Frequently Asked Questions
Why should your company invest in an automated time and attendance system?
- On demand information
- Know who is in/out, at lunch, and on break at any given moment
- Control unnecessary overtime payments
- Know your labor operating costs at any time
- Real-time knowledge of available PTO, vacation, and sick time
- No more smudged, unreadable timesheets
- No calculation errors
- Accurate time rounding based on your rules
- Hours are added to the 1000th decimal place
- Automated rounding rules control start/stop, break, and lunch times
- Lockouts restrict punching at unauthorized times and locations
- System-generated schedules for future dates
- Pre-schedules benefits (vacation, etc.)
- Avoid overstaffing - know your labor coverage
- Stop unauthorized overtime
- Stop overpayment of benefits
- Stop attendance infractions
- Forecast upcoming labor costs - schedule to avoid labor cost overruns
- Produce valuable trend analysis reports for employee reviews
- Online access to historical reports for employee dispute resolution
- Have the system automatically generate warning notices based on a point system you define
- Supervisors have access to on-line reports:
- Timecards
- Department hours
- Productivity
- Attendance
- Scheduling/Coverage
- Benefit balances
What is "Buddy Punching"
- "Buddy Punching" is the practice of employees clocking in and out for one another
- Typically, "Buddy Punching" is used to credit employees not present for worked time
- Statistically, the majority of organizations have payroll losses directly related to "Buddy Punching"
