HOW MUCH DO COMPANIES LOOSE DURING FLU SEASON?

Salt Lake City, UT, March 2, 2006. With the flu season upon us comes concerns about workplace productivity. Staggering numbers of potential loses during this time of year drive many companies towards telecommuting. HourDoc helps by offering a proven web-based time tracking, attendance system for those companies willing to let their employees telecommute. For example, did you know:

- Five to 20 percent of the U.S. population gets the flu each and every season.

- According to a Money magazine survey, the cost of seasonal flu this year is estimated to be seven billion dollars in paid sick days, not accounting for potential incidents of the Avian Bird flu.

But did you know that even if you eliminate the opportunity costs the flu season brings, companies overall are moving towards telecommuting! Why are more companies eager to offer telecommuting? Simply put, benefits to both company and employee.

- A staggering 95 percent of fathers and 72 percent of mothers with children under the age of 18 are currently in the workforce today. By offering telecommuting, more working parents can be home near their kids when they come home from school.

- Businesses offering telecommuting profit from lower turnover, training costs and enjoy higher levels of productivity and customer satisfaction. (See PDF document “Flu”)

Despite whether or not the avian bird flu establishes itself in the United States, businesses are reducing expensive operating costs and allowing employees work from home.

Telecommuting can also be offered to employees as a great incentive bonus for parents who both work, but don’t want to leave their children at home with a nanny or at daycare during the business day.

If employees currently work from home, owners already know the savings it provides. HourDoc makes certain the hours telecommuters input is accurate, safe and easily organized into a system that managers can also access at home via the Internet.

HourDoc’s innovative and time saving features help a business continue its daily operations during flu season and still track time efficiently and effectively while making the regular business day even more productive than owners had previously thought possible.

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