Daylight Savings 2007 Checklist for HR

Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 by Frank Roche

Daylight 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

  1. Prepare all-employee communication for delivery on Friday, March 9.
  2. Meet with IT about online calendars. (Microsoft calendars are not programmed to spring ahead early.)
  3. Check those Blackberries. We wouldn’t want to miss an hour’s worth of e-mail.
  4. Make sure payroll isn’t running near midnight. People like their paychecks ontime.
  5. Be prepared to tell your international colleagues about the change.

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User Comments

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

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