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AI-Powered
Absence Prediction

Softworks AI-powered Absence Predictor helps you predict and prevent unexpected employee absences before they happen.

AI-Powered Absence Predictor
  • Predict & prevent no-shows before they happen
  • Use historical data to forecast potential absences
  • Improve the reliability of your schedules
  • Increase operational efficiency
  • Reduce last-minute gap filling
  • Decrease overtime costs
Softworks Absence Management System

Here’s what makes it great:

Reduces Unexpected Absences: Predict and plan for unexpected absences with AI-powered forecasting.
Prevents Schedule Disruptions: Improves the reliability of your schedules, allows you to see where unexpected absences may occur as soon as you schedule.
Boosts Employee Well-being: Ensure employees have the team support they need to do their jobs effectively.
Supports Compliance: Predict and mitigate absences to make sure staffing ratios are met.
Bespoke to your organisation: The Absence Predictor is based on shift and absence data unique to your organisation.
Data Security guaranteed: Strict data handling protocols ensure privacy and compliance.

Benefits of AI-powered Absence Prediction

Prevent Scheduling Disruptions

Predict no-shows before they happen and take preemptive action to ensure critical roles are covered.

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Increase Operational Efficiency

With proactive insights, managers can optimise scheduling, reduce last-minute gap filling, and ensure teams stay productive.

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Reduce Labour Costs

Avoid last-minute overtime and expensive temporary staff caused by unexpected absences.

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Boost Employee Productivity and Morale

Reduce stress on teams and enhance retention by preventing unexpected workload spikes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is AI-powered absence prediction and how does it work?

AI-powered absence prediction uses machine learning to analyse patterns in historical attendance data, helping forecast when employees are likely to be absent.

What are the benefits of predicting employee absences with AI?

It helps reduce last-minute disruptions, improves scheduling accuracy, boosts productivity, and lowers costs related to understaffing or overstaffing.

How can AI absence prediction improve workforce scheduling?

By forecasting absences in advance, managers can proactively adjust shift plans, ensuring the right people are in place at the right time.

Can AI help reduce last-minute absenteeism and understaffing issues?

Yes. Early predictions allow teams to plan ahead, minimising last-minute gaps and maintaining smooth operations.

What industries benefit most from AI-based absence prediction?

Industries with shift-based workforces—like healthcare, retail, logistics, and manufacturing—see the biggest impact from predictive scheduling.

Is AI absence prediction accurate and reliable for workforce planning?

With quality data and the right model, AI can be highly accurate. It’s a valuable tool to support, not replace, human decision-making.

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What We Do – The Softworks Story…

From Time and Attendance Tracking to a complete Workforce Management Solution…

What we have gained is better rostering, better control, comprehensive records, better reports and functionality to make changes or to test if proposed changes would work.

Bon Secours Health System

The System allows us to operate at multiple sites with the data being transferred to a central server.

Newbrook Nursing Home

Softworks has had a tremendous impact on the organization’s ability to be more efficient with time tracking, reporting, legislative compliance around confidentiality and privacy, and have better business outcomes.

Aids Committee of Toronto

Team leaders appreciate the fact that they can now plan more easily and that it’s much simpler to manage holidays and flexitime for their teams.

Fusion Antibodies

Employees find Softworks very user-friendly, they like the fact it’s easy to navigate and it’s updated in real-time, being able to check their clock cards and track actual time worked and bank time in lieu.

Aran Biomedical

Overall we are very happy with Softworks as it provides a much quicker and more accurate way of controlling everything from clock-in to wages payout and storing personnel information.

Dortek

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