What are the most important criteria to consider when choosing a time tracking software?
A time tracking software meets different needs depending on who uses it: the employee, the manager or the administrator.
You will find below a list of criteria to consider when choosing a software, depending on who uses it:
For administrators / HR teams:
- Customized software configuration adapted to each employee's contract and profile;
- Configuration of alerts based on the company's internal rules;
- Export of variable items (overtime...) to payroll;
- Records archiving for up to 50 years, to ensure legal compliance no matter the country or region you are in.
For managers:
- Timesheets approval from a dashboard or email notification;
- Manual reminders, with customized comments, can be activated;
- Manual or automatic approval or denial of timesheets;
- Possibility to delegate approval to another person;
- Alerts in case the employees your supervise submit deviations (overtime, night work, etc.);
- Report generation.
For employees:
- Pre-filled timesheets with theoretical working hours to save time;
- Calculation in real time of the differences between the theoretical and registered hours, according to the company's internal rules;
- Alerts in case of deviations (overtime...), violation of company rules and for those who have not entered their working hours on time;
- Access to the company's internal policies.
How to build your benchmark?
Monitoring your employees' working hours is a legal obligation, no matter if they are working in the office or remotely. However, you should not rush into choosing a time tracking software. Before making a decision, you should make a list of the features you need, so that you can compare the different software on the market and rate them based on your needs. A time tracking software responds to a legal requirement but it is also part of a reorganization process within the company to improve time management and free up HR time. A hasty decision could create frustrations if the software does not meet your requirements, resulting in a waste of time instead of a process simplification.