What is the best employee time clock for small business?

7 of July, 2022

Time clocks often find themselves in factories or shift based work environments. Increasingly though even small tech companies are using time clocks, either due to legal obligations or wanting to time track for Human Resources analysis. Find the right employee time clock for your small business by looking at the characteristics and types of time clocks, their features and their utilities.

Time clocks can be used to verify both the time of the shifts of your employees or track the time spent by employees on specific projects. You also have time clocks that are manual, digital and some that work specifically on all devices. If you have remote workers for example this is extremely useful.

 Are employers required to have a time clock?

In some countries, employers are required to have a time clock for their employees. These usually concern countries that have a set amount of hours employees are supposed to work in a week. Labour regulations mean that the time clock protects both the employee and employers rights. The employee cannot be overworked and the employer knows that the employee.

To find out if you need to time track for legal purposes, you have an HR team or independent come in and give you the lowdown as to what criteria needs to be met in the office.

Why is having an employee time clock useful?

Small businesses and start-ups often have limited resources compared to large businesses. They may hesitate investing in a time clock. However, the best time clock can provide your small business with the following key components it needs to thrive :

• An effective allocation of tasks thanks to simplified reports on the efficiency of your workers. By understanding how well your employees work on certain tasks and where they struggle with others you can re-allocate tasks accordingly. Manage their workload.
• Make sure your employees are working the legally required hours. 
• Calculate any over-time your employees work and compensate them, either financially or with in lieu time. Small businesses sometimes rely on employees to work overtime over short periods followed by a calmer outlook for the company.

What features should I look for in a time clock?

A time clock has moved on from the classic punch in and punch out system that existed before. Now digital time trackers can have multiple functions. With Sesame you can for example have the following features integrated with your time clocking device :

• A holiday request management system, so that employees can request days off easily and employers can approve them quickly
• The Document Manager, which helps your Human Resources team store all important documents relating to each individual employee.
• Reports on time tracking and task completion that helps measure your employee’s efficiency in carrying out certain tasks.
• Statistics and data about your employees working habits.
• A geo-locator to help your understand who is in the office and who is out, as well as what they are working on.
• Accessibility over multiple devices.

With the Sesame app you can have all these features at your disposal.