Flexitime Management and Flexible Working
Flexitime Management and Flexible Working
Flexible working hours, properly controlled to meet company needs, can boost staff morale and aid recruitment. However, the time and trouble needed to record and control flexitime manually can offset the advantages. The QTAR Flexitime System overcomes these problems, and allows the full benefits of flexible working to be realised.
Balances
The QTAR system records employees' clockings, and uses the rules specified by the company to determine the amount of time worked relative to standard hours and thus the flexitime balance built up or used in advance. If desired, the current flexitime balance can be displayed at the badge reader (on request or when the employee clocks on or off), at a kiosk, or on the employee's PC, giving the employee immediate access to this information.
Adjustments
Although the times actually clocked by an employee cannot be altered, the flexible hours to be counted for a particular day can be adjusted manually, if required. Such adjustments can be automated in the case of absences, such as sickness, holidays, or company business. Automatic adjustments can also be made if the flexible balance (positive or negative) becomes excessive. Separate rules can be applied to different periods of time (e.g. different daily, weekly and monthly rules could be set up), and the rules can be different for different individuals or groups of employees.
Mixed Systems
As well as handling a mix of hourly paid and flexitime staff as easily as a "pure" system of either type, QTAR can handle automatically the calculations necessary for hourly paid employees who build up "banked time" and take "time-in-lieu" instead of being paid overtime. Indeed, time can be swapped between overtime and flexitime, even after the event, without upsetting the system.
Complete System
The QTAR Flexitime System, through the use of bar coded or magnetic stripe badges and badge readers, eliminates the need for manual records and calculations. A comprehensive set of management and exception reports is provided, and the production of these at suitable times can be automated. The attendance / absence data and payroll exceptions can, if desired, be transferred to a personnel or payroll system.
Q›TAR Flexitime Management
The QTAR Flexitime System includes solutions for:
- Rotating Shifts
- Continental Shifts
- Fixed Shifts
- Variable Shifts
- Flexible Shifts
- Alternative Shifts
- Shift swapping
- Part-time working
- Job Sharing
- Annualised Hours Management
Please contact a P&Q Advisor for further information.
