by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Sep 26, 2011 | New Releases, News
Time Clock MTS version 3.2.4 is being uploaded as I write this blog entry. It includes a fix to the Least Quantity Rounding feature that I didn’t quite fix up properly with the last release of Time Clock MTS. It also includes a new setting on the Interface Settings screen called “No Client Idle”. This stops the Time Clock MTS Client software from entering an idle state 60 seconds after it is started. This idle state was originally designed to stop excessive network traffic and database access but some users have requested that clients be able to update employee status every 60 seconds just like the administrator... read more
by Mark Nemtsas | Sep 26, 2011 | How To, Using the Software
This Time Clock MTS How To Article will show you the four simple steps that you will need to follow in order to pay a given weekday as overtime using the Time Clock MTS tool. Using the tool, you can change the settings to pay your chosen employees overtime on certain days of the week. This is particularly useful if your employee’s employment agreement, pay scale, or union agreement requires a certain weekday (typically Sunday) to be paid as overtime. Here’s the steps to follow to pay all time on a given weekday as overtime: Step 1. Make sure that you are logged into the administrator account, otherwise you will not have access to any of the settings and will not be able to edit employee information. If you have only just downloaded Time Clock MTS, you will need to create a password for the administrator account and log in once it has launched. Step 2. Next, you will need to set the overtime rates so that you are paying the correct amount per hour. This can be different for each employee. In order to set the overtime rates, select one of your employees from the list. Click Employee Maintenance->Edit Selected Employee->Payroll Information. You can then set it using the boxes labelled “OT 1 Rate/hr” and “OT 2 Rate/hr”. Step 3. Click Tools->Options->Overtime Settings to pay a given day as overtime. To do this, select Employee Maintenance->Edit Selected Employee->Payroll Information and select the box next to the particular day that you want to pay as overtime. Each employee can have different pay rate for overtime. You may decide to... read more
by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Sep 16, 2011 | New Releases, News
Just a minor release today with one fix and one change. The fix applies to the “Least Quantity” rounding option on the Payroll Settings screen. Rounding was not correct for clock ins if the time was within 60 seconds of the lower rounding limit. The second change just involves a lot more data logging around the initial database connection period when the software is starting up. This is designed to help debug problems with database... read more
by kathryn@timeclockmts.com | Aug 17, 2011 | New Releases, News
As I write this entry Time Clock MTS Version 3.2.2 is being uploaded to our web-servers. This minor release includes some fixes to the employee image capturing features of the software, a fix to some MySQL database creation code, and a fix to a problem that a recent Windows update caused in many programs (not just Time Clock MTS). Details of the fixes are below: In cases where there was latency in database writes (especially when using SQL Server or MySQL) captured employee images could sometimes become mis-matched with the times they were associated with. This has now been resolved. One user was reporting a case where the image capture directory could not be opened to view captured images. I’ve put in some extra logging to try to work out why this is happening. An error was thrown by anyone upgrading to V3 of the software if they were using the MySQL backend. This has now been fixed. Referenced the backwards compatible ADO type library rather than the ADO 2.5 type library. This is because our main build machine is now a Windows 7 x64 machine with SP1. This problem is documented in this Microsoft KB Article. With direct reference to the last point this is a failing with Service Pack 1 of Windows 7 rather than anything to do with Time Clock MTS. If you install and run our software and receive the error “Error 430 : Class does not support Automation or does not support expected interface” please get in contact with us as soon as possible so we can get to the bottom of the... read more
by Mark Nemtsas | Aug 7, 2011 | Tips and Tricks, Using the Software
One of the more time consuming areas of employee time and attendance tracking is allowing for and recording the events that are outside of the regular process of employees clocking in and out. These sorts of events include employees forgetting to clock in, forgetting to clock out, forgetting to log their breaks, or an administrator recording sick and vacation times. Computerized time clock software like Time Clock MTS cannot escape the need to deal with these sorts of situations any more than manual timeclocks or paper based timesheets can. Where Time Clock MTS excels is that it provides a streamlined process to enter these exceptions and recalculates your payroll in just seconds. While non computerized systems need tedious manual re-calculation which is not only in-efficient but is also prone to error and mis-calculation. I thought it was worthwhile examining some of the time clock exceptions that would require you to use Time Clock MTS to correct your employees timesheets. Missed or Late Time Clock Punches The most common sort of event that requires an employee’s timesheet to be corrected is the missing punch. This will usually be forgetting to clock in at the start of a work day or forgetting to clock out at the end of a work day. The first step to correcting a missing punch is to actually determine if there are missing punches. This is made very simple through the use of the Missing Punches Report. Alternatively if you’ve got employee comments enabled then employees can leave a note when they clock in late or clock out late. For some other methods of detecting if... read more
by Mark Nemtsas | Aug 4, 2011 | News
We’ve just posted up a new page containing 6 timesheet templates that are free to download and use by anyone. These free timesheet templates can be used to record 2 weeks worth of timesheet information for one employee and could then be printed out to give to a supervisor or your payroll department. Alternatively they could be attached to an email and sent that way. Right now we’ve posted up Microsoft Excel Timesheet Templates, Microsoft Word Timesheet Templates, a PDF Timesheet Template, and an Open Document Text Timesheet Template. If you’d like to see any more free timesheet templates in other formats please contact us and let us know. We hope that these simple timesheet templates will be of some use, but you should be aware that manual timesheets like these are not an ideal time and attendance tracking system for any business. They are inefficient, prone to inaccuracy, and often lead to timesheet fraud. Time Clock MTS is a far superior system that allows any Windows based PC in your company to be used to track your employee’s attendance. It’s simple to use, accurate, and can generate your payroll reports in just a matter of seconds. There’s a free 30 day trial available and for very small businesses (track just 3 employees) it can even be used for free... read more
