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Employees are more engaged when their employers give them the technology they need to do their jobs well.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Engaged employees are more productive employees.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Time theft — purposeful or accidental — costs companies billions every year.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/p>\nNine Employee Productivity Statistics<\/h2>\n
The stats include:<\/p>\n
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Over 85% of Best-in-Class Companies Integrate Their Time and Attendance System With Their Payroll System<\/b><\/p>\n
(Source: Aberdeen Group)<\/p>\n
Derived from a study undertaken by the Aberdeen Group in 2008, the statistic above proves how important it is to integrate your time and attendance system with your payroll system – I mean: the fact that 85% of best-in-class companies are doing this means it\u2019s something worth looking into, right?<\/p>\n
But even without the statistic, it still would be a no-brainer to suggest that a reliable and accurate time-tracking system lays down the foundation for an accurate, effective payroll process thereby saving HR teams a lot of time. <\/p>\n
On-The-Clock\u2019s PTO tracking allows for a smoother and more accurate payroll process as it enables employees to request paid time off through the system so the manager can see and approve or deny the specific time requested. <\/p>\n
Employers are also able to select from a variety of options that best fits their company\u2019s PTO needs.<\/p>\n
In addition, employees can see their PTO hours so they are aware of how much they have to use for vacation, sick days, personal days, etc. OTC generally helps in eliminating the headache of manually adding up employee paid time off hours by automatically doing it for you.\n<\/li>\n
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About 70% of U.S. Workers Are Disengaged From Their Workday<\/b><\/p>\n
This survey conducted by Gallup suggests that employee disengagement from work is caused by such things as the usage of smartphones, emails, and social media – all of which lower productivity.<\/p>\n
This is barely a surprise if you ask me.<\/p>\n
As far back as 2003, a study showed that emails literally \u201churt more than pot\u201d in that the IQ of those who tried to juggle between them and work fell by 10 points (the equivalent to missing a whole night’s sleep and worse than the effect of smoking marijuana). <\/p>\n
The\u00a0average worker is reported\u00a0to spend 13 hours a week on emails, and 96% of workers claim that unnecessary emails waste their time. Email overload is even\u00a0costing organizations billions.<\/p>\n
Social media, on the other hand, has been strengthening its position as a great killer of productivity.\u00a0A survey by CareerBuilder.com\u00a0showed that out of 44% of employees who blamed the internet for killing their productivity, 36% said social media ALWAYS impedes their workflow. <\/p>\n
This may be the norm for a long time to come, considering that social media usage is expected to continue growing at an exponential rate. Already, the computation of data derived from Statista shows that the number of social media users has grown by a staggering 153% from 2010 to 2017.<\/p>\n
Universal Class\u00a0suggests that a good way to ensure productivity, come what may, is to engage in proper time management. It believes that accurate measurements will reveal how much time is spent on accomplishing work duties and how much time is lost.\n<\/li>\n
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Up to Ten Minutes Per Day, Per Employee, Is Lost Due To Tardiness, Long Lunches and Early Departure<\/b><\/p>\n
(American Payroll Association)<\/p>\n
By not providing measures to keep employees accountable for their use of time while on the job, you\u2019re indirectly laying the grounds for loss of productivity and not securing your bottom line.<\/p>\n
Take cognizance of the statistic above to calculate how many productive hours you\u2019re probably losing per day.<\/p>\n
Whether the calculated lost time is little or much, you\u2019d most likely be needing a high-end time-tracking software like OnTheClock in the long run.\n<\/li>\n
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Employees Who Believe Their Workplace Effectively Uses Mobile Tech Are More Creative, Satisfied, and Productive at Work<\/b><\/p>\n
If you\u2019re used to using mobile apps or hearing about responsive web design and progressive web apps, then you\u2019re in tune with the fact that\u00a0mobile is increasingly becoming the future.\u00a0The above statistic helps to corroborate this point.<\/p>\n
The survey\u00a0conducted by the Economic Unit highlighted the relevance of mobile technology to business operations. <\/p>\n
It suggests that mobile technology presents chief information officers (CIOs) with an opportunity to improve their business performance by shaping their organization\u2019s employee experience which was critical to their own performance and productivity. <\/p>\n
It also reported that respondents who described their employers as mobile \u201cpioneers\u201d gave themselves higher scores for every measure of engagement and performance than workers who say their employer\u2019s use of mobile is \u201cbad\u201d.<\/p>\n
