Daylight Savings 2007 Checklist for HR
Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 by Frank RocheDaylight savings is coming a month early this year. And HR has to be on notice — it’s not just the fact that Daylight Savings is going to start on March 11 in the United States, it’s that there’s some real Y2K-like buzz about it. Are you ready?
HR Readiness Checklist for Daylight Savings 2007
- Prepare all-employee communication for delivery on Friday, March 9.
- Meet with IT about online calendars. (Microsoft calendars are not programmed to spring ahead early.)
- Check those Blackberries. We wouldn’t want to miss an hour’s worth of e-mail.
- Make sure payroll isn’t running near midnight. People like their paychecks ontime.
- Be prepared to tell your international colleagues about the change.
Bill Strahan
Feb 19th, 2007
Wow. I would not have thought of this stuff. Glad you did and that I read KnowHR.Com/blog.
More for your consulting dollar.
Thanks.
Frank Roche
Feb 19th, 2007
Bill, this one could be a decent-sized headache. Timetables for trains, planes, and automobiles are built on the schedule. Payroll, too. I know it wouldn’t be a disaster if people were late to a meeting by an hour, but the distraction multiplied out thousands of times (how many people have events already scheduled for March/April that have the wrong time?) can cost real money.