Maintaining Staff Attendance in Cold Weather Conditions

As cold weather bites and parts of the UK experience extreme weather conditions, businesses that rely on staff to function may be feeling nervous about falling staff attendance. Here are some top tips to help you and your company cope with the bad weather:

1. Share weather reports and updates with staff regularly to ensure everyone is well informed.

2. Support staff to take advanced driving courses to help them to drive safely in slippery or icy conditions.

3. Encourage staff to car share – this has double benefits as it reduces the impact on the environment and also improves personal safety if an incident occurs.

4. Give safety advice to staff about travelling to and from work such as always keeping your mobile phone fully charged.

5. Consider providing emergency overnight accommodation for key staff if facilities or budgets allow.

6. Where possible, consider adapting staff shift patterns to reduce the amount of travel required in the dark when conditions can be most challenging.

7. The widespread availability of technology now makes working from home possible in many situations – ensure staff are fully trained and prepared to enable them to be productive and work from home if practical

8. Consider investing in a company four wheel drive vehicle which could be used to transport staff from remote areas or to tow staff vehicles out of trouble.

9. Keep staff morale high with regular hot drinks.

10. Use a staff database such as Shop4Staff to access local relief staff with immediate availability.