Employee Productivity

Should you trust your employees when it comes to time keeping?

As a business leader, how many times have you seen a timecard that has 8am – 5pm with a perfect 1 hour lunch break? Is it really possible to work that precisely? The answer, typically, is no. If their times are statistically improbable, should you really be trusting your employees

Time Tracking: Security or Convenience?

Do you remember those computer systems that made you change your password every 2 weeks? And security questions that asked you for your favorite pet as a kid? Or your favorite childhood band? (By the way, I can’t choose either of these. Too many pets to choose just one, and

Require Hourly Workers to Have a Smartphone? Absolutely!

Since after World War II, when American G.I.’s returning from Italy had learned a new craving for pizza, the easily transported cheesy meal started to be delivered to homes via pizza delivery vehicles. In many parts of the world, delivery requires an employee to use their own car to drive

Is Your Time System Your Supervisor’s Personal Slush Fund?

Supervisors are the backbone of most organizations when hourly workers are concerned. Typically supervisors have worked up the ranks, learning the business and its processes, and shown characteristics of hard work, honesty, and leadership. Unfortunately, many times, they have also learned that the company they work for isn’t fair, mistreats

Biometric Timeclocks: You’re Doing it Wrong

Are challenges with your biometric time clock costing your organization? You can solve nearly all of these issues by managing by exception, rather than the traditional gatekeeper requirement of nearly all biometric time clocks. Can we discuss “false rejects” for a moment? If you have 100 workers punching in during

5 ways to improve workplace environment & productivity

A company is dependent on its employees. Not every employee has the same level of importance but they are all important in one way or another to the smooth and successful functioning of the company. The question is how do you keep them all happy and get their best efforts

3 Things That Make Hourly Employees Mad and Unproductive

Your employees are the difference between success and failure. Happy employees are productive employees, so why do you let your organization’s policies make your employees upset?   Studies show that contentment at work leads to greater productivity (by as much as 20%) and increased retention over the long term. No

Are your supervisors stealing?

No employer wants to admit it, but your supervisors may be stealing from you. Most likely, they aren’t taking money from the cash drawer or walking away with your equipment. The way they are eating into your profits could be much more subtle– facilitating time fraud. For decades, it has

Heard of BYOD? Get Ready for BYOC!

Bring Your Own Device to work or BYOD is a concept that was first seen in businesses in 2009 when Intel saw its own employees bringing their personal devices to work and using them for business purposes. But it wasn’t until 2011 that it gained popularity among businesses when IT

Never Trust Your Employees With These 3 Things

Trust is essential in any organization. A great employer/employee relationship is based on trust. Modern behavioral science makes the compelling case that trust is one of the cornerstones to effectively motivating employees. In his breakthrough book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Dan Pink articulates the 3 primary