Employee Scheduling Specialists Tugboat Software Introduce Absentee Management Module

Newport Beach, CA, May 12, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Newport Beach, California based software development experts Tugboat Software have recently introduced a new module for their industry-leading SOS (Schedule Optimizing Solution) platform. The new absentee management module available for their employee scheduling software is designed to help management reduce excessive absences by automating specific administrative responses to the issue such as disciplinary letters

The new absentee management module from Tugboat Software has been shown to reduce instances of absenteeism within customer’s workplace by actively tracking absences for each employee and accounting for planned or last-minute absences associated with the labor schedule. All types of absence are tracked within the system, including sick leave, tardiness, family leave, jury duty, floating holidays, FMLA and vacations, as well as a wide array of user-defined absences that can be customized for the customer. In fact, this module can easily track safety violations as well.

The system includes all employees within the database and records information concerning absences such as start and end date, description, whether this absence had been excused by management staff or not, whether there was documentation involved and the member of the management team who represents the absent staff member. Tugboat’s employee scheduling software also includes robust tools for filling absences with qualified fellow employees as they occur.

The major benefit to utilizing this solution is that it streamlines the HR response to absences, creating a seamless system whereby absences are catalogued and reported. Absence reports are also available to employees on the employee self-service portal that all staff members can access. This solution is tightly integrated with disciplinary letters, the vacation scheduling and the labor scheduling module available through Tugboat Software. It enables users to monitor their available staff carefully and ensures that labor schedules are constantly updated with the latest information concerning absences, planned and last-minute.

Acting as the ideal way to manage absences in a large workforce, the new absenteeism management module from employee scheduling specialists Tugboat Software can help tomorrow’s leaders gain a competitive edge.