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How Long Does a DBS Last? Track Staff DBS, SIA Licence and Right to Work Dates
A DBS check has no official expiry date, so you set your own recheck date. How to track DBS, SIA licence and right to work dates for every member of staff.
UK · 7 min read
Holiday Requests at Work: Approve Several at Once and Book Holiday for the Whole Team
Answer every staff holiday request from one list that shows the days counted, what is left and who else is off, then approve them together.
UK · 8 min read
Annual Leave Carry Over at Holiday Year End: See Who Keeps and Who Loses Days Before It Closes
Set one carry-over rule per leave type, then check every person's days left, carried and lost before the holiday year ends, not after staff complain.
UK · 6 min read
Holiday Entitlement for Part-Time Workers: Give Each Group Its Own Allowance
Part-time staff get 5.6 weeks pro rata, so 3 days a week is 16.8 days. Put each group on its own leave plan and every person gets the right number.
UK · 6 min read
Employee Keeps Forgetting to Clock Out? A Clocking Out Policy for UK Cafés and Shops
Decide what happens when staff forget to clock out, tell them once, and check the odd shifts before the timesheet goes to payroll, not after payday.
UK · 7 min read
Where Did the Day Go? A Field Technician's Shift, Stop by Stop, for UK Trades
To see where a field technician's day went, open the shift in Shiftelio: every stop in order, named, with the drives between them and the distance so far.
UK · 6 min read
How to Make a Staff Rota for a Small Café: A Weekly Rota Planner on Your Phone
Name your café's shifts once, give each person their usual pattern, copy last week, fix what changed, then publish the rota so staff see it on their phones.
UK · 8 min read
Leavers Checklist for Managers: Getting Keys, Uniforms and Tablets Back Before the Last Shift
List what a leaver holds the day they hand in notice, take each item back in person before their last shift, and photograph its condition at both ends.
UK · 7 min read
Fake GPS Clocking In: What a UK Owner Sees When a Staff Phone Fakes Its Location
When a staff phone shows a fake GPS location on shift, Shiftelio puts a Simulated location row on your dashboard with a Call button and alerts you.
UK · 6 min read
Month-End Receipts for a Small Business: Save a Pile of Supplier Bills in One Go
Photograph the month's supplier receipts, pick them all at once, check each bill the app finds, tick the ones to keep and save them together. One sitting.
UK · 7 min read
Petty Cash for Staff: Give a Float, Match the Receipts, Settle What Is Left
Give a staff member a set petty cash float, take each approved receipt off it, then settle what is left: handed back, carried over or made an advance.
UK · 7 min read
Store Manager and Shift Supervisor Access: What to Hand Over and What to Keep
Give a store manager the rota, holiday requests and clocking-in fixes for their own shop, and a shift supervisor the floor. Pay and hiring stay with you.
UK · 7 min read
Right to Work Checks and New Starter Paperwork: Get It All In Before the First Shift
Do the right to work check before someone starts, then collect the rest of the new starter paperwork on their phone so nothing is missing on day one.
UK · 7 min read
Staff Expenses Policy: Why No Manager Should Approve Their Own Claim
No manager should approve their own expense claim. Put that one line in your staff expenses policy and have the owner sign off the manager's claims.
UK · 6 min read
Advance on Wages: How a UK Small Business Lends to Staff and Gets It Back
Yes, a UK employer can lend staff money or advance wages. Agree the repayment in writing, then take it back in set amounts from each pay run.
UK · 6 min read
UK Holiday Entitlement for Staff: 28 Days, Bank Holidays and Setting It Up in One Go
Most UK staff on a five-day week get at least 28 days' paid holiday, and bank holidays can count inside it. Here is how to set that up in one go.
UK · 6 min read