Portability with Promise
Portability is another profit of automated time and attendance.
Employers that have avoided adopting automation are now realizing that it is considerably easier to transport and retrieve information stored in a computer database than in numerous file cabinets. However, there are many employers who are not ready to make the investment in in-house technology. They don't pay attention to that fact that an outsource service provider works best. Companies can realize the profits of automation almost immediately because there is no installation of hardware or software.

Stick to Savings
The ability to accurately capture and award paid time off (PTO) is another profit of automated time and attendance solutions.

Automated time collection eliminates the burden of filling out paper forms, submitting them to managers for approval. Then, handing the paper off to the HR/payroll department, they are able to record it in the books. But, PTO is captured and recorded for everyone in the same system and under the same rules.

Besides, this also helps address a hot topic in the time and attendance market: compliance. The Fair Labor Standards Act has radically changed overtime eligibility and heightened interest in getting complex work rules built into time and attendance systems. Nowadays almost every system can accommodate shift rules, overtime rules, and work-type rules as well as different locations, different types of employees, different intentions or purposes, and more.

The Challenge of Change
Changing the way time and attendance is not always an easy transition. Employees that already follow established rules are usually the least apprehensive about converting to an automated solution. New automated system allows everyone to operate by the same rules because the system doesn't allow for exceptions.

When introducing an automated time and attendance solution it is important to take employee's satisfaction into account. It must be made clear that it is an opportunity for everyone to play a role in checking their hours and their pay in real time.

More and more employers recognize the variety of profits that can be gained from fulfilling automated time and attendance solutions. That's why, they are becoming more commonplace.