Three Major Benefits to Access Control that Every Company Should Consider

Keeping customer and company data safe is every businesses top concern that is why many are striving for ways to make sure their information doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. One way to do this by implementing an access control system that will limit who within your company has access to what information.

Employee and company data safety is one of a businesses top concerns. Companies are striving for ways to keep their employees safe and company information out of unauthorized hands. One of the ways that companies are achieving this is through Access Control.

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FAQs About Human Resource Software

When it comes to implementing a human resource system there are often many issues that need to be considered. At ELF Productivity we have over 30 years experience within the industry and we’ve heard most, if not all of them. Listed below are just a few of the questions and answers we’ve heard.

Just like other business decisions you make, there are many issues to consider when you evaluate Human Resource Software and other employee related software.

At ELF Productivity Limited we have seen many software companies come and go over the years. We are pleased to present some of the Questions and Answers we have heard in our over 30 years in the industry.

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Human Resource Software Can Save Your Company Time and Money

Whether you have a current computerised HR system or still do it the old fashion way, if your system isn’t working correctly then your loosing money. Having a fully functioning computerized human resource system at your disposal has many benefits.

You may have a current computerized Human Resource system in place, that just isn’t working for your company, or you still may be doing it the old fashioned way but are looking for a simpler way. There are many benefits, to having a good computerized Human Resources system at your disposal.

A software program can help you in all areas of your business. For example you can easily create reports and presentations,and this can be done without days of preparation. Searching for staff is made easier, as a good HR program may have the ability to search through hundreds of resumes, and match the specific criteria you have set for certain positions. Areas such as employee leave and benefits can also be viewed and processed proficiently.

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The Benefits of Employee Self Service

There are several key ways in which employee self service can benefit your business. It reduces the workload of your line managers by providing employees with the ability to control their own work. It allows employees to take care of their time cards and breaks and it reduces the headache given to your upper management.

So, you are thinking about how Employee Self Service could benefit your business. There are several key ways: it reduces the work flow of your upper management; it leaves the employee in more “control” of their work and in turn empowers them; it reduces the need to police your employees because when you trust people they typically do the right thing on their own.

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How Tracking your Employees Time and Attendance can help your Business run Smoothly

Tracking time and attendance data is an important part of managing your workforce. Having accurate information on employees holidays, sick time and clockings makes it easier for you to manage everyone. There are many benefits to having a time and attendance system and tracking the data provided can help your business run smoothly.

When it comes to managing your workforce, tracking Time and Attendance is an important part. You have the options to track many statistics when it comes to time and attendance tracking. By using a computerised system you can easily track holidays, sick time, break and meal times, and staff members clock in, and clock out time. The question is, “How can tracking these statistics help your business?”.

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Access Control keeps your Employees and Sensitive Information safe

In this day and age protecting company and client data is paramount if you want to run a successful business. Access control systems are revolutionising the way in which businesses control access not only to their data, but to their building’s restricted areas. The admittance to a building can now be controlled via the use of card or biometric thumb print.

In this day and age, theft and break ins are an everyday occurrence. For business owners, keeping your employees and sensitive company data safe is imperative to the functionality of your business. Access Control is revolutionising the way businesses grant access to their building and restricted areas. It is helping to keep employees safe by only granting admittance to the building through use of a card or biometric thumb print. It also only allows authorised employees into certain areas of the building.

Back in the old days, companies used to employ a guard to watch doors that only certain staff members were allowed into; however, what happened if the guard had to use the toilet, or go to lunch, or simply wasn’t paying attention? With access control, there is no room for human error.

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Time and Attendance is as Important as Your Company

In order to run a successful company you need to have a fully functioning time and attendance system in place. The data collected by this software can be used to help your business save the right amount of time and money in order to improve business processes in other departments. Check out these points below regarding keeping track of your employees time and attendance.

Time and Attendance is as Important as Your Company

When it comes to your Time and Attendance policies, having  software that actually works is somewhat imperative if you want to run a successful company. Using this software helps save the right amount of money to put in all the right places. Here are some points and some info in regards to keeping track of time and attendance from your employees.

The older method of using pen and ink to keep track of employee attendance went out of style some hundred or so years ago, and has been replaced with a few other methods. This method of using software makes it much easier to keep track of who missed which day and how late so and so was on that day.

When people don’t keep a close enough eye on the amount of absences and lates that their employees have gotten, their business is the one that suffers. The more you use time and attendance software, the easier you find it to be to keep your employees in line and your business on schedule with your long term and short term plans.

With this software, your employees can clock in and out, and you can enter a different number into the system if there was a mistake like the employee forgetting to clock out on a previous day, and getting paid extra for time they spent at home instead of at work.

You can even keep track of the exact time that an employee has earned vacation and sick days for, as well as the amount of hours they have already taken off. This saves so much time and effort, and makes it a more convenient way to reward your faithful employees, and keep an eye on the ones that don’t seem to view their job as a priority.

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Biometrics for Time and Attendance

When it comes to time and attendance software within a business there’s nothing hotter than a biometrics system. Fingerprint and hand scanners not only improve attendances, record accurately and keep everything secure they also look like something out of a bond film whilst doing so. This technology is nothing new however it’s only just becoming ever more popular within the business sector.

One of the hottest trends in time keeping for businesses is biometrics. A fingerprint or hand scan time clock improves attendance, accuracy, and security. While looking like something out of a James Bond movie, or The Matrix, the technology has actually been around since the 1960s. However, applying this technology to business is becoming popular. As a way to track time and attendance, biometric scanners offer some great options. However, what many employers are finding is a resistance from employees towards using them. While some may simply regret the loss of wiggle room on their time punches, some people have more extreme concerns.

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Employee Time and Attendance Self Service: Popular with Employees and Employers

Times have changed since the use of old fashioned time clocks and modern day technology now means your employees can clock in and out on a computerised system. Ceequel employee self service records your company clocking information on a database freeing your company’s managers from having to enter employee times.

Time and attendance software requires an employee self service component to be a fully featured tool.

What advantages does self service provide?

Employees control their own clockings without an expensive hardware time clock.

Old fashioned time clocks require a person to enter time from physical time cards and more modern dedicated time clocks are costly. A modern, fully featured time system, like Ceequel®, maintains clockings in a database. Employee self service frees managers from having to enter employee times.

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Keeping Employee Training Current with Human Resource Management Software

Employee training and development is an important aspect of any successful business as the roles within each industry sector are forever changing. Organising and managing employee training and development often falls upon the shoulders of human resources who are not always able to keep track of who’s completed what as they are backlogged with more pressing tasks. Implementing a human resource management system can help manage your employees training by alerting human resources to training days employees may need and by notifying them when there are training sessions coming up.

Continuous employee training and development is one of the important aspects of a successful enterprise. Often the responsibility of determining staff training and developmental needs falls on the shoulders of individuals within the Human Resource Department. Unfortunately, keeping track of employee training and development can fall to the wayside due to the HR’s department’s need to keep up with other important daily business operation processes.

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