What is employee scheduling software?

Employee scheduling software is an automated, interactive solution for employee scheduling and communications. It is designed to streamline all the daily processes that go into scheduling, such as: Creating, filling, and publishing the schedule Checking against employee availability and qualifications Ensuring proper coverage on all shifts Making shift edits on the fly Filling call offs with available and qualified staff Handling shift swaps Communicating ongoing shift changes, updates, and reminders Identifying and clearing schedule conflicts, such as being double-booked or violating fatigue rules Ensuring employee self-service and 24/7 access to schedules, shift communications, and time off requests High-quality employee scheduling software solutions, like Humanity and Aladtec, are designed to flex to your organization’s unique needs, no matter how complex your positions, locations, and shift structures or rotations.

What are the benefits of employee scheduling software?

Employee scheduling software has many benefits, including: Automating scheduling and communications Taking the guesswork out of coverage, making it easy to fill gaps Becