For the company still trying to get the most out of traditional timesheets and punch cards, a biometric time clock system is waiting to save the day. In addition to better accuracy in tracking employees’ hours, this system comes with a unique way of verifying identities. Using a fingerprint, employees clock in and out for…
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Imagine if your personnel used a simple calendar to schedule patient appointments. Would you want to rely on a basic tool to schedule surgeries? Could you trust leaving other complex procedures that often requires effective coordination between multiple resources and employees to a flawed process? Even when managing planned appointments, you will need to have…
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If you own a small business, you may still be relying on old school methods of keeping time and attendance like self-reporting, punch clocks, or spreadsheets that employees are expected to keep updated. While these methods may get the job done, they also have a number of drawbacks. In addition to being unreliable, they can…
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Your human resources department is a vital part of your business. Though some people make the mistake of thinking that human resources deal only with payroll, hiring, and firing, this department is actually the backbone of a company. They can be involved in everything from talent acquisition to goal setting for the company, attendance tracking…
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Business owners and HR managers often struggle with the choice of whether to pay an employee hourly or on salary. Though some business structures make this decision unnecessary due to industry standards or federal regulations, there are still many industries where owners are able to make their own choice. When deciding whether you should pay…
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Employees can be categorized into two groups: exempt and non-exempt. Non-exempt employees are paid on an hourly basis and their hours are kept track of so they can be paid accordingly. Exempt employees, on the other hand, are paid a set amount per year regardless of how many hours they work. Most exempt employees are…
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Time clocks in the workplace have been used for decades in order to track the physical presence of employees. They simplify the tracking of payroll hours by replacing the written systems that were previously used by employers. One problem with these time-tracking systems is their lack of reliability for when an employee tries something called…
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It’s easy to track time off for your employees who are paid by the hour. Simply put, they get paid for the hours they work and not for the hours they don’t. Though there may be some rules you’ve put in place for how much unpaid time off they can take, it’s usually a relatively…
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