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Empowering Employees by Giving Them Access to Their Own Time and Attendance Information

We have been thinking a lot about ways employers can encourage engagement by employees when implementing a new time & attendance system like TimeHub. One way we think they can do this is by showing they trust them by giving them access to their personal attendance data. We believe the old adage “Information is power”

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TimeCreep – The Hidden Cost of using Paper Timesheets

As a small business owner, you may be familiar with the term “time creep” or the phenomenon of employees working fewer (or more) hours than expected, without recording them correctly. This can happen for various reasons, such as forgetfulness, procrastination, in a few cases willful dishonesty or the lack of a streamlined time-tracking system. Whatever

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The more things change, the more they stay the same 😥

Today I stumbled upon a press release from 2005, (yes 18 years ago) when we were the proud owners of Comacc Payroll (now MYOB Exo). The press release highlighted the key frustrations of 700 Payroll Administrators who participated in our survey. “Payroll Officer – an under-appreciated job”, and as I reread the piece, it dawned

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“Paper Timesheets are so 1960s” – A tongue-in-cheek look at an Outdated Practice

“Tired of dealing with the headaches of paper timesheets? Learn why it’s time to make the switch to modern time tracking methods and improve your business operations.”

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What are the rules around managing employees pay on a Public Holiday ( Happy Easter, NZ)

Attention all business owners! With Easter and ANZAC Day around the corner, it’s time to brush up on your knowledge about public holiday obligations. Don’t let your employees down – they have minimum rights that apply to public holidays. Lucky for you, we’ve broken it down into four key sections to ensure you’re on the

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The hidden “Admin Cost” of managing employee attendance & payroll

Recently I was speaking with a business owner who said that she spends up to 8 hrs a week managing employee time & attendance and payroll. Thats nuts! Many businesses see payroll as a necessary evil and they rarely look closely at what managing these processes is costing. This got me thinking about what this

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Never Assume!

(you know what they say about assuming – makes an Ass out of U and Me) I often hear this from employers – ” My staff are old school and they like the paper timesheets” or ” My staff wouldn’t know how to use an app” Yet my experience is that 95+ % of employees

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Are you ready for Easter

Whenever there is a block of Public Holidays such as Christmas, New Year or Easter, you can almost feel the stress levels go up in the payroll office as payroll admins and managers try to get their heads around who should be paid what. While the simple rule is: Employees receive a paid day off

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Issues with Timesheets – Is it a people problem or a process problem.

I regularly receive calls from employers who think they have a problem with their employees time and attendance. They often talk about “time theft” or some variation of this. My staff write down the wrong times My staff can’t add up. My staff say they were there when they weren’t. My staff clock in for

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Are you the problem? Sometimes the cause of “Timesheet Creep” has nothing to do with the actions of your employees

Timesheet Creep is a multifaceted problem that can be experienced by any business. It is not always intentional, it can be hard to detect, and it requires diligence and oversight to eliminate it. TimeCreep is among the largest hidden costs to any business. It can be caused by employees naively thinking “it’s ok” to crib a bit

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