We are back again with yet another edition of What’s New in Zoho People, and this time we have some useful features that will further improve and simplify HR management.

Here’s a quick summary of all the updates introduced in Zoho People in February:

• Validate your employee’s identity with facial recognition, now available in Zoho People’s web application

• Organize pre-course activities and post-course activities with our LMS to measure employee proficiency before and after they take a course

• Create similar courses in no time with the course cloning feature in our LMS

• Allow employees to better manage their tasks with our Task Watchlist and Task Notifications

Read more information about how each of these fea...

Employees often know when there are easier ways to be performing their routine tasks. Not only does manual work drain morale, but it also distracts employees from their other important activities.

Understanding these concerns, we have introduced Zoho’s AI chatbot, Zia, in Zoho People to help your employees automate their everyday tasks. Here’s how Zia can be useful for your employees:

• Performs the complete leave application process on behalf of your employees. Your employees just have to input the date, leave type, and reason.

• Fetches the list of upcoming holidays and leave reports.

• Provides a complete list of all your pending tasks within Zoho People.

• Raises requests and inquiries for employees through the case management module.

• Helps employee...

Very often, employee retention and engagement are seen as responsibilities of the HR department or top management. However, research suggests that employees who give low ratings for their managers are four times more likely to move on to another job than their peers. Employees typically leave bad managers, not bad companies. Retention and engagement are key elements to success, and managers play a decisive role in building teams that are committed and cohesive.

“Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend,” said Greek philosopher Theophrastus. Unfortunately, not everyone got this premodern memo – people can sometimes be careless with their time and productivity at work. Often times, there are lapses in how an employee’s working hours are recorded. This can be due to human error, or in some cases, time theft or fraud, with people appearing to spend more time at work than they actually do.

This lost time can add up pretty quickly. According to studies by the American Payroll Association (APA), companies could potentially be losing up to 7 percent of their gross annual payroll to time theft. This is mostly a consequence of...

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