Finalizing is a way to protect time card data from being changed after timekeeping is submitted to payroll. When you finalize a pay period, it locks out all levels of users from editing and approving the time cards. The normal process is to finalize after supervisors and...
Please refer to these instructions if you’re an existing Payroll Partners client that uses our timekeeping system to submit employee hours to your payroll processor. For those clients that enjoy personalized customer service and enlist the help of our Payroll Processors to process payroll for them,...
Relatively few companies offered flexible work environments prior to 2020. When the global health crisis turned the world upside down, mandatory closures and lockdowns forced an abrupt shift. Suddenly, millions of employees whose jobs could be done virtually were working from home. Even organizations with frontline...
Do you manage PTO outside of your timekeeping system? Unifying these two processes may be the most important thing you do this year. Consider that the most expensive labor cost is to lose an employee. When an employee quits, it increases costs in multiple ways. There...
Whether you pay your employees weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly, payroll is relentless. It seems to roll around quicker each pay period. Then it requires at least a full day of ignoring important tasks to meet the deadline. If you’re like most managers or small business...
Clocking errors drive up labor costs. For example, if an employee fails to punch out for an unpaid break, you may end up paying them for time spent eating meals. If an employee doesn’t enter a job code, you may bill a client too few...
Employee self-service (ESS) is no longer a nice-to-have. Today’s workers expect to be able to view and update HR-related information anytime from anywhere. This includes schedules, timecards, pay stubs, PTO accruals, and benefits information. While self-service provides multiple benefits, we’ll focus on cost savings. First, let’s...
There are several ways employees inflate their paychecks and buddy punching is one of the most expensive. With a buddy punching scheme, an employee clocks in for a “buddy” that is not at work. The employee may or may not arrive during the shift but...
A Deloitte study of over 800 employers revealed an average of 31 unplanned overtime hours each week per company. In some situations, it might make sense to let employees work overtime for a few pay periods. For example, if you don’t need an additional employee long-term,...
Question: Can we require employees to do extra work outside their scheduled hours? Answer: Yes. As an employer, you have control over schedules and can modify them as needed. That may mean scheduling additional work time for employees on occasion. We recommend having this written...