The American Payroll Association (APA) conducted a study about typical human error factor when manually calculating payroll.  According to the results published in Paytech (the APA’s monthly magazine), the overpayment due to human error can range from 1% to 8%.…

Time and Attendance Software ROI – Human Error - Time and Attendance Software

When you look for a new Time and Attendance software, one of the factors you should consider is how the software handles overtime calculations. 

Most hourly paid employees get paid for overtime if they work more than their typical …

Overtime in Time and Attendance Software - Time and Attendance Software

Some Time and Attendance Software include Paid Time Off (PTO) feature. A popular Paid Time Off entry is a Holiday. When there is a Holiday, employees typically do not work and get paid for the day.  However, if employees do …

Scheduling Holidays in Time and Attendance Software - Time and Attendance Software

When your employees take vacation, most of the time they are getting paid for it.  Some companies allow you to take paid time off regardless of how much you had worked.  Other companies pay you a percentage from the total …

Scheduling vacation in Time and Attendance Software - Time and Attendance Software

For a large company with multi-level management, you will find that one of the most important features in a Time and Attendance software is User Management.  You will need to create different users who will have access to your Workforce …

User Management in Time and Attendance software - Time and Attendance Software

One of the most challenging features in Time and Attendance software is the shift scheduling mechanism.  When designing Midex Time Control, we have analyzed many companies’ employee scheduling patterns to come up with a universal scheduling mechanism that will …

Shift scheduling in Time and Attendance software - Time and Attendance Software

When an employee registers at a Time Clock, how do you identify if he/she is punching in or out? Some Time Clocks have a function allowing the employee to indicate whether they are punching in or out. This makes registration …

Registration identified by Time Clock vs Time and Attendance Software - Time and Attendance Software

Many people do not realize how complicated is the algorithm for pairing registrations in a Time and Attendance software.  It seems easy at the first glance.  Employee comes to work and punches in.  At the end of the work day, …

Registration pairing complexity in Time and Attendance Software - Time and Attendance Software

When you are looking for a Time and Attendance or Workforce Management solution there are two choices: (1) buy the software which you will own, pay for it once, install and maintain it inside your organization, or (2) buy a …

Time and Attendance software as a service - Time and Attendance Software

If you are looking for Time and Attendance application for your organization, you will find that a program can be designed as a desktop or as web application.  There are several advantages and disadvantages in each.

Web version of Time …

Time and Attendance software desktop vs. web versions - Time and Attendance Software