Monday, January 7, 2013

Time And Attendance Systems Are Profit Savers

By Katelyn Buckner


There can be many reasons given. But the average business surely exists to make a profit. Whether the business is providing a good or a service, the bottom line is that income exceeds the expenses. There are many moving parts that go into the balance of making money and spending money. Employees are arguably the heart of a business and the most critical moving part. Employees work to get paid. The process of accounting and paying them has to be done correctly and on schedule. Time and attendance systems allow for this process to move smoothly.

The sentiments of fair days wages for a fair day of work is still used. What an associate earns is exactly what they should be paid. In the cases where they are paid hourly it is very important that the work hours are accounted for precisely. It would be easier if pay was founded on scheduled hours, but it would end up being an issue for both employers and employees.

If an employee is scheduled for eight hours and only works seven hours and nineteen minutes, two things could possibly happen. They could get paid for working eight hours. Many might like this approach. The business would be paying for 41 minutes of income where nothing of value was received in return. So the second approach could be that the business pays them for the exact hours they worked.

When the number of employees increases the effort involved with taking care of payroll increases as well. The potential for errors increases as well. To have an accurate system to take care of this would be a plus.

Time and attending systems exists which can effectively count an employees work day down to the actual minute. Systems could also summarize all activity when the pay period ends. This cumulative information can then be used to process payroll. What took extra employees to accomplish in long periods can now be done with one worker in a short time span.

There are a plethora of rules which the average employers face when it comes to handling work time. There are needs to figure why people miss work. If they are general absences the company can create rules around this. This will ensure they do not lose extra profits because of absenteeism. If the absences are due to circumstances such as military commitments or disability there could be opportunities for the jobs to be held until they return.

The systems keep up with productivity in various ways. Some have clocks that are activated by unique cards that each associate has. Whenever the cards are scanned the time is recorded. This is more sophisticated than the punch clocks of the past. For office environments there are systems that can be activated at each personal computer.

Time and attendance systems provide a balanced and fair process for all parties involved. The simplicity of swiping a card to check in and out is embraced by associates. The times saved in managing payroll is surely embraced by the businesses.




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