Accurately tracking employee time and attendance data is key for improving worker productivity/business profitability. Here are 5 benefits of automating the tracking process:

1. Cut Costs, Increase Efficiency

Manual time and attendance tracking is very time consuming and costly, especially when the staff compliment is large. Automating the process lets you focus resources on key HR functions such as: improving staff competences, building employee morale/loyalty and maintaining compliance.

2. Collect More Accurate Data

A manual entry time and attendance system is prone to error; whether intentional or not. By tying employee records to a unique identifier e.g. finger print or swipe card you can rest assured that the data you collect for each employee is accurate.

3. Make Better Decisions (Data-Based)

Automating time and attendance tracking allows you to quickly measure how employees’ punctuality and attendance/the lack thereof affect business productivity. Key metrics like the amount of money lost when employees arrive to work late, leave early or are missing from their stations can be calculated in real-time. This data can be used to inform: staffing (hiring/firing), scheduling, and appraisals decisions among others.

4. Automate Payroll

Employees get paid for the hours logged in the automated time and attendance system. This saves you the time of having to manually calculate each employee’s hours for compensation; including special compensation such as overtime. This also motivates employees to arrive to work on-time and remain at their stations for the full duration of their shift as their pay is directly tied to these metrics.

5. Remain Compliant

Quickly analyse time and attendance data to ensure that no employee is working more hours than legally required. Furthermore, data is logged in the system for easy retrieval should questions about compliance ever arise.

The EpicHR software helps to automate most HR functions including: time and attendance tracking. Epic HR can be integrated directly with your bio-metric/swipe system to get accurate real-time data. Request a free demo today at https://www.epichrms.com/request-a-demo/

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