Flexitime

Flexible working hours, properly controlled to meet company needs, can be a great advantage to staff morale, and recruitment. However, the time and trouble needed to record and control flexitime manually can offset the advantages. The Q›TAR Flexitime System overcomes these problems, and allows the full benefits of flexible working to be realised.

Balances

The Q›TAR system records employees' clockings, and uses the rules specified by the company to determine the amount of time worked relative to standard 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, 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 on 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 to be handled as easily as a "pure" system of either type, Q›TAR can handle automatically the calculations necessary for hourly paid employees who build up "banked time" and take "time off 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 Q›TAR 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 data and payroll exceptions can, if desired, be transferred to a personnel or payroll system.