Birmingham based Auto Time Solutions, one of the UK's leading providers of workforce management systems, is pleased to announce the release of Vanquish Web, a powerful time and attendance solution that will enable businesses to adapt to new working regulations by gaining active visibility into the working practices of temporary staff.

The Agency Workers Regulation is the most significant change in the employment of temporary labour in recent years, with profound implications expected for temporary agency workers, employers and agencies.

Under the new EU regulations, due to come into force in October 2011, agency staff who have worked for 12 consecutive weeks at a company will be entitled to the same pay, overtime allowances, annual leave and breaks as permanent staff doing the same job.

Subsequently it will become increasingly important for companies using agency workers to administer the time and attendance of temporary staff and for agencies to provide clients with greater transparency of employee clocking data.

Christian Berenger, Business Development Director at Auto Time Solutions says: "With new regulations coming into force in October, investing in a workforce management solution like Vanquish Web can help businesses to monitor the working practices of temporary employees.

"By taking control of staff time and attendance businesses can protect themselves from unknown breaches of the new regulation and keep onside of the law."

Vanquish Web is the latest development to Auto Time's flagship range of products. With Vanquish Web employees simply clock in and out using biometric handscan terminals which are hosted independently and require no cabling. These provide fast and accurate verification of employee attendance and help to eradicate buddy punching - the act of an employee clocking in for a colleague.

All captured data is instantly transmitted to a centrally managed web-portal, enabling managers to gain active visibility of employee time and attendance and identify when temporary workers are coming up to the 12 week qualifying period under the new regulation.

The system can be tailored to suit every business. Managers can input specific company rules relating to shift patterns, breaks and overtime allowances, and clocking data can be stored and retrieved easily. In addition, Vanquish Web can assist businesses with the administration of travel and subsistence dispensation schemes, widely used by temporary staff, by recording evidence and storing history of employee claims.

By automating the time and attendance process Vanquish Web removes the administrative burden associated with manual timesheets and enables managers to pro-actively manage staff absences. Should an employee fail to register their attendance within an allotted time tolerance SMS or email alerts are instantly sent to line managers, enabling them to take action immediately to pro-actively cover the absence.

Sophisticated reports can also be generated automatically using all data fields held within the system, and these can be exported in a range of formats as well as to popular payroll packages such as Sage.

Christian Berenger adds: "We have worked hard to tailor the Vanquish Web software to deliver significant benefits to companies that employ the services of temporary staff. By gaining active visibility into the working practices of temporary staff, Vanquish Web will help businesses stay in control through positive verification of staff attendance and identification of short falls in staffing levels."

"With the new regulations just a few months away it is vital that managers prepare for the new changes rather than leaving it until the new regulations come into force and relying on support from recruitment providers to ensure compliance. Investing in Vanquish Web could make the transition much easier."