Time Clock Software

Keep track of employee attendance

Time clock software is an electronic way to measure employees' hours. Traditionally, a manual punch-clock was used, but with the advent of the technological age, it is inefficient to spend time counting up paper punches and measuring hours by hand. Many employers like a software program to measure employee attendance because it not only saves time, but the software also allows employers to append their own payroll information.

Time attendance software uses an employee's PC to measure his or her hours, from log on to log off. It then compiles these hours into a database or spreadsheet that's easily accessible by the payroll department. As well, the software does not allow employees to clock in and out for each other, so it gives an employer a real sense of who's working and who isn't. It also allows the payroll department or employer to append payroll rules for overtime, vacation pay or sick time without the department having to do the math by hand.

Features and Benefits

HR attendance software offers the following benefits:

• Prevents employees from clocking in and out for each other
• Lets employers see who's working at any given time
• Allows payroll rules to be appended to the database so that people get paid properly
• Eliminates the need for a manual time clock
• Saves time in the payroll department and ensures accurate, on-time paychecks

Top Choices

Top choices for payroll time clock software include ASC, Alibaba and Granding. Some of these manufacturers also make physical time clocks that allow for bio-identification to prevent employee time fraud.

Major Considerations

• How big is your company? Can you get away with a manual time clock?
• How much are you willing to spend?
• Are you looking for freeware or do you want to invest money in employee time clock software?
• What platform are you working on?

Price Range

Attendance tracking software programs can range in price from free (web-based freeware) to $500 and more, depending on the functionality of the program.

Summary

Time clock software allows you to track employee attendance and hours without using a manual time clock and having to tally up time sheets at the end of the week. It allows you to append local payroll rules and keep track of who's at work and who isn't at any given time.