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ATS TimeWork OnDemand Is Designed To Handle Daylight Savings Time

Here is the drill: Daylight saving time (DST) ended on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017 at 2 a.m. ET. Most north Americans would have set their clocks back an hour. This makes for darker days, and for some people, it will take a few days to get used to, while for some others, it might take them a week or two to adjust to the time change.

The spring brings the arrival of daylight saving time in March 2018 and requires clocks to be moved forward one hour at 2 a.m. Employees who are shift workers and who are on duty at that time and who normally work an eight-hour shift will actually work only seven hours, unless of course, your company is using an automated time and attendance system that automatically adjusts with daylights savings time.

ATS TimeWork OnDemand Is Designed To Handle Daylight Savings Time

A blog titled As the clocks turn back this weekend, don’t forget FLSA rules authored by Pamela Deloacth for HRDive offers the following advice for companies:

“That extra hour of work can present several unanticipated challenges, in addition to an unpaid hour:

Overtime: If that additional hour puts an employee at more than 40 hours during that workweek, the Fair Labor Standards Act requires the employee be paid overtime. Employees who fall under the “8 and 80” system — or in states that require daily overtime — may be eligible for overtime for that day.

Collective Bargaining Agreements: Employers should ensure that they are following any provisions in a collective bargaining agreement that addresses wage and hour provisions for time change”.

If your company has in excess of 30 employees handling daylight savings time (DST) manually can be a challenge. Automating your time tracking system, instead of doing it manually, will make your payroll and HR managers happy and more productive, especially if they have to deal with sleep deprived employees, still adjusting to the daylight savings time. ATS TimeWork OnDemand is a cloud-based time and attendance designed for; Payroll, Accrual Benefits, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Talent Management, and Analytics integration. ATS TimeWork OnDemand provides organizations with access to real-time data of Workforce Management (WFM) capabilities, across all domains.

To learn more about ATS TimeWork OnDemand or to attend a bi-monthly webinar, go to our website where you can also download a demonstration from our website or contact us by phone at: 866.294.2467 to discuss your business requirements.

Accrual Benefits, Collective Bargaining Agreements, Daylight Savings Time, Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP, Human Resources, Overtime, Payroll, Time and Attendance, Workforce Management Solution (WFM)

5 Benefits Of A Biometric Time And Attendance Facial Recognition Solution

Biometrics technology has gained in popularity in the last 10 years. Many of today’s technology companies including; Apple, Samsung and Google, have opted for biometric authentication with their hardware to prevent theft. ATS biometric time clocks are designed to recognize employees’ unique physiological characteristics-and these data collectors include; face shape, iris, fingerprint or hand shape. And, unlike card-based time and attendance systems, employees cannot punch in/out for each other.

When combined with ATS award-winning TimeWork OnDemand or On-premise solution for mid-to large enterprise; biometric facial recognition helps to increase payroll accuracy by eliminating errors associated with outdated manual data collection, reduce administrative time and eradicate employee time theft from tardiness and “buddy punching” (the practice of employees clock in and out for one another), and long unexplained lunch breaks.

Here are the top 5 benefits of a biometric time and attendance facial recognition solution

Individual tracking: detect an employee based on their individual physiological characteristics

Eradicate time-theft: accurate tracking of employee time, by verifying the identity of those clocking in, thus creating a digital audit trail that cannot be altered. By automating the tracking of employee time an organization, has proof of hours worked.

Reliable and Accurate: Employee biometric templates cannot be duplicated. Managers can remain confident that they are tracking employee’s time and attendance accurately.

Buddy Punching: Since employees cannot use the face of their co-worker to punch in for them, you can now say good-bye to buddy punching!

Data Integration: Employee hours easily integrate with your Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), Payroll and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), systems.

Today’s workforce is constantly evolving and keeping pace means using an advanced biometric technology solution to increase employee productivity. An ATS biometric face recognition solution will help to increase payroll accuracy by eliminating errors— associated with manual data collection thus, reducing administrative time and eradication of employee time theft.

To learn more about ATS TimeWork OnDemand, the wide array of biometric time clocks or to register for a bi-weekly webinar, go to our website. To reach an account executive, contact us by phone: 866.294.2467.

ATS TimeWork OnDemand, Biometrics, Dell Computers, ERP, Google, HRIS, Payroll, Time and Attendance

Test Drive ATS Workforce Management And Learn How To Increase Business Agility

Most people would never buy a car without seeing it and taking it for a test drive. And, the reason for the test drive is to experience what it feels like when you are driving it. Perhaps, you might check the signals, the adjustability of the seats and, a host of other features during the test drive. Buying a business management solution for your company should not be any different.

Introducing the ATS Workforce Management Solution Test Drive – That’s right, it’s your chance to place your fingers on that keyboard, do the driving, and explore ATS TimeWork the most robust and mature business management time and attendance solution, on your own terms.

Test Drive ATS Workforce Management And Learn How To Increase Business Agility

During this test drive you will learn how ATS Workforce Management Solution can help your company:

Gain access to a bevy of up-to-minute reports, by country, site, employee and/or departments
Automate calculation and work-rule compliance of all; Federal, State, and Provincial pay rules, overtime and company specific shift premiums
Easily manage employee data through tablet-based device for capturing– employee time and attendance information, by exception to minimize time card review
Access data integration to; Payroll, ERP, HR and other third-party databases
Navigate self-service portals for supervisors and employees for maintaining and reporting of vacation, sick and other accrual benefits

This unique kind of self-guided experience is an invaluable way for you to learn and explore the best-of-breed, a set rich features and broad-based capabilities of ATS Workforce Management Solution. So, on your mark, get set, now download your test drive!

To reach an account representative, call: 866.294.2467 or you can also register on our website to attend one of our weekly webinars.

Accrual Benefits, ERP, HR, Payroll, Shift Premiums, Time and Attendance, Workforce Management Solution

Is There A Silver Bullet To Workforce Management Software Deployment?

The correct answer to a question of this nature is a whopping no! Claims of seamless deployment are just that, “claims”. Now with that being said, when an implementation is being planned out and both vendor and customer should take into account that there are going to be deployment gaps along the way. Without a doubt, every deployment will incur a small gap or two regardless of size or scope, however, when stakeholders and its partners, build contingency plans to mitigate the unforeseen, that’s when you the closest thing to a seamless deployment.

ATS Workforce Management Solutions has built-in accelerators designed to help companies implement more quickly and cost effectively. ATS deployment accelerators are pre-configured versions of our workforce management software, based on deep expertise and are industry specific.

Here are three benefits to ATS Workforce Management Solution Deployment Accelerator:

End-User Experience
ATS TimeWork offers pre-delivered configurability and thus, organizations can keep core payroll and HR functions (payroll, CRM, ERP, accrual benefits and talent management) while enhancing them to provide an easy-to-use, and mobile design that can blend with cloud-based applications. ATS Workforce Management Solution enables companies to deliver time and attendance functionality across any device while providing the same user experience.

Payroll, Finance and Workforce Analytics On Display
ATS award-winning Workforce Analytics can helps companies to manage and keep up-to-date on workforce and compliance issues, while creating value and rapid return on investment (ROI) for the business. ATS Workforce Management Software Accelerator helps create a phased approach that provides enhanced and ready-to-use data, visualization, business analytics, and statistics.

Built-To-Use Data And Cloud Migration
Migrating from paper timesheets or other applications can be done with ease with ATS data migration (import and export) capability tools. ATS Workforce Management Software Accelerator helps organizations close the cloud and data migration gap with a solution that was built to work with today’s applications in an era of cloud computing and, at the same time, effectively addressing the key areas that extend the software implementation process.

Bottom Line- ATS Workforce Management Software Accelerator is an important and useful tool that can be used by companies who want a quick implementation, are not interested in fancy features, and have no need for software customizations. Note, we said “customization” and not “configuration.” Companies are encouraged not to look for silver bullet implementations because they simply do not exist.

To learn about ATS Workforce Management Software Accelerators go to our website. You can also register for one of our weekly webinars or contact an account executive at 866.294.2467.

Accrual Benefits, CRM, ERP, HR, Payroll, Time and Attendance, Workforce Management Software

Can Cloud-Based Time And Attendance And Lean Manufacturing, Work Together?

Lean manufacturing is about a set of process that helps the elimination of waste. The fundamental principle of lean is adding value. The “value” is described by Wikepedia in this way “Working from the perspective of the client who consumes a product or service, “value” is any action or process that a customer would be willing to pay for”.

