7 top tips for Managing your

Winter WOrkforce

Ensure the winter forecasting has been done by taking into account the seasonal trends and including any forecast events, e.g. Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas etc. and then create the labour demand from that.

1. Forecasting & Labour DEMand:

#WFM #Forecasting

Ensure that your employees availability is up to date and if employees agree to greater flexibility make sure this is reflected so that the schedules can use it. If using mobility request employees check and update their availability using their phones.

2. Employee Flexibility:

#WFM #Flexibility

3. Holidays:Ensure all the employee holidays are entered so that the schedule takes them into accounts.

#WFM #staffholidays

Using the labour demand create your winter schedules, agree the winter shifts with your employees especially if there are different start & end times and different shift lengths.

4. Scheduling:

#WFM #employeescheduling

5. Mobility:Allows employees to view their current and planned shifts, request to swap shifts with each other and to view any changes that might have been made.

#WFM #wfmconnect

Have a bad weather plan in place so that employees know what the process is if they cannot make it into work due to bad weather conditions e.g. snow.

6. Employee Safety:

#WFM #employeesafety

7. Employee Morale:use internal comms/intranet to run competitions such as ‘Best Christmas Jumper’ and look to inform employees around a Christmas Party.

#WFM #employeeengagement

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