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3 Easy Ways to Reduce Labor Costs With Automated Workforce Management

Even though Workforce Management Suite is very competitively priced, some employers still aren't convinced that it's worth it and hang onto pen and paper time cards. Today's post is addressed to employers who are using manual Workforce Management practices because they don't believe that investing...

22 February, 2018

Stop Using Social Security Numbers to Identify Employees

Identity theft is a growing crime in this country and the liability risk of employers is increasing along with it. The reason is all the sensitive personal information collected from employees, job applicants, customers, independent contractors, business partners, patients and others. The Federal Trade Commission reports...

07 February, 2018

From the HR Support Center: Can We Make Employees Use Their Accumulated Vacation Hours?

Yes. An employer can tell an employee that they need to take time off. However, that rarely bodes well for the morale of the employee if they don’t want to take the time off. Some employers have a “use-it-or-lose-it” policy where any remaining vacation time is...

19 January, 2018

Moonlighting Employees? What to do

As many as six of every 100 employees moonlight, or work a second job. Employers get concerned about moonlighting employees when the moonlighting has an adverse effect on the workplace. A second job often results in employees being tired and less productive during their primary job,...

12 January, 2018

How to Edit Punches on a Time Card

Editing time cards is the essential administrative operation performed on a daily basis, allowing time card information to be modified, approved, and submitted correctly for payroll processing. Step 1. To access and edit an employee’s personal time card, begin by selecting the “Time Cards” link located in...

09 January, 2018

How 30% of Your Employees May Be Stealing From You

According to an anonymous survey conducted by Kessler International of 500 employees laboring in various retail and service industries, over 30% admit to falsifying timecards at their position. What are the most common ways team members exaggerate hours on time and attendance records? intentionally clocking in...

12 December, 2017

From the HR Support Center: Is Serving Alcohol at the Holiday Party a Liability?

Yes, alcohol can be a liability. Partygoers who overindulge could cause an accident at or after the party, or they might act in ways that violate your harassment policy. There are steps you can take to protect both yourself and your employees. Here are some practices...

01 December, 2017

Timekeeping Login Maintenance and Supervisor Setup

Login Maintenance creates and configures an account's supervisor and client level logins. It is located under the Maintenance Menu in TimeWorksPlus. The page lists all managerial logins for the account and by clicking on an individual login, you can: determine the visible employees for a supervisor set the permissions...

02 November, 2017

Overcome the Roadblocks of Employee Resistance

Employee suggestion programs and employee involvement programs often -- ultimately -- fail because of a simple human trait: Resistance to change. Management and employees can subtly resist participating in a suggestion and employee involvement program because many people almost automatically resist change. In fact, some studies...

30 October, 2017

7 Ways Employee Self Service Benefits Your Business

One important component of our Timekeeping and Scheduling Workforce Management Suite is the Employee Self Service (ESS) portal. Today's post looks at the specific benefits of employee self-service workforce management. 1. Empowers Employees Employees are able to check their schedule, time cards, and accruals without having to...

25 October, 2017