Time and Attendance Solutions

Whilst some Time and Attendance solutions providers market "high-end" biometric PC-based Time and Attendance solutions which enable linking of time and attendance information with HR and Payroll, smaller businesses (those with less than 50 people) don't need such expensive systems to comply with their obligations. Biometrics may stop "buddy-punching" but biometric readers only confirm when one particular person was at one certain location and then for only the length of time it takes for the identification or verification to take place - a matter of a second or two at most - it does not tell management what that employee did or where they went before or after that time.Get several people doing this, particularly if they are "trusted" employees, and the whole integrity of the system can be thrown into serious doubt, with many man hours spent trying to solve the problem. Furthermore, PC-based time and attendance systems, in themselves, cannot stop absenteeism. It is true that they make reporting absenteeism easier and patterns more visible, but those employees who "pull sickies" do not care whether they are using time sheets,fiendishly complicated shifts" can sometimes be the downfall of PC-based time and attendance systems. There are instances where systems are thrown out and replaced with traditional card-based time and attendance recorders because some of the more so-called advanced systems cannot cope with historical precedents - and, as with all computer-based systems the maxims of Garbage In, basic time recorders, calculating card-based time recorders and time and attendance systems using other technologies - swipe card, proximity and biometric. It is up to each organisation to find the product which suits its needs and requirements the best.
Garbage Out and Keep It Simple, Stupid apply. In summary, I think it would be fair to say that there are places in the marketplace for all types of time and attendance product