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General FAQs

• What Is a Timesheet Management System?

  Basically, it’s a system that takes advantage of a chart used in managing and monitoring the amount of time an employee has spent working within a shift or particular timeframe. It’s a helpful (and important) tool that businesses use for various tasks and projects.

• What Is a Timesheet Used for?

  When it comes to recording and observing how much time an employee spends working during a certain span of time, a timesheet should be incorporated. A timesheet is crucial to determine the amount a worker should be paid, based on the number of work hours put in.

• How Do Timesheets Work?

  With a timesheet system, an employee turns in the amount of time (in hours) that they’ve worked. That time is then logged into the timesheet by the end of the working period that it coincides with. That working period could reflect projects, activities, etc.

• Who Is Responsible for Timesheets?

  In accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the workforce’s employer holds responsibility for recording their working hours and handing out their pay within no more than 10 days of the payroll’s closing date.

• How Do You Record an Employees Time?

  It’s imperative to keep an accurate record of how much time each given employee puts into their own work. So, here’s a list of several tips to help maintain that:

  1. Implement a wall-mounted card-swipe system
  2. Keep track of attendance with software that employees can agree to
  3. Use a remote attendance system to keep track of employees that work on-the-go
  4. Incorporate universal compliance for automated systems
  5. Have a backup of attendance records in online cloud storage
  6. Ensure security with fingerprint and retina scanners
  7. Use cloud-based software/applications
  8. Utilize a system compatible with other kinds of software and applications