time & attendance
Keeping track
Kiosks offer a safer, more reliable and more secure
way of tracking employee attendance
By Adrian Thompson, CEO, imageHOLDERS – www.imageholders.com
Time and attendance systems are put in
place to automatically track and record
when employees are clocking in and
out at work, with 85% of companies
integrating this with their payroll system,
according to a study undertaken by the
Aberdeen Group. These systems enable
businesses to monitor their employees
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working hours and creates a simple
method for those with flexible hours,
such as contractors, to log their hours
when moving across sites. Traditional
time and attendance systems, such as
paper time sheets, don’t provide live
information, allow for time theft and
don’t directly associate ID with the
employee. Digital sign-in kiosks can
assist in many ways, such as preventing
these issues and providing a reliable
record for health and safety purposes.
A smoother system
Sign-in kiosks are able to provide
employees with a structured system with
a lower chance of miscommunication and
errors as all hours are logged; whether
they’re early or late, which could also
be used to track and reward employees
with consistently good timekeeping. The
system could also provide employers
with attendance information, which
would enable them to put plans in place
or update systems if employees are
absent, ensuring the business still runs
smoothly each day. This could then also
notify employers if employees have not
signed out or may be close to exceeding
working hours regulations, allowing them