Time and attendance system for all sizes of business

FAQs
Your ADP time and attendance software questions answered

What is time and attendance software and what does it do?

Time and attendance software helps businesses track and manage employee working hours, breaks, overtime and absences. It automates the process or recording when employees start and end their working hours, as well as any time off they take. It often includes features such as clocking in/out, scheduling, reporting and integration with payroll systems, streamlining your payroll process by automatically calculating wages and deductions based on recorded hours.

Do I need time and attendance software?

If you’re facing challenges with manual tracking of employee work hours, experiencing errors in payroll processing, struggling to manage employee schedules efficiently, or facing compliance issues related to labour laws and regulations, you need time and attendance software. You may also need time and attendance software if your business is growing and you need a more scalable solution to manage employee attendance, or you want to improve your overall workforce management processes.

What should I look for in time and attendance software?

As you're evaluating different time and payroll vendors for a time and attendance software solution, you no doubt ask questions very similar to these:

• How simple is the experience for the end user?
• How flexible is your system to address our different scenarios for our other employee groups?
• What time capture options does your system support (e.g. mobile, web, clock, biometrics, etc.)?
• How does your system help me with compliance requirements (overtime, etc.)?
• How flexible are your reporting options?

These are important questions because they act as great tools to help you cull through your options.

Can time and attendance software manage diverse workforce needs?

Managing time and payroll isn't simple because of constantly changing regulations, mobile workers, remote employees, compliance needs, and more. When looking at programs or services to provide accuracy, efficiency and an acceptable ROI, you must dig deep as you research time and attendance solutions.

If your company pays different rates depending on what your employees do and where they do it, you’ll need a system that can take the labor grading and the varying rates associated with each and calculate it automatically.

Depending on your industry and types of job roles, you'll need to dig deeper into additional overtime-related functions that the time and attendance software provides.

If you offer incentive pay programs, you’ll need to know how easy it will be to calculate or integrate your incentive policy information into the system.

Why choose ADP SecurTime for time and attendance?

ADP SecurTime provides a single, accurate, real-time view of attendance, performance, productivity, cost and compliance of your workforce. Our software provides better visibility and transparency into your workforce, real time, so you can better manage your teams, improve your productivity and reduce your costs.

ADP SecurTime helps you track and manage your full-time, part-time, contract, gig and contingent employees real-time. Whether they’re on-premise, remote, or feet-on-street employees, you can manage productivity of your employees across a broad expanse or wide geographic footprint of locations.

Can ADP SecurTime help us manage overtime?

Yes, complying with labour laws and controlling overtime costs are two of the biggest benefits of online time and attendance solutions. Employee time tracking starts with the proper classification of workers, followed by automatic and accurate calculation of hours worked during the pay period. Overtime rules specific to individual businesses and locations are then applied and sent for payroll processing. Managers only need to approve time worked, not calculate hours or apply overtime rules. They also have timely visibility into who may be approaching overtime so they can adjust schedules accordingly.

Can employees use their mobile phones for time tracking?

Yes, the ADP SecurTime mobile app allows employees to clock in and out, view schedules, request time off and more. Geo-fencing helps ensure that staff members are within a specified distance from a work location when they track their time. Our app also has tools for employers, such as payroll, benefits administration and other HCM features.