I Slash Labor Costs. What's Your Superpower?
The article promotes WorkforceHub by Swipeclock as an HR tool that significantly reduces labor costs for business owners by eliminating employee time theft through biometric time clocks and schedule enforcement, thereby saving money without harming productivity or morale.
Business owners don’t always look to the HR department for superhuman cost-cutting. But there has never been a better time to do it. HR managers can save business owners big money with the right tools.
WorkforceHub from Swipeclock has those tools. Reduce labor expenses without sacrificing anything. Not productivity. Not employee morale. Quite the contrary—it saves money and boosts morale at the same time.
I Decimate Labor Costs. What’s Your Superpower?
WorkforceHub saves money by reducing labor costs. Since a large part of your budget is spent on wages and benefits, it’s a logical place to cut the fat. Let’s look at three ways WorkforceHub cuts labor costs.
WorkforceHub Eliminates Time Theft
Employee time theft can cripple labor budgets. But with WorkforceHub and a biometric time clock, it can be virtually eliminated. When an employee misrepresents more hours than actually worked, he or she steals time. There are several different methods:
- Padding hours on a paper timesheet
- Clocking in earlier than authorized
- Clocking out later than authorized
- Failing to clock out for unpaid breaks and meals
- A co-worker punching in for an employee who is not working
Employees can steal time with any system that doesn’t have safeguards. With an automated system, it can be done by punching in earlier or punching out later than authorized. This extends the shift longer than authorized by the employer or manager.
Employees can buddy punch by sharing their system pass codes, swipe cards, or fobs. Early punch ins and late punch outs are the “Latte Factor” of wage theft. That $8 timesheet padding adds up when committed by many workers daily.
A buddy puncher is a burglar who steals your 75-inch flat screen while you are in the other room. A couple of buddy punchers can really wreck your labor budget—even if they only do it a couple times a month.
The schedule enforcement tools in WorkforceHub let managers block unauthorized punches. A biometric time clock requires a biological identifier that staff members cannot counterfeit.
Cut Overtime Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
The average small organization can save $18,700 in overtime expenses with the overtime tools in WorkforceHub.
- Set auto-alerts for straight time hours thresholds
- Find best-fit straight time employees to take over when overtime employees punch out
- Forecasting tools help supervisors develop schedules that limit overtime without sacrificing productivity
WorkforceHub Lowers Employee Turnover
There is no downside to reducing employee attrition. It saves money while increasing the experience level of your workforce. This, in turns, boosts productivity and workforce proficiency.
This is from the Center for American Progress:
“The cost of turnover for positions earning less than $30,000 annually is 16 percent of an employee’s annual salary.”
Why do employees quit? The inability to control their schedule is a big reason. Burnout due to understaffed shifts is another.
Overstaffing can drive personnel away, also. It leads to low commissions for hourly+commission positions. It often leads to boredom for call center agents and production workers.
WorkforceHub Solves Scheduling Problems That Increase Turnover
WorkforceHub with TimeSimplicity completely transforms your schedule management. Not only will you create schedules faster and easier—you will be able to reduce labor costs with smarter scheduling. Forecasting tools help schedulers minimize over- and understaffing. When there is an unexpected coverage gap, you will be able to fill it quickly with the most appropriate employee.
Let Employees Handle Shift Trades
The online shift trade board gives employees more control over their schedule. They are able to easily switch shifts and pick up additional hours. And they can do it all from any location with a mobile device.
Upgrade Today
Swipeclock offers WorkforceHub, the powerful, fully-integrated WorkforceHub that makes it easy to optimize the performance of your managers, employees, and company.
WorkforceHub includes TimeWorksPlus, TimeSimplicity, and TimeWorks Mobile. WorkforceHub is developed for busy employers like you who need to streamline scheduling, automate time and attendance tracking, maintain regulatory compliance, and decrease labor costs.
We can get you up and running with WorkforceHub immediately. Contact us today to request a demo.
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