So, what’s the correlation between lean manufacturing and a cloud-based time and attendance? Using a cloud time and attendance solution means; a company does not have to purchase software licenses, or have a Server dedicated on which to host the application. While there are other similarities, it’s clear the adoption of cloud-based solution gives lean manufacturing companies-a distinct advantage over their competitors.

According to IDC Manufacturing Insights, more than 22% of surveyed manufacturers said they are running cloud services in their organizations and another 44% said they are currently implementing or intend to implement cloud computing to enable process optimization and cut cost. The survey also showed that the percentage of companies managing traditional infrastructure spending will fall to about 38% from 54.8%. Although the number of cloud adopters in recent years has increased, a significant portion of manufacturing companies are still missing the benefits of things like; workforce analytics and efficiency improvement that the adoption of cloud software can create.

Today’s lean manufacturing operations are also adopting cloud-based strategies for its 24/7 mobile access and its ability to provide seamless integration to; Talent Management, Payroll, ERP and CRM applications, thus optimizing workforce allocations across local, regional and global manufacturing centres.

Bottom Line:
The goals for implementing lean manufacturing standards and that of a cloud-based time and attendance are the same, value. That’s why many organizations are now adopting a cloud-based solution like ATS TimeWork OnDemand to streamline key areas of their business, and allowing management to focus on growth activities, not just operational tasks.

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ATS TimeWork OnDemand, Cloud Based Time and Attendance, CRM, ERP, Lean Manufacturing, Payroll, Talent Management

Removing The Complications Out Of Employee Time Tracking

We at ATS continually espouse the benefits of an automated time and attendance, but we have also stressed that it does not have to be a complicated process. And, while it’s true that an organization with multiple locations, different collective bargaining agreements, and its adherence to regional and federal work rules can increase the complexity and amount of time it takes to install such a system, sticking starting with the basics can make a world of difference.

Here three simple rules to follow once you have decided to deploy a time and attendance:

Reports
Find out which reports are most important to you. For example, if you need a report that shows which or how many hours employees worked on a; daily, weekly and monthly basis, this should suffice as a starting point. Other simple reports may include; exceptions, overtime, daily time in and out and, a few payroll reports to ensure you have the proper information before exporting employee hours to your payroll, CRM, ERP, HR or talent management software. This, however, is not to suggest, you should not explore the full library of reports within a time and attendance system, or look for a solution that has the capability to provide analytics and Big Data tools to support your organizational growth.

Employee Time Clock
When deciding which time clock to use, think about your organizational philosophy and, more importantly, your actual work environment. Would biometric face recognition be better suited or would or a proximity or magnetic time clock avail itself as the better option? These are considerations that should be given once you decide which time and attendance to deploy.

Project Manager
Traditionally this role has fallen to the IT manager or consultant. But, in actuality, HR and/or the payroll practitioner and to some extent, finance personnel are responsible for the management of employee time tracking. So, would it not make sense that such a project be headed by one of these individuals? That’s not to say the role of IT is less important, it just means that the very people who manage the daily tracking of employee hours would know more, than anyone else, about your company’s time and attendance requirements. And, so, it stands to reason, that their role when choosing a solution should be elevated- in short, they are the ones that should be your project managers, with the understanding that they seek assistance and/or guidance from other departments including; IT and other operational managers.

Whether you are moving from paper time sheets to an automated time and attendance solution or merely upgrading to a new solution, removing the complications will help the deployment go a bit smoother.

To learn more about ATS Time and Attendance solutions, go to our website. And to register for one of our weekly webinars, contact us.

Analytics, Big Data, Biometrics, CRM, ERP, HR, Payroll, Time and Attendance, Time Clock

Recruitment Software And The Challenges It Presents For Job Seekers

We, at ATS are users of recruitment software and, over they years, have had feedback from applicants, who have used application tracking systems to apply for various positions. Some have lamented about the inherent difficulties they have faced when sending their resumes through these systems, in the hope that it will somehow get to the top of the pile and/or noticed by the HR manager. A recent post by Lynda Spiegel for The Wall Street Journal titled “How Job Seekers Can Get Around Flaws in Hiring Software” might be the antidote that some job seekers need when navigating through the algorithmic world of recruitment software. She writes in part;

“Job hunting may be the one of the few instances where technology doesn’t improve our lives. That’s because most companies use Applicant Tracking System (ATS) software to parse the resumes they receive. This helps recruiters by simplifying the task of assessing resumes. But research indicates that the ATS rejects a startling 75% of resumes because of formatting, insufficient use of relevant keywords and other criteria that have nothing to do with candidate qualifications.”

In a tight job market, a 75% rejection rate will not be a comfort to many job seekers. However, Lynda Spiegel article provides some helpful tips, that might help combat the rejection rate. These tips include:

“Job seekers should avoid fancy resume formats because interpreting lines and boxes can flummox ATS software. A contemporary sans serif font and a pop of color for the headings is all that’s needed for the document to be ATS-friendly and still visually attractive for a human recruiter, if it gets that far.”
“Despite what many job seekers have heard, they shouldn’t upload a PDF resume; while ATS is getting better at reading PDFs, they don’t always process them well.”
“Job seekers should keep headings simple, such as Summary of Qualifications, Experience, Education, Achievements.”

Recruitment Software And The Challenges It Presents For Job Seekers

When using any software, whether it’s time and attendance, ERP, HR, payroll and or in this case, recruitment software, companies should ensure that their vendors, tailor the solution to suit their business requirements. For example, if the recruitment software is configured in accordance, to the type of candidates that a company is looking for, perhaps the rejection rates will decrease. In the end, however, it will require some initiative on the part of the job seeker to make sure their resume get noticed.

Applicant Tracking System, ERP, Payroll, Recruitment Software, Time and Attendance

Improve Efficiency with ATS Award-Winning Time and Attendance Solution

Operating a business in the 21st century requires efficiency across all business processes – time and attendance and payroll included. When the tracking of employee hours is automated and integrated, there’s no need for HR and payroll practitioners to manually gather, input, and reconcile data located in disparate software. You avoid duplicate data entry and potential errors that are costly to the organization and which could also hinder employee productivity.

ATS Time and Attendance is available as Software-As-A-Solution (SaaS), or on-premise, solution. ATS Time and Attendance can be deployed to meet your organizational business requirements without compromising functionality or data integrity. To serve the needs of companies with multi-sites, ATS Time and Attendance configures data fields to reflect the appropriate format based on employee location, collective bargaining agreements (CBA), multiple work and holiday rules, as well as providing location-specific pay compliance with a set of embedded corporate and global standards.

Improve Efficiency with ATS Award-Winning Time and Attendance Solution

Using an ATS Time and Attendance will improve efficiency in three keys areas:

Employee Self-Service
Employees can request time off, manage their own goals and maintain competency profiles. Employers can track absences and hours worked and modify policies and budget from a single interface. ATS Employee Self-Service routes information based on user-defined business rules. ATS Employee Self-Service streamlines processes, remove bottlenecks, and reduce administrative costs.

Payroll, ERP, HR Data Integration
Who wants to key in employee job codes, hours, pay and pay rates from a spreadsheet to multiple software applications? ATS Workforce Management Data Integrator is a comprehensive data integration platform that covers all data integration requirements: from high-volume, high-performance batch loads, to event-driven, trickle-feed integration processes.

Workforce Analytics
With ATS Workforce Analytics, your company has access to real-time analytics to show productivity and profitability by department and per employee. The solution provides users with on-the-spot information, thus, allowing them to take action in the moment. ATS Workforce Analytics takes the guess-work out of the equation.

To download the white paper that contains a list of ten areas of your business that will see an improvement through the use of an ATS Time and Attendance solution, go to our website. To download a pre-recorded demonstration, and to attend a live webcast, register on ATS corporate website. To reach ATS by phone, call 866.294.2467.

Employee Self Service, ERP, HR, Payroll, Workforce Analytics

Unlock the Power of your Workforce with a Modern Time and Attendance Solution

Are you having a hard time get the proper data? Do you know your company’s true cost? By automating your manual time sheets, you empower employees to manage their time-related information on their mobile device of choice or any workstation with Internet access. Managers, in turn, can access employee time and attendance related data and approve time-off requests and other accrual based information With ATS time and attendance solutions companies can facilitate absence planning and time recordkeeping of their employees.

