Easy Time Clock Software Can Benefit Any Business

By Daniel Perry


Any company that employs staff is plagued with keeping track of their employees' time and attendance. Using a manual attendance register is often not reliable and open to abuse by the very staff that they need to monitor. A good solution is to install easy time clock software that can keep an accurate track of staff movements. It allows management to keep control of staff and monitor their work hours.

Companies will be able to accurately assess any workers that are not meeting their attendance requirements and deal with the issues in whatever manner is appropriate. Problems are eliminated with a reporting system that is accurate and up to date, giving information reports as they are needed. Productivity and staff morale can improve as a result of this new software.

The old way of capturing hours worked, using a book and either letting staff capture their own arrival and departure times or having a supervisor do it, is generally not accurate. Either people would falsely capture the information to cover up wrong-doing such as arriving at work late or leaving early, or claim overtime when they had not worked longer hours.

Supervisors that were less than honest had the control and could easily lie in the old system. They could show bias towards particular staff members, altering times to either favour or penalise them as they felt like doing. Besides the obvious matter of unfairness to the staff member that is now losing time that they worked, it's stealing and should be considered as such.

Once an automated clocking system is installed in the workplace and is working correctly, the risk of abuse is dramatically reduced. Access to data is immediate and accurate, no longer requiring that administrators and payroll staff call for physical cards and books to monitor. There is no longer a need for manual calculations and staff can no longer cheat their employer and fair business practice is re-established.

The readers are usually linked to the main computer system using 3G or wireless internet, maintain the correct time and date and allowing for remote access and repairs. It is a cost-effective and reliable method of running the devices. This also means that the data is instantly available and various reports can be set up from the software. Levels of access to the system and data is also possible.

Any of the readers, as well as any number of them, can be installed where required. Having a reader at the main entrance to the company, and linking it to the door or gate, allows entry only upon positive identification. Security is also upgraded as it can prevent certain staff from accessing restricted areas, or only allow entry during certain times. The worker will place his finger on the scanner and once his fingerprint is identified, the time is linked to his record.

While manual clock cards are still open to abuse in some way, the biometric clocking system is practically foolproof. The workforce is required to have their fingerprints scanned and linked to their identity. Within the system, everything relevant pertaining to that staff member is recorded. Their position, the shifts they are expected to work, their annual leave days as well as their pay rate, depending on the chosen program.




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