In this electronic age, you need to upgrade whatever you have in your company to keep up with the time. Implementing a new way of keeping track of your employees number of hours work is crucial in every company and the best method is using the electronic time clock or relogio de ponto. There are different kinds of electronic clock that can be used in a company, you need to make an assessment first so that you can work out what is best for your company.

Biometric uses hand recognition in identifying an employee. This is the best solution so that buddy punching will be prevented plus the fact that this is applicable to all kinds of working environment. The only disadvantage in this system it is the most expensive alternative in keeping track of the employees working hours.

Bar Code Swipe or Card Swipe uses a badge reader that an employee will swipe just like making a purchase in a grocery store. Each employee is assigned with a special badge number, if one loses it, the next badge number will be given to the employee. When employing this method, be sure that the name of the employee is displayed when it is used because some do not have this feature. Another downside here is that you cannot prevent an employee from swiping for his co-employee in this method.

Keypad Entry is the least expensive of the four types of electronic clocks. An employee has his own assigned code that he will key in the electronic clock. This is a pin number that will identify the employee. The only disadvantage seen here is that other employees can key in the pin number of their co-employees.

Fingerprint ensures that there is no punching for his co-worker. The employee will just place his finger on the time clock that will read it. This is ideal for most companies but this is very sensitive for it does not work when the working environment is full or grease and dirt. This is ideal for most offices whose business entails mostly paper works.

If a company employs hundreds of employees with both clean and unclean working environment, biometric time clock will work best for you, though expensive, the investment is worth it. If a company is on a tight budget, keypad method will be fine but be sure that it has the employee’s name and other verification features.

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