In any case a company has to buy a time clock or attendance system. The role of a supervisor has a great meaning. This is because he has responsibility for monitoring and analyzing employee attendance.

Communication seems to be the most important in the supervisor's job in the area of attendance. Moreover, there are many tasks which supervisor has to do. That is to say, he has to make sure that all employees know what is expected of them. A supervisor has to explain how much employees should work each week, ascertain whether they know how to work the company attendance systems. Employees have to know if overtime is acceptable, and, if so, under what circumstances. They also should be told what kinds of breaks are allowed and what they should clock in/out for. So, it will be better to elucidate these policies earlier than try to deal with attendance problems and excuses later.

Nevertheless, the supervisor is also the judge. This is because he needs to decide policies on employee comp time and make-up time. Moreover, the supervisor has the job of coordinating employee vacation and sick time. You will be able to inspire allegiance in your employees being flexible with care to employee attendance.

The task of the supervisor will be to keep up employee time records if your company has a time clock. Keeping track of information and making sure that employees are paid accordingly are things the supervisor has to do when employee hours and wages are printed by the time clock. Moreover, the supervisor should consider the issues that the presence of a time clock raises. He also has to think over whether salaried employees should clock in and out or only hourly employees, whether co-workers are able to clock in and out for other employees.

But the main the supervisor does is to determine if and when employees should be recognized for attendance, both good attendance and bad attendance. So, you have to think over whether you want to have a rewards policy for perfect attendance. Also it will be better to learn to deal with the tough decisions of confronting poor attendance.