WorkforceHub Has Cost-Cutting Superpowers

Dec 26, 2018
WorkforceHub

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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 employers 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 didn’t say it had superpowers for nothing!)

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.

Stop Wage 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 supervisors block unauthorized punches. A biometric time clock requires a biological identifier that workers cannot counterfeit.

WorkforceHub Cuts Overtime Expenses

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 create schedules that limit overtime without sacrificing productivity

Lower Employee Attrition

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.” https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CostofTurnover.pdf

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 team members 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.

Contact Swipeclock for information regarding WorkforceHub? UPGRADE TODAY

Swipeclock offers WorkforceHub, the unified Human Resources portal that makes it easy to optimize the performance of your supervisors, employees, and organization.

WorkforceHub includes TimeWorksPlus, TimeSimplicity, and TimeWorks Mobile. We’ve just added onboarding, benefits enrollment, performance reviews, and employee engagement! WorkforceHub is designed for busy employers like you who need to streamline scheduling, automate time and attendance tracking, maintain regulatory compliance, and reduce labor costs.

We can get you up and running with WorkforceHub immediately. Contact us today to request a demo.

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