ATS cloud-based time and attendance solution enables customers to achieve a single source for their employee records. ATS Timework is delivered with time management functionality that supports integration into third-party application. ATS TimeWork Employee goes beyond basic automation to deliver a suite of applications for your most demanding business priorities. ATS next-generation Workforce Management Solution (WFM) is designed for the global enterprise workforce and delivered via the cloud, serving more than 21 thousand users.

With ATS TimeWork On-Demand, you get:

Comprehensive system of record: Get alerts through your smartphone for impending overtime conditions so you can make proactive scheduling changes before overtime hours gets to your payroll software.

Robust workforce planning: Plan employee schedules shifts weeks in advance while managing approvals in real time.

Powerful analytics: Correlate workforce data through seamless data integration with payroll, HR, ERP and other third-party applications for actionable insights.

Data capture options: Collect time tracking data online with web punching, on the road with mobile devices and geofencing capability, or through the use biometric time clocks, barcode time clocks– or through any combination of these options.

Employee Self-Service: turn over daily timekeeping tasks to your employees by allowing them to swap shifts, review personal time off (PTO) balances and make scheduling requests through the cloud.

With ATS TimeWork, you can re-imagine streamlined business processes, manage compliance risk pay and substantially increase workforce productivity.

To learn more visit the ATS website to view full program details, view a list of customers and explore our comprehensive resource center, with solution demos, support details, all the while, viewing the wonderful benefits of using an ATS time and attendance solution.

Analytics, Biometrics, Employee Self Service, ERP, HR

All I Want For Christmas Is A Brand New Time And Attendance Solution

It’s that time of the year when holiday office parties are in full swing, retailers have hired extra employees to help with the heavy amount of shopping that has become reminiscent with this time of the year. Businesses also have their shopping list, chief amoung them, payroll and HR managers who, have been using paper time sheets for years and would like nothing better a new solution. Some of the will be presenting a list to their reporting managers for a system that contains:

Visual Dashboards- With data visualization tools that displays the current status of metrics, including employee attendance, up-to-minute reports and other key performance indicators (KPI’s) for the benefits of understand budget vs. actual dollars spent. And, they want this data to be consolidated, sorted, arranged and managed to fit one screen.

Workforce Planning- For the purpose of providing insight into job costing capabilities, and integrate pay code policies for multi site and multi county operations. The time tracking solution should contain the ability to provide a complete picture of workforce scheduling demand, thus, allowing our organization to optimize our business with our operational goals for greater business insight.

Data Integration- Seamless integration to payroll, HR, ERP and other applications so your company no longer have to key data in manually. ATS TimeWork integration tool includes a set of pre-built, packaged integrations and connectors for the purpose of third-party applications that are built, maintained, and supported by ATS.

Better Usability- You deserve a system that gives you the right data at the right time. ATS TimeWork is adaptable, mobile, and flexible and can be accessed from anywhere, at anytime. It’s just that easy. It’s made for the way industries operate. ATS TimeWork lets employees access their scheduled shifts and accumulated overtime hours, request time-off and collaborate with their direct supervisors through any mobile device. Now just imagine how much greater profitability and streamlined process, your company will achieve? That’s the power of ATS TimeWork.

Scalability- ATS TimeWork is easy to use, affordable, time and attendance for mid-enterprise size organizations. Available in the cloud or on-premise, our software is designed to work with your organization – and, at a price that’s right for your growing company. To gain a competitive edge in the demanding global marketplace requires efficiency, agility, analysis, and, above all, simple technological solutions and, that’s the advantage of using an ATS workforce management solution.

In closing, if your manager needs convincing, have him or her go to our demonstration page and get their personalized tour of the software and download data some data collection options.

ERP, Job Costing, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Time Tracking, Workforce Management Software

ATS TimeWork OnDemand Is Designed To Handle Daylight Savings Time

5 Benefits Of A Biometric Time And Attendance Facial Recognition Solution

Test Drive ATS Workforce Management And Learn How To Increase Business Agility

Is There A Silver Bullet To Workforce Management Software Deployment?

Removing The Complications Out Of Employee Time Tracking

Recruitment Software And The Challenges It Presents For Job Seekers

Improve Efficiency with ATS Award-Winning Time and Attendance Solution

Unlock the Power of your Workforce with a Modern Time and Attendance Solution

All I Want For Christmas Is A Brand New Time And Attendance Solution

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