Time & Attendance News Archive
Time & Attendance is an important function of HRIS. Learn ways to streamline the process of time management and tracking. The articles written by our time and attendance software experts will help you navigate time and attendance software and systems.
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Time & Attendance News Articles
How to Get the Most from Your Time Clock
February 17 2011
If you want to get the longest service life out of your time clocks, you need to do some light routine maintenance. It’s nothing major, but if it’s done every month or so, you’ll see a real boost to the clock’s lifespan.
Getting Started
When cleaning a clock, always, always,…
Are you Personally Liable for Altering Employee Time Sheets?
December 8 2010
Are you responsible for approving time or signing off on employees time sheets? If so you may be personally liable if an employee’s time sheets have been altered in anyway. Did you know that not only your organization is at risk of big fines or law suit fees, but your…
Badge Options For a Time Keeping System
May 26 2010
There are a lot of different types of badge cards out there, and there are several variables within each type. So here’s some information to help you decide. By far, the most popular badge choice is bar-code, but many companies do use magnetic stripe badges. There is a third type,…
Time and Attendance Software - Badge/Card Technologies
May 14 2010
There are several types of time and attendance software badge/card technologies available today. The following are the most common:
HOLLERITH - A plastic or paper card that has holes punched in it and is read optically. This is one of the earliest technologies and is mostly used as an encoded…
Time and Attendance Software - Travel Time: To Pay or Not to Pay?
April 29 2010
How do you know when to pay for travel time? Everybody knows that you don’t pay an employee for regular travel to and from work, but there are some “gotchas” to be aware of.
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Portal-to-Portal Act (FLSA amendment), regular travel from…
Time and Attendance Software Systems Can Gather More than Time
April 19 2010
Gathering hours for payroll processing and human resources absence tracking are just two common functions of a Time and Attendance software system. There are other functions Time and Attendance software systems can perform you may not have thought of.
Some companies have a cafeteria where the employee can purchase their…
Time and Attendance Software: Thinking Outside the Box
March 12 2010
Almost every day, I hear these words from my lips: “Let’s think outside the box….......”
When you have been completely immersed in a time keeping software system for a long time, you begin to believe that you know everything there is to know about it. It’s that proverbial rut we…
Time and Labor Management- Biometric Hardware Clocks
March 5 2010
Are you losing time and money for employees that are paid and not working because their coworker clocked them in? This is commonly referred to as “buddy punching” and can be eliminated by automating the clock in and out procedures for your employees. By utilizing Time & Attendance software application…