Contactless smart card readers save northern businesses money and jobs

Job losses arising from the global slump have bitten the most in the north overall. Research has shown that some of the worst places hit nationally include cities such as Sheffield and Hull. In the North East, the Wear Valley’s jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) claimant rate doubled in 12 months: the closure of Woolworths stores in Jarrow and South Shields affected dozens of workers. Hull, with the percentage claiming JSA at 8 per cent, had cuts including around 60 jobs going at the Humberside Probation Trust, including 42 probation officers, sparking fears that crime in the region will soar. For cities, Leeds showed the second biggest UK jump behind Birmingham, with a claimant rate of 4.3 per cent in February 2009 compared with 2.5 per cent a year earlier.

Time and Attendance North East saves northern businesses money and jobs with its highly secure way of monitoring your employees’ time and attendance clocking data. Contactless smart cards or key fobs are used to operate the system, which use well-proven and reliable RF (Radio Frequency) reading technology. This gives a consistent read range, which is unaffected by most external conditions.