Time management likely plays a key role in growing your institution, no matter your mode of delivery. With many employees working remotely now, managing their working hours can be a little challenging. However, not managing employee time efficiently can lead to productivity loss and errors in payroll processing. Repeated payroll errors may put you out of compliance, and inaccurate staff payments may build a sense of dissatisfaction among your employees and shake their trust in your institution.
Allows employees to mark their attendance
Tracking the attendance of your remote employees manually can be tiring and time-consuming. With a cloud-based time clocking system, it becomes a breeze. All your employees have to do is use the web or mobile application to check in when they start working and check out once they're done. Their attendance and total working hours will be recorded in the application automatically for access by admins and reporting managers. You can also configure break times and days off. Facial recognition can be enabled to prevent identity theft and data tampering while employees work remotely.
Tracks employee projects
While your employees work remotely, it might be difficult for reporting managers to keep track of all their employees' projects. Managers have to contact their team members every time to receive updates on different projects. With a cloud-based time clocking system, timesheets can be created for different projects and the necessary employees can be added. Your employees can record the time they spend on different projects and send it to their managers for approval through the application itself. This keeps your managers well-informed about the different projects their team members work on, and they can easily track project progress even if their employees are working remotely.
Simplifies shift management
Many institutions, especially ones offering remote- or hybrid learning models, have to work around the clock to serve their students and customers better. Managing employee shifts when they work from different locations can be irksome, but with an employee time clocking system, you can manage them all from a single place. Create different shifts, assign pay rates, and add employees to their respective shift schedules. Whenever there is a change in their shifts, employees will be notified automatically, eliminating the need for back-and-forth emails.
Ensures accurate payroll processing
When check-in/check-out times and overtime information are available on the cloud, payroll processing becomes much easier. With suitable permissions, payroll managers can get an overview of an employee's working hours from anywhere whenever they need it. This way, accurate payroll can be processed on time, even when your employees are working remotely. This will keep your employees happy and more motivated to do their best.