Software as a Service (SaaS) Could Be the Solution for Distressed Managers - SaaS.com Features Functionality That Aids With Employee Tardiness Issues

BRIDGEWATER, NJ - July 12, 2007 - WebApps, Inc. a.k.a. SaaS.com, a leading provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) with a major push in Time & Labor Management, allows managers to easily keep track of workforces with a robust automated system. The use of technology to effectively manage employees is important with such human resources issues as employee tardiness becoming more prevalent. According to a recent article written for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) titled, Sorry I'm Late; a Raccoon Stole My Shoe, "employee tardiness plagues employers".

The article highlights the various excuses employees give to justify their tardiness. Some of the excuses the article shared were, "A raccoon stole my work shoe off my porch," and "My dog dialed 911 and the police wanted to question me about what really happened." Although the article was written to be humorous, the issue of employee tardiness is something that needs to be addressed.

The article mentions a survey conducted by CareerBuilder.com/USA Today which found that 16% of employees are late to work at least once a week. Added up over an extended period of time, tardiness can cost an organization significant amounts of money in terms of paying employees for time they are not actually working and the loss of productivity due to later start times.
In fact, recent reports from HR Direct point out that a company of 100 employees could stand to lose nearly $75,000 per year due to absenteeism and tardiness.

Implementing a system such as SaaS.com’s can automate the time collection process and allow managers to create detailed reports on the attendance behaviors of their employees. Specifically, the Late/Early/Absent report can highlight tardy employees and has the functionality to set various parameters. The parameters are flexible and determined by the employer, creating a fair and unbiased work environment. For example, a rule can be established so that employees who are more than five minutes late are highlighted. This allows a manager to capture varying degrees of tardiness. Another detailed report managers can use to increase workforce efficiency is the Dot Board report. This report can provide managers with "real-time" information when the employee clocks in or out and what task or project they are working on. Finally, the Point System allows managers to either reward or discipline their employees based on attendance behavior, curing employee turnover for many organizations. This is the case for Triumph Foods, a 2,300-employee, Missouri-based food processing plant currently using the system. Dan Norman, Director of Information Systems for the organization, stated, "This tool has allowed us to use rules to ensure fairness and prevent mistakes and oversight."

One of the biggest benefits of implementing a system that accurately tracks employee time and attendance behavior is the savings an organization will experience. According to Gartner, workforce management solutions can reduce labor costs by 5-10%. In organizations with a large number of hourly workers, automation also reduces time misappropriations (i.e. long lunches, early departures, and late arrivals), which accounts for up to 4.08 hours a week, as determined by the American Payroll Association. Also, employee knowledge of the fact that attendance information is being recorded and viewed might be a deterrent in and of itself.

About SaaS.com -
Formed in 2001, SaaS.com helps companies deliver both internal and consumer-facing applications as a service that are more intuitive, easier to deploy, and offer lower total cost of ownership. Two distinct business lines include a pre-existing set of Human Resource centric applications that are offered under a private-label model and a pure multi-application, multi-tenant delivery platform that can be coupled with industry-specific business logic or proprietary data to be delivered as a complete SaaS solution - - www.SaaS.com.
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