 Port Lypmne and Howletts Wild Animal Parks select an integrated employee management system from Mitrefinch
Port Lymne and Howletts are two leading wild animal parks in Kent, England. Founded by John Aspinall to preserve and breed rare species, they are now home to over 1000 animals including the UK's largest heard of African Elephants. Recently young viewers in the UK will have seen both parks on the popular BBC programme Roar which follows the tales (and tails) of the resident animals and keepers.
The HR team at Port Lympne are responsible for the administration of over 350 keepers, service and support staff. This was managed by a separate clocking in system, HR system and payroll package. HR manager Helen Jones recalls "We were operating an old system for staff clocking but it didn't integrate with our payroll system and didn't work very well so we had to back it up with a time sheet system.
We were really looking for a reliable way to track attendance, cut down on the time consuming data entry and dispense with the handwritten reports."
Following a review of available systems, the team opted for an integrated time and attendance, HR and payroll system from Mitrefinch. They also purchased an additional module allowing them to allocate workers against tasks and track costs.
The full system integration means the team only has to enter information once and it is automatically populated across the system. Administration is reduced and the quality of the data is improved as there is consistency across all the systems.
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