Employee Time Clock And Restaurant Point of Sale Systems - A Perfect Marriage

The History Of The Employee Time Clock And Pointemployee time clock feature that is designed
of Salespecifically for restaurants and the goofy requirements
The concept of punching a time clock has beenplaced upon restaurant owners.
around since the industrial revolution of the early 1900's.All employees can clock in/out on any terminal in the
However, it was not until the invention of the electronicsystem. There is no set terminal that must be used by
cash register in the early 1980's that employees couldall employees. Any employee may clock in on any
clock in/out on the cash register. This eliminated theterminal.
need for a punch card and greatly increased accuracySecurity and secrecy should be a concern and point
and reduced manpower needs in calculating timeof sale software products have different ways of
worked for payroll purposes.accomplishing this.
While the need for employees to clock in and out on a- Secret 4-digit employee code for clock in/out.
terminal started off simple the requirements of- Optional magnetic card reader and magnetic cards
government have greatly increased the demandsfor employees to use when clocking in/out.
placed upon management. There are a host of- Optional biometric reader which recognizes individual
different labor laws, tip reporting requirements andfingerprints for employee clock in/out.
labor restrictions governing the number of hours to be- Employee breaks are tracked and various rules can
worked in a day/week and even when minors arebe set depending upon your own state's regulations.
allowed to work.Tipped employees are required to declare their tips
The Need For An Employee Time Clockearned when they clock out for the day. These
What started off simple has quickly become complex.declared amounts are then reported with their time
Your needs are far greater than a simple time clockworked.
that tracks the clock in and out times for yourWhat good would all this data do if we didn't report on
employees. You need help with the governmentit? Most software products are able to track and
regulations regarding different aspects of your laborreport on all time clock data and use weekly,
pool.bi-weekly, bi-monthly and monthly payroll cycles. Be
Tip reporting and handling have become a huge issuesure to verify that the product you are looking at will
in the restaurant business. You need help trackingmeet all of your requirements before purchase.
tipped employees and what they declare as tipsSome point of sale products will also export all time
earned.clock data to file for import into several different
Tracking employee breaks has become a bigger andaccounting packages.
bigger hassle. Some states govern the length ofThe Benefit Of The Employee Time Clock To You
breaks and whether they are paid or not. I know ofThis feature has several benefits. Let's list a few:
one state that requires a minimum of a 20 minute- Increased accuracy over punch cards and manual
unpaid break per employee. If that employee clockstime tracking.
back in 1 minute early, their entire break is paid. Who- Reduced rounding errors in computing time.
has time to monitor every employee's break?- Reduced time for management to compute
And we have just now gotten to the problem ofemployee hours.
employees clocking in early, riding the clock or simply- Enforce break rules.
having a friend clock them in when they aren't even- Enforce tip tracking and declaration for tipped
there!employees.
You need help. You need an integrated time clock and- Eliminate buddy punching with optional biometric
you need it bad.scanners.
The Solution Of The Employee Time Clock- Export time clock data to payroll software or payroll
Some point of sale systems come standard with anservice.