Good Payroll/HR/Time Clock Software to run on W2k Domain

[ShawnF]

Hello,

I posted something like this before but didn't get any responses so I figured I'd try again. Our 40 employee company is looking to upgrade from the old manual time card system to an electronic time clock that will send data to a computer and overall provide all kinds of benefits over manual time tracking, and also where you can then print out all kinds of reports etc... Many companies offer systems that allo you to transfer the timecard info to payroll and Human Resources components, either their own components or software from another manufacturer.

I know there are tons of companies out there that offer time clocks and all this software, but I'd like to poll the IT people who actually have to install this software onto a network environment and make sure it works correctly.

My company wants to install the data portion of this system onto a centrally located server for obvious reasons such as daily backups that will occur when our servers get backed up and allow different users/computers to access whatever component of the software they need such as only the time tracking, or the HR, or payroll. Some time clock companies offer network installable systems such as I described and want on our network, other systems require a stand alone PC to store time clock data and house all the software components. The ones that don't offer a "networkable" time clock software system would require a standalone PC (or network client) that must be on at all times or at least booted up within every 3 days to download stored data in the time clock, locked up in a safe place so employees can't fiddle with it, and have it's own backup system so in case it fails we can still recover the data.

The time clock sales staff I've spoken with thus far don't have a good understanding of the point of having servers, centrally located data, backups and don't understand what it really means to "install their system onto a network." What time clock systems are you using, and what do you like/dislike about how they integrate into your network? Keep in mind I don't expect you to actually know the payroll/HR/time-tracking software persay, rather I'd like to know how it was to install on your network and if you like it or not.

Thanks,

Shawn F.

 

[AlexIT]

It might be easier than a timeclock, to have a PC that each employee can "check in" on to send time data to one of these HR databases. We have looked at similar software for our enginnering departments where users can "check in" to a specific project for man-hour tracking and other reports. Just a thought.

Alex

 

[aabtahi]

Hey Shawn,

I use Jantek time clocks. You can install the clocks in your locations, daisy chain them and run them to connect to any MS OS (95,98,or W2K) via a com port. Many choices....
Jantek has great reporting.

http://www.timeclocksusa.com

is the place to start. Let me know if you need any help...

Good Luck,
Ashkan

 

[ShawnF]

Cool, thanks for the responses. I've done some searching on my own and I recall going to timeclocksusa. I don't remember that specific clock but I will have to look it up.

Our employees will need a traditional time-clock system since most of them do not work at computers to begin with, and they should not even have access to a PC except for an elite few.

I've been looking at ABC Payroll, National Payroll Services, ADP (won't work on a network), Time Clock Pro by Lathem, and a few others. Nothing is set in stone yet.

Thanks for your help,

Shawn