As an employer, you must acknowledge that employees\u2019 perceptions really matter and must work towards making sure they remain positive. If mobile technology is deemed to be the way to go, then make sure it\u2019s used. <\/p>\n
The National Business Research Institute also\u00a0suggests\u00a0that equipping employees with the right gear is a good way to spur productivity, and all of these make a good case for the adoption of OnTheClock. Check out\u00a0our mobile time clock.\n<\/li>\n
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Three Out of Four Employees in America Believe Employers Don\u2019t Give Them Access to the Latest Technology To Do Their Job Efficiently<\/b><\/p>\n
(Source:\u00a0Staples)<\/p>\n
As stated earlier, employees\u2019 perceptions should never be disregarded. Since the majority of American workers believe they aren\u2019t provided with the latest technology, you should ensure your own employees are comfortable with the technology stack utilized in your organization.<\/p>\n
If possible, critical business operations should make use of the appropriate technologies. It\u2019s all about using the right tools for the job.\n<\/li>\n
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The Average Employee Steals\u00a0Four Hours and Five Minutes Every Week<\/b><\/p>\n
(Source: American Payroll Association)<\/p>\n
There are many ways to increase your bottom line, but one way to limit your chances of doing so is by not ensuring discipline. The statistic here proves the prevalence of time theft, which, in my opinion, is a kind of indiscipline in organizations.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re serious about your business, then it probably won\u2019t be in your principle to pay employees for work they didn\u2019t do or time they didn\u2019t use for work-related activities.<\/p>\n
But how do you prevent time theft?<\/p>\n
Simple: by making use of technology that makes its occurrence really<\/em> difficult. <\/p>\n
For example, it would be difficult, if not totally impossible, for an employee to break the security measures which OnTheClock offers out of the box. By security measures, I\u2019m talking about what features like\u00a0GPS Location Tracking\u00a0aim to achieve.<\/p>\n
If you still aren\u2019t sold on the fact that you need to prevent time theft, then I think should also note that it accounts for\u00a02.2 percent of gross payroll losses, some of which you may also incur.<\/p>\n
In this TED video by Kerry Goyette, the founder of Aperio Consulting Group, she talks about how employees are already motivated, and how to focus their motivations.\u00a0 This a great video to watch!\n<\/li>\n
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Biometric Attendance Can Help Boost Productivity by Preventing Buddy Punching Which Is Believed To Cost U.S. Companies Nearly $400 Billion Per Year in Losses<\/b><\/p>\n
As stated earlier, discipline is very important to an organization. According to Empxtrack, the aim of discipline is to promote a minimum acceptable behavior by employees. <\/p>\n
Thus, one doesn\u2019t go wrong in an organization whose environment exudes the sanity that discipline provides. But it\u2019s noteworthy that there exist arrangements that provide the right incentive for acts of indiscipline such as buddy punching.<\/p>\n
Buddy punching is simply the process where friendly employees clock in and out on one another\u2019s behalf whenever the need arises. While this is naturally difficult to curtail, it\u2019s noted that manual attendance systems naturally propel its occurrence. <\/p>\n
This kind of attendance system is anything but efficient, for it can be easily manipulated. Its usage is therefore considered a\u00a0veritable way of reducing productivity.<\/p>\n
One of the few ways to go about solving this problem is by adopting a more reliable approach to recording attendance. <\/p>\n
As proven by the statistic above, biometric attendance systems can make buddy punching quite difficult. And OnTheClock comes with this feature\u00a0alongside others\u00a0that are meant to provide accuracy and reliability.\n<\/li>\n
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96% of Professionals Say Employees Make Mistakes When It Comes to Time Tracking<\/b><\/p>\n
The above statistic was derived from\u00a0a survey\u00a0conducted in 2013 by Replicon on 432 professionals who had the responsibility of tracking the time used by employees.<\/p>\n
If anything, the survey showed the problems with traditional time-tracking solutions and how much employees found them challenging.<\/p>\n
Therein, it was reported that 87% of respondents reported challenges with time tracking, and 32% of solutions were considered as lacking visibility and insight into resource usage.<\/p>\n
The only way to make time tracking less challenging is to make it a walk in the park (no-brainer!). Again, OnTheClock could be your go-to software for this purpose.\n<\/li>\n
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Actively Disengaged Employees Cost the U.S. $450 to $550 Billion Per Year in Lost Productivity<\/b><\/p>\n
(Source:\u00a0Gallup)<\/p>\n
Time tracking is a good way to ensure employee engagement. Say your organization has a number of remote employees<\/a>, having them clock in and out with OnTheClock would most likely make them accountable for their use of time and thus keep them engaged.<\/p>\n
You don\u2019t want to lose money.<\/p>\n
Need I say more?\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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