The Importance of a Time and Attendance Policy
Aug 31, 2012
Time and Attendance
One of the many things talked about in my meetings with prospects and clients is time and attendance. I have found many businesses don’t have a well-thought-out time and attendance policy or even one implemented. My job is to help improve quality in a business and to see the value of a time and attendance policy.
Some everyday occurring synopsis human resource professionals deal with on a daily basis of employees:
- Arrive late to work- It starts to impact the overall employee morale of the company.
- Calling in all the time to use sick leave- If employees do not have sick leave it can really start to wear on the company, especially on the responsible employees.
So, what can you do to fix these corrective behaviors?
- Discuss the rules with the employees at the time of hire and again during quarterly reviews, regular meetings, etc. Address at their meeting some of the problems from documented occurrences.
- Incorporate the time and attendance policy into the business’s strategic plan. Emphasize the need for these employees to be on time and to avoid calling in too often as it can hurt the company’s goals that have been set forth.
- Meet with each of the employees to discuss their time and attendance and to see how they are doing. Also, address some of the problems from documented occurrences. Asking for the employees’ opinions will really help find a happy medium.
A great way to present issues and avoid errors is automated timekeeping. Extra Help’s time and attendance products will save you time and money and let you get back to doing other related work tasks. Automated timekeeping will also provide hard records of documented time to present in front of your employees when a time or attendance issue becomes a problem. Make sure to check out our savings calculator and products, and contact Extra Help so that we can begin saving your business time and money.
