Hi Sylvia:
I agree with Bernard. He is absolutely right.
I believe in something like this:
Give the work and deadlines alongwith. Then don't bother to know how many hrs a day an employee works. Let him work at his own convenience and finish the work in stipulated time.
Ofcourse, there is one hitch inthis. If the person is working idividually and independently on a project then this suits fine but if a team works on a project and they are interdependent then it is a must that all of them are available during the decided work hours and no choice.
In our office there are all kinds of people working on various projects. Some independently, some in a team. So we are liberal with the indepent employees but for teams / groups, there is no choice. They are supposed to report to the office at 9.00 am and free to leave it at 5.30 p.m
I have been working for past 14/15 months in this office as HR professional but have so far not faced any problem with staff's late reporting or early leaving. Well, its a fact that we also some guidelines for them to follow. They are allowed to report late to office once in a month for a genuine reason and on repeated such reportings, a part of their paidleave will be debited. It works.
You need to frame these guidelines in relevance to your work style and system. You need to study it thoroughly and also the human behaviour of your employees etc.
I hope this information is of some help to you sylvia.
Shradha
I agree with Bernard. He is absolutely right.
I believe in something like this:
Give the work and deadlines alongwith. Then don't bother to know how many hrs a day an employee works. Let him work at his own convenience and finish the work in stipulated time.
Ofcourse, there is one hitch inthis. If the person is working idividually and independently on a project then this suits fine but if a team works on a project and they are interdependent then it is a must that all of them are available during the decided work hours and no choice.
In our office there are all kinds of people working on various projects. Some independently, some in a team. So we are liberal with the indepent employees but for teams / groups, there is no choice. They are supposed to report to the office at 9.00 am and free to leave it at 5.30 p.m
I have been working for past 14/15 months in this office as HR professional but have so far not faced any problem with staff's late reporting or early leaving. Well, its a fact that we also some guidelines for them to follow. They are allowed to report late to office once in a month for a genuine reason and on repeated such reportings, a part of their paidleave will be debited. It works.
You need to frame these guidelines in relevance to your work style and system. You need to study it thoroughly and also the human behaviour of your employees etc.
I hope this information is of some help to you sylvia.
Shradha