monitoring_social_media1

How to analyze employee performance without creeping people out

In 1888, jeweller Willard Le Grand Bundy filed a patent for “The Workman’s Time Recorder,” the world’s first workplace time clock. That means bosses have been using technology to keep track of their employees for at least the last 128

Read More
running-payroll

What’s next for payroll?

The government has ambitious plans to help people better manage their employment tax obligations through advanced digital technology. NZBusiness looks at the impact this will have on payroll processing, as well as other payroll developments business owners should be up

Read More
office_workers

Can You Monitor Your Employees’ Time Without Insulting Them?

When you’re paying someone a salary to provide work for your business, it’s only natural for you to want them to show up on time and put in eight solid hours of work. After all, when an employee has a

Read More
tech

How tech is changing the nature of time tracking

Time tracking has been a part of the daily work day for as long as most of us remember. From the early days of coal miner’s having their attendance checked off when they arrived at work for the day and

Read More
dr-ho-marketing-feature-2-what-exactly-is-a-headache-620x465

The Importance of Tracking Employee Time — Simple Practices to Avoid Big Headaches

Employers must keep track of hours worked by hourly, non-exempt employees. Any timekeeping method is permitted, as long as it is complete and accurate. The need to track hours might appear obvious at first, but in reality, this simple rule

Read More
ipad2

The Benefits of Automating Time & Attendance Management

If you are still using time-cards or time-sheets to track the hours worked by your employees, then listen closely: the days of tallying time-cards and manually entering that data into your payroll system are long-gone. Automated time and attendance systems

Read More
stopwatch

Pros & Cons of a Time Clock in the Workplace

“Punching the clock” is an expression commonly used for working at a job that demands physical presence rather than emotional engagement. A punch clock in a workplace provides employers and employees with a degree of accuracy when measuring payroll hours;

Read More
Clouds-II

What cloud computing really means

Cloud computing is all the rage. “It’s become the phrase du jour,” says Gartner senior analyst Ben Pring, echoing many of his peers. The problem is that (as with Web 2.0) everyone seems to have a different definition. As a

Read More
iStock_000019311189Medium

5 Financial Benefits of Moving to the Cloud

How SMBs and small office home office users can save money with cloud computing Why move to the cloud? There are plenty of good reasons, but mainly it makes good business sense. You can call it efficiency, or call it

Read More
cloud-icon-2-tn

Why the Government is Moving to Cloud Computing

It’s no secret that cloud computing is transforming businesses across industries and creating a paradigm shift by delivering hosted services through the internet with unabated cost benefits and business innovation. But while the private sector is building on cloud computing’s

Read More