Before Leave Planner .com

Prior to the introduction of the leaveplanner online system we had various manual paper methods of authorising and controlling holidays across our four branches. These were very inefficient and time consuming and prone to incorrect recording. We have a total staff of approx. 284 and there was no consistency in reporting and Management had no real idea of what holiday or absence had been taken across the group.

After Leave Planner .com

...we can now view any member of staff or department within the company. Northside have found Leave Planner extremely useful... it smooths out the the whole request and authorisation process. The summary view of the whole company or department is extremely useful when planning holidays and absence as you can see in summary your staffing levels as each request is made, thus there is no chance of signing off a holiday and being left short staffed. In addition it is useful for all members of staff to be able to check when someone is on holiday without having to refer to manual records, all this saves time and o

Before Leave Planner .com

All leave and any absences had to be requested on paper forms and the details then transposed onto wallcharts, updating Reception was a nightmare. As we merged with another firm of solicitors in 2000 we went from approximately 30 staff to 65 with all the extra paperwork that this entailed we needed to look for a system that was more central for everyone.

After Leave Planner .com

Life couldn't be more simpler, any requests for any type of leave are put through, everybody knows exactly how many days holiday they have left, how much sickness they have taken and Reception can see at a "click" who is out on any particular day. The reporting procedures assist management and everyone is happy - especially me as we now have a paper free system.

Before Leave Planner .com

"As all our staff were based in different departments and locations, it was a real ordeal keeping track of when people wanted holidays as we had to make sure certain people did not take the same time off. As we used to use different diaries for different departments, it often meant people were waiting days (sometimes weeks!) to get authorisation for annual leave. It also meant that sometimes we double booked holidays and in some cases gave people time off they were not owed!"

After Leave Planner .com

"Since using Leave planner, we have not had one case of holidays clashing as our employees know who has booked holiday and for when before they even ask for time off. Everyone's booked dates, holiday allowance, sick days taken etc are stored in one place making the authorisation of holidays and time off a real doddle...."

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Before Leave Planner .com (BLP)

There were times when holidays could have been double booked and key members of the team were off at the same time with no cover. It took time to ask around the office to see who was off and updating of messy wallcharts was time-consuming.

After Leave Planner .com (ALP)

We have been so pleased with Leaveplanner - in fact I don't know how we survived without it!

It has given us:

• No paperwork - i.e Managers signing leave request forms
• No Boards on the office wall!
• At a glance daily, weekly, monthly staffing situations
• Ease of use for Staff requesting holiday, special leave etc