these employees are productive, fit in the existing workplace culture, and remain loyal to the organisation.
3 Layers of Security to Protect Workforce Data in the Cloud
While cloud infrastructure can save time and money, organisations must be vigilant about keeping private data secure, especially if they use human resources management systems in the cloud.
Why HR Departments Need to Move from Metrics to Analytics
Over the past few decades there has been a change in human resources (HR) moving from being referred to as ‘personnel’, through to ‘HR’, ‘people and culture’, and now ‘human capital’.
4 Workforce Management Trends for 2016
Cloud infrastructure and automation are driving numerous business technologies and are likely to feature prominently in workforce management in the coming year, according to our trends assessment.
4 Keys to Effective Employee Scheduling in the Healthcare Industry
Healthcare organisations face considerable pressure to provide adequate staffing levels despite an ongoing skills shortage, which often leads to overworked staff and reduced productivity.
10 Questions to Ask Your SaaS Provider
Spending on cloud-based human capital management (HCM) technology is expected to exceed on-premise HCM solutions by 2017, as more businesses understand the financial and productivity benefits of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).