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Hybrid & Remote Work

Navigate the evolving landscape of flexible work. Find essential strategies for HR leaders on managing hybrid teams, fostering remote employee engagement, and implementing effective policies for a successful virtual workplace.

Oct 2, 2025

How HR Teams Can Use AI in Performance Management

Performance management has long been one of the trickiest parts of HR. Traditional methods are time-consuming, often inconsistent and prone to bias, leaving managers overwhelmed and employees frustrated. In my conversations with HR leaders, I hear the same concern again and again: we’re spending more time on the process than on people. This is where artificial intelligence can help. Used thoughtfully, AI can reduce administrative tasks, surface meaningful insights and free managers to have better conversations with their teams.

David WhitfieldDavid Whitfield
Oct 30, 2025

How to stay productive while traveling and working remotely?

Many regular business travelers admit that international assignments are inspiring and enriching, but they often negatively impact work efficiency. Business travel typically means that some work duties are performed remotely – in hotels, airports, during train journeys, or between client meetings. Therefore, up to 20–30% of people may experience a periodic drop in productivity.

Paulina WastowskaPaulina Wastowska
Apr 12, 2022

Work from home problems and Hybrid work challenges

The idea of remote work is not new. It has recently evolved from telecommuting, an idea forged in IBM in early 1970. With the development of the technology that allowed it to connect with the mainframe computer from basically any location using the telephone wires.

CalamariCalamari
Mar 29, 2022

Hybrid work – the hybrid employee perspective

In the narrative depicting the employers’ perspective on the hybrid work and the business transformation, it is easy (yet harmful) to overlook the employee’s view on the hybrid work and the potential challenges that the company may face due to it.

CalamariCalamari
Mar 17, 2022

Essential software tools for remote teams in 2022

Businesses around the world suffered shock from the unimaginable ways in which the pandemic changed the world. Thanks to software old and new that helped businesses manage operations remotely, the global business community adapted rather quickly.

CalamariCalamari
Mar 13, 2022

Building a productive hybrid work from home environment

Hybrid work popularity has exploded since the shock therapy of lockdowns and COVID-19 pandemic induced isolation. But while the companies get increasingly savvy regarding the new reality, sometimes it is all about the employees who need guidance about reshaping their reality.

CalamariCalamari
Feb 8, 2022

Five tips to make workcation work for you

With the rise of remote work and an increasing number of people working from basically anywhere, the companies need to adjust their policies and open for both the remote work and workcation.

CalamariCalamari
Oct 5, 2021

A guide to building an international team

The COVID-19 pandemic made it obvious that working can be done from the office, from home, from the hotel, or from any place the employee considers fitting, as long the work allows and the job is done. This constatation is the first step to leverage the power of global team building – because does i

CalamariCalamari
Oct 27, 2020

Halloween 2020 – how to celebrate during a pandemic?

Halloween is a very popular holiday wildly celebrating in the USA, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Spooky atmosphere, dressing up, going trick, or treating – those are funny traditions which are also a great opportunity for partying.

CalamariCalamari
Aug 18, 2020

Remote work in Europe before Covid-19 pandemic

The pandemic of COVID-19 triggered a fundamental shift in the approach toward teleworking or remote work. During the lockdown four of ten employees in the EU were working from home - a thing unimaginable a quarter before.

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Product updates

Time & Attendance

Automatic reminders for pending timesheet edit requests

Timesheet edit requests that sit unanswered are a risk—they lead to reporting errors and payroll delays. That's why we've introduced automatic reminders for managers—similar to those they already know from leave requests.

Time & Attendance

Timesheet Details Report

We know accurate data isn't negotiable, that's why we've rebuilt our Timesheet Details Report from the ground up with rock-solid data integrity and flexible data ordering. The enhanced report is your single source of truth — seamlessly connecting two modules: Time&Attendance and Time Off without manual reconciliation.

Time & Attendance

Timesheet Calendar View

Timesheet errors have a way of piling up. That's why we've given every employee a tool to catch them before they become a problem.

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