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Empowering Employees Through Superior Time and Attendance Services
How automating time and attendance management can increase workplace happiness
November 24, 2022
In today’s challenging economy, we each must maintain a job in order to earn the money required to live. However, we can easily become unhappy with our jobs if we encounter frustrations in our work environment. 2018 statistics from The Conference Board research group showed that over half of all Americans were unhappy with their job — and this was before the coronavirus pandemic.
Today’s most successful companies have learned the importance of maintaining a positive, fun and inspirational work environment. When employees find joy in their jobs, employers enjoy enormous benefits, too. People who feel empowered and in control at their workplace tend to be more creative and productive, thereby increasing worker retention and making it far easier for employers to recruit new hires. In fact, research by Oxford University’s Saïd Business School found that happy workers tend to be 13 percent more productive than unhappy ones.
That’s where time and attendance services can play a role.
Time and Attendance and the Empowered Employee
Efficient time and attendance services can help mitigate clerical errors that cause employees to feel unhappy or unsatisfied with their jobs, while empowering them at the same time.
Time and attendance services provide employees with instant access to vital scheduling information such as shifts, vacation days and sick days. They also let employees confidentially request paid time off, which is especially beneficial with sensitive subjects such as medical leave. This makes employees feel protected and valued.
Another convenient time and attendance service lets employees view the schedule for an entire department. This can be very useful for employees to swap shifts. Also, when requesting time off, viewing the department schedule helps employees understand how their decision will affect the team. Giving employees this option is a great way to make them feel respected and appreciated.
There are also services that allow employees to manage their own personal information, such as a change of address or new educational achievements. This can give employees a sense of privacy and control over their personal details and encourage them to keep their information up-to-date, while helping employers stay compliant with recordkeeping requirements.
In addition, some time and attendance systems allow workers to punch in and out remotely. A critical feature in our post-pandemic world where so many workers now work from home, this service gives remote employees access to their logged hours and the ability to control their schedule more freely while still being productive. While this isn’t possible for all industries, remote-working employees may experience an increase in efficiency of up to 47% — especially as time goes on and we get better at it.
Let’s face it — work is hard, and workplace frustrations can make a job even harder to cope with. But when employees are happy at their job, they enjoy many benefits and so does their employer.
A good time and attendance system is a crucial element for a functional business. It gives employees multiple ways to clock in and out and manage their paid time off, and it integrates directly with a payroll service for ultimate convenience. But most importantly of all, time and attendance services can empower employees and help to create and maintain a healthy, positive and productive workplace.
Suprema’s time and attendance solution, BioStar 2, makes all of this possible, and more. To learn more about BioStar 2, please visit this platform webpage.
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