Posted on 30-Mar-08 by The Timekeeper

Came across this article recently about how some companies are going a bit “greener” by migrating to online paystubs, to reduce their paper usage a bit.

Now, I’m all in favor of going green whenever possible. At my home, we’ve replaced our incandescent light bulbs with CF bulbs everywhere possible. We recycle everything we can. We recently replaced our old ‘fridge and dishwasher with Energy Star compliant models. I drive a car that averages 40 MPG (combined city/highway). Not bragging — I know there are plenty of others who have done much more. I’m just sayin’ we try to do our part for the environment.

So, naturally, I started thinking of other ways offices could go even greener with their payroll processing. And of course, being in the time and attendance industry myself, one of the first things that occurred to me was to encourage more businesses to use computer-based time and attendance tracking software and systems.

The “green” advantages to these systems:

• No more timesheets or time cards. Depending on the system, employees can clock in with a durable badge (could last for years), their fingerprint, a hand-scan, or just by clocking in and out via software installed on their own desktop computer. Less paper wasted, less money spent over time.
• Reduced paperwork. Supervisors can review and approve employee time online. Instead of printing out reports and typing the employee totals in to your payroll software or service, you can instead export time and attendance records directly from the time and attendance system to payroll.

So… using a computer based time and attendance system is more accurate, takes less time, and saves money on supplies. Seems to me this is the kind of “green initiative” almost any company should be able to get behind.

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