One of the greatest benefits of biometric time clocks is employee privacy; however, not everyone knows this off the bat. When considering the purchase of biometric time recorders it is important to address the privacy concerns of employees. It’s key to explain to your employees that a finger or hand reader does not store or recognize employee fingerprints. Instead, the reader/scanner uses hand or finger measurements to create a template for the employee. These measurements are used only for in-company authentication and security access, and can’t be used to recreate biometric data.

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In the highly competitive market, it is very important for business organizations to make optimum use of the available resources and increase the productivity; therefore—time and attendance is key. In terms of time keeping software and accounting, there’s no match for the amount of precise efficiency that you’ll get by opting with biometric time clocks for your businesses time-keeping/payroll. By using biometric time clock software, employee attendance data will be automatically recorded and used to calculate payroll.

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Time and attendance of employees are monitored and tracked in many ways. In fact, there are a number of time clocks systems which can be bought from the market. Such examples of time clocks offered through The Bio Shop include:

• Bundy Time Clocks
• Hand-punch Time Clocks
• Pin Model Time Clocks
• Proximity Time Clocks
• Fingerprint Time Clocks

While some companies still use the paper and pencil approach to logging time and attendance in the company, the wide variety of different traditional time clocks is considered to be a cheap and inexpensive means to clocking.

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Throughout NSW, QLD, NT, WA, SA, Tasmania, Victoria, New Zealand, Fiji and PNG major companies and corporations as well as small businesses including Schools, Hospitals, Ministries, Doctors, Clubs, Manufacturing and more are all capitalising on the advantages of biometric time-clock technology. They have all made the switch over to biometric technology in employee time management. Employees are now starting and ending their days by pressing a hand or finger to a scanner that logs the precise time of their arrival and departure, and the logged information is automatically recorded in payroll software so payroll can be easily and accurately calculated.

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In recent cases hitting the retail sector, buddy clocking has become more than just an issue, but a threat that is seriously crippling already slumped retail business’s labor costs.

The retail industry, which is characterized by multiple sites and large staff complements, have placed unique requirements on access control and time and attendance solutions, where the control of buddy-clocking and fraud have become critical for managing labor costs.

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Biometric technologies capitalize upon unique, permanent, and scannable human characteristics. The reason that this is unique is because biometrics scan characteristics that no other person shares. What makes biometrics unique is also the fact that the technology, as used in biometric time clocks, scans for human traits that should both remain the same over time, and be reliably collectable using a sensor.

Technological Breakthrough

All biometric devices and biometric time clocks take a number of measurements from an individual then digitally process the result. The visual results based on the physical scan  is then saved (as the individual’s traits) into a template. The templates are then stored in a database associated with the device. Though they can also be stored in a smartcard.

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Several factors can help you determine whether to invest in biometric time recorders. The first step is to determine whether there is a need for biometric technology in the workplace. Then consider the potential return on investment. Finally, make sure that the work environment is physically suitable for biometric devices, and that employees can accept and use the technology.

A workplace with employee time fraud problems can undoubtedly benefit from the use of biometric time recorders. Know too, if you have a need to control security access to portions of a building—biometrics can also answer your needs. If, on the other hand, you are running a workplace with low security and hourly employees—biometric time clocks can greatly help making accounting easier, cut down on overtime hours, and eliminate the possibility of hourly employees running the clocks.

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From the day that punch card were invented to the technological capabilities of present today—a lot has changed! Historically, paper punch cards were at nearly every business and organization across the country.

The technology involved in using a punch card consisted of a mechanical press that punched employee’s time when they arrived to work and when they left. Now, with the advancements of computers and software, employee time and attendance has become much more efficient and accurate.

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1. Biometric Time Clock Security

If your business requires a high level of security or you just want to make sure that your business and all your business documents are secure and protected—biometric technology, aside from just time keeping, is an excellent way to secure your workplace.

2. Touch and Go

The biometric fingerprint time clock is easy and convenient. You just simply touch the reader with a finger and the clock provides and audible “Thank You” indicating that the punch is accepted. No more need to keep a rack of employee badges, or deal with employees who forget their swipe card. Not to mention, you can set new employees up in next to no time at all.

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Though biometric technology is becoming more and more prevalent today, many still don’t know exactly how it works. Biometrics is the science and technology of measuring and statistically analyzing biological data. For IT, the data analyzing is used to verify that an individual is who he says he is, much like a computer password.

Biometric time clocks work by scanning human characteristics unique enough to identify each of us. These characteristics may be used individually or in combination with others. The characteristics most frequently used are face (spatial pattern of the face), fingerprint, hand and finger geometry, handwriting, eye retinas or irises, and speech.

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