6 Ways a T&A System Improves the Employee Experience

When thinking of a time and attendance (T&A) system, payroll is probably the first thought that comes to mind.

Yet, a T&A system goes beyond tracking payroll costs or spotting errors. At the heart of it,  it helps you manage your employees to ensure their engagement and productivity are at full peak. With technology being a big part of their lives, employees appreciate when their employers have efficient and accurate workforce management technology in place.

Here are several ways it improves the employee experience:

1. Minimizes Absenteeism

Did you know that unscheduled absenteeism costs roughly $3,600 per year for each hourly worker and $2,650 each year for salaried employees?

As a manager, you don’t want to be left in the dark of low employee attendance or discover last-minute staffing issues. Absenteeism is inevitable, but it shouldn’t affect your bottom line. Understanding the root cause and then tracking it goes a long way in decreasing it.

With real-time data of employee attendance, a time and attendance system makes it easier for you to track, manage and create schedules that work for your company as well as employees. Helping prevent employee burnout, a common source of absenteeism from taking place.

With employee burnout on the rise, certain absence management solutions like Evolia takes away the time-consuming process of manually requesting leave requests by empowering employees to take charge of it via their mobile phones.

2.Boosts employee productivity 

Yes, you heard it right!

Time management goes beyond tracking payroll costs or spotting errors. It brings in many benefits for employees as well. With technology being a big part of their lives, employees appreciate when their employers have efficient and accurate workforce management technology in place as it saves them time and frustration.

With quick access to important information like hours worked or PTO, it saves them time and frustration of having to ask their manager for it. This sense of autonomy increases their satisfaction which in turn boosts their productivity.

3. Empowers them to take control of their schedules

Whether it’s swapping shifts, viewing their schedules or requesting PTO,  a time and attendance solution offers employees more freedom and flexibility to drive productivity and profitability. Not to mention, holds them more accountable for their time on and off the clock. By tracking their time in a mobile and convenient way, this self-service component increases their overall engagement and productivity.

4. Offers one of the most powerful productivity drivers: a sense of transparency

Whether it be their viewing their coworkers’ schedules or being able to access the same data as you, a T&A system offers employees what they value most: transparency. It’s a powerful value that is shown to build trust and increase an employee’s productivity and engagement, especially during these unprecedented times. 

5. Offers timely and accurate pay

Most importantly, it prevents inaccurate payroll, a problematic issue that plays a huge role in attracting and retaining them.

With nearly 55% of employees in the U.S. workforce impacted by payroll problems, an HR study reveals how two payroll errors lead almost half of all workers (49%)to look for a new job. Having an attendance system in place ensures all your payroll data is accurate and calculated in a timely manner that prevents them from looking elsewhere.

6. Streamlines the admin work for them

By digitizing the scheduling process, a time and attendance system takes away the hassle of employees having to call or text you to inquire about their schedules. By verifying their hours without having to rely on a timesheet paper, employees can clock in/out directly on their mobile phones or through a local web-based time clock. Leaving them more time to focus on their work than worry about their schedules.

Recommended Reading: 3 Reasons to Make the Switch From Manual to Automated Scheduling

Conclusion

From offering timely and accurate pay to empowering employees to take control of their schedules, a T&A system improves the overall employee experience in more ways than one.

When it comes to finding a T&A system, it’s important not to overlook one important factor: your employees. As much as your company’s needs (including your budget, goals and degree of customer support) are important, your employees are the fuel that makes the engine run.

Asking them for feedback and making them a key part of your decision-making process will go a long way in fostering transparency and above all improving the employee experience.

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