On Wednesday, March 20, we announced that stratustime®, our next generation SaaS time and attendance application, was released to market. We built the application from the ground up with the dual vision of creating a great user experience built around decision-making analytics that help organizations of every size make predictive business decisions. We’ve included features […]
A recent series of articles in HR Magazine, the publication from the Society for Human Resources Management, discussed the increasing burden of regulatory compliance on employers in the United States prior to the Great Recession and as a result of employer practices during it. A similar series of articles in the May 2011 PEO Insider, […]
Implementing an automated time and attendance solution is a great opportunity to review and update company policies and practices to ensure that your organization is compliant with local, state and federal labor laws. It is also an opportunity to eliminate old, outdated and unwritten policies that have crept into company practices over time. Fans of […]
Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place In the ensuing panic that resulted as the Great Recession took hold, some companies went belly up while others, both unscrupulous and not, chose to use questionable labor practices to help them survive and then dig out from underneath the rubble of the recessionary earthquake. Hiring independent […]
In a 2012 survey we conducted looking at labor law education, we discovered that the largest percentage of respondents depended on their employer’s policies to know about labor laws. In our culture of on-demand information, it’s surprising to know that so many people depend heavily on their employers for such critical knowledge about the regulations […]
Your employees have been punching in and out of your automated time system. Their time is used to calculate payroll, they get a check and they’re happy. Well, hopefully they’re happy. But, what about you? There’s all this data just sitting there. What can be done with it? Here are a few questions to consider […]
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For many professionals, the phrase “cloud-based computing” has become synonymous with business-as-usual, and the promises that come with the cloud, such as rapid deployment, faster services, and greater connectivity, are baked into many modern work environments. However, less than a decade ago, the concept of the cloud was still new and fairly novel for many […]
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Between the country’s economic growth and the record low unemployment rate of 4.1%, times are looking good for many companies and workers. Now wages are starting to nudge upwards too. According to recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data, average hourly earnings moved up nearly 3% from a year ago. This means that more money is […]
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stratustime tracks employee hours through PCs, mobile devices, and POS systems, then automatically transmits time and attendance data to your payroll service. Advanced features like scheduling, PTO accrual, and labor forecasting give HR managers and payroll specialists more time to focus on people instead of data entry.