At The Holiday Tracker, we believe in keeping things simple. Our blog is packed with practical articles to help you manage time off, support your team, and stay organised—without the hassle.
We cover everything from handling staff absences to workplace wellbeing, productivity, and even duvet days. No matter what your business is, you’ll find something useful to make your workday easier.
Explore our latest blog posts for straightforward tips to help your business run smoothly.
It’s a surprisingly common mistake, and most businesses don’t realise they’re making it.
“We treat everyone the same.” It’s what every good employer aims for. But when it comes to part-time staff and bank holidays, a well-intentioned calculation can end up producing very unequal entitlement.
Most small businesses aren’t worried about keeping everyone.
They’re worried about keeping the people who really matter.
The ones who understand how things work, carry responsibility, and quietly keep everything moving. When people like that leave, it is not just a recruitment problem. It affects stability, workload, and confidence across the business.
At The Holiday Tracker, we work with organisations of all shapes and sizes. In this Powered By story, we’re sharing how a charity supporting the local community uses The Holiday Tracker to keep holiday and sickness admin clear, simple and under control.
There are days when you finish work feeling completely worn out, even though nothing dramatic has happened. No crisis. No disaster. Just a steady stream of questions, messages, interruptions and decisions.
And yet your brain feels full. Heavy. Done.
If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone.
Tracking employee holidays and sickness might seem straightforward, but the hidden costs of poor absence tracking often appear long before anyone realises something is slipping. Overlapping holidays, missed sick days, and confusion over carryover can all quietly cost a business more time and energy than expected. This post explores what those hidden costs look like, why they happen, and how to stop them before they start.
Managing holidays and absences across a busy organisation can take up a lot of time, especially when everything relies on manual processes. For Croxdale Group, a family-owned motor business with 95 employees, this was becoming a daily challenge.
Stress is something most of us experience at work, and as the year draws to a close, the pressure often ramps up. Deadlines tighten, holiday cover gets complicated, and the to-do list never seems to shrink. Left unchecked, the everyday stress of working life can quietly build until it feels overwhelming.
The good news is there are simple, practical strategies that can make the pressure easier to handle.
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