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Allowing your employees to keep charge of their own schedules and management of time makes them less likely to take unnecessary sick days as they feel empowered. Providing them with the ability to view their time and attendance data as well as request holidays or sick days allows them to take full control over their time at work. Employee self service is a virtual platform that will allow your employees to do this and more.
Employees who feel empowered to take charge of their own schedules and time management are more likely to not call off or to take unnecessary sick days. The ability to look up their time and attendance, request holidays or sick days, and to know their attendance balances gives them the power to take real responsibility for their time and work.
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With the unemployment rate currently standing at a staggering 8.3% of the economically active population and more small companies going out of business every day, keeping track of your company costs has never been more important. Having a fully functioning time and attendance system within your business will not only help you track your businesses costs but show you where within your organisation you could save some money.
According to the Office for National Statistics for February of 2012, the unemployment rate was a staggering 8.3% of the economically active population. At this time, the average remuneration for an employee, across the private sector, was £430 per week. With more and more small companies going out of business in these hard economic times, it is important to keep a tight track on all costs for your company, and save money wherever possible.
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Over time every day business process have changed this is due to the evolution of technology. Modern technology now makes it easier than ever for business to not only track their employees time and attendance but also record this data within a system. Having a time and attendance system in place is vital to companies who wish to evaluate their employees work activities.
Things have moved on since the days of clocking into work with a time card or using paper based time sheets. Modern technology now makes it easier for companies to keep track of employee’s time and attendance and to keep accurate records through web based time and attendance.
Why is monitoring time and attendance so important?
Keeping track of employee’s time and attendance is vital so companies can evaluate the work activities of their employees. Companies legally need to give staff holiday time and attendance systems allow companies to monitor how much holiday staff have taken. If a member of staff has multiple sickness days then these can be recorded and passed on to an occupational health specialist or the HR department if a serious problem arises. Making sure employees attend work on time is also important as companies can lose a great deal of money if people are repeatedly late. Monitoring the time people leave work means that companies can award overtime accurately and also see who has been going above and beyond for the company by working extra hours.
Making sure time and attendance records are accurate is important so that employees receive the correct salary payments and are awarded for overtime or reprimanded for persistent lateness. Electronic web based time and attendance ensures that there are minimum discrepancies in recording hours at work. If employees work flexitime than web based time and attendance software can keep accurate records of what hours they’ve worked and if they’re owed any lieu time.
Web based time and attendance can make records easily accessible on any computer with Internet access. The systems generally work through a real-time networked data capture device where employees can use a multitude of media options including proximity, barcode or magnetic stripe cards, alternatively biometric fingerprint and hand recognition devices are available. The data capture device then sends real time information to an Internet server which records the time an employee has been at work. A password is needed to log on to the system and check the information. Different parameters can be set up to incorporate flexitime, attendance requirements, national holidays and specifics which are relevant to individual companies. Employees can also view their attendance so they can quickly find out how many lieu hours they’re owed or how many holiday days they have remaining.
The main benefit of web based time and attendance is that it keeps an accurate record and can’t be tampered with or tweaked to benefit individual employees. It also saves on paperwork as all the information is electronic. The number of hours that human resources or line managers spend on working out attendance will also be reduced as web based time and attendance software automates the process. The software is generally easy to run and install, all that is needed is a computer with Internet access. Web based time and attendance can also assist with creating rotas and shift patterns.
Any business can use web based time and attendance as all you need is a computer with Internet connection. Small and larger businesses can both benefit as it helps to keep time consuming parts of the payroll process automatic.