Attendance Software for Employers
Attendance software allows employers to track employees' work hours. Use of attendance software can increase productivity, reduce payroll errors, and control labor costs. Software packages range from single-user programs, which require time input on one work station, to web-based software that allows employees to track their time from any computer.
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Attendance Tracking
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Accurate tracking of employee attendance allows employers to reduce absenteeism and monitor attendance trends. It also enables employers to track special circumstances, such as sick leave, vacation time, jury duty, and FMLA leave. Attendance software includes methods to request vacation that allow managers to view all requests and allot vacation fairly and efficiently.
Payroll Accuracy
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Through the use of attendance software, employers can track overtime expenses, adjust payroll, and monitor real-time pay costs. The reduction of payroll error saves the company money.
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Popular Software
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Popular options for employers include HRcalendar, the Gradience line of attendance programs, and EmpCenter Time & Attendance programs. HRCalendar is a basic software program that works with HRdirect's paper time sheets and vacation requests. Gradience offers Basic attendance suites at lower cost, which permit use of the software at a single workstation. The Gradience Professional suite permits up to five users at five separate workstations, and additional licenses are also available for larger companies. EmpCenter offers browser-based timesheets as well as more sophisticated badge and biometric readers.
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