It is widespread across virtually all industries.

 

Many of the time theft offences can seem petty and minor. Most managers would protest a 90-minute lunch instead of an hour, but what difference does being 5 minutes late make, anyway?

 

An employee paid the National Living Wage would cost you approximately 68p (£0.68) in pay awarded for not working for 5 minutes. Multiply this up by the  number of employees you have, or by how much longer than 5 minutes they are absent, and you have a larger number than you might have expected. 

 

What’s more it is all too easy to imagine employee complacency spreading (because what does 5 minutes matter? Nobody has said anything). Soon they’re coming in 5 minutes late on Monday mornings and leaving 5 minutes early on Fridays. 

 

Their time theft just doubled!

 

Hopefully, this has helped you to better understand the implications of time theft on your business. 

 

Time theft is not only a monetary wasting issue, it can also become a morale issue. To stop it from happening, you need a happy, engaged workforce who do not feel trapped by draconian timing policies. 

 

It is also helpful to invest in a method of time monitoring which cannot easily be falsified or swapped between employees. 

 

Time and Attendance Southern offers a biometric clocking terminal with clocking options of varying security, up to 3-factor authentication of smartcard, PIN and biometrics. The biometrics offered are a hand scanner or a fingerprint scanner. 

 

The hand scanner terminal captures an image of the hand each time the employee punches. The hand’s size and the shape are used to verify their identity with unparalleled accuracy. No finger or palm prints are utilized. 

 

The biometric fingerprint reader is designed to give absolute peace of mind that the correct person was present when scanning. Once registered on the fingerprint scanner, the image of the patterns usually found on the fingertip is converted into a code through a secure algorithm, which is then stored on the system database for future comparison and authentication. 

 

To learn more about our secure and affordable biometric time and attendance systems, please give our dedicated team a ring and they will be happy to help you with any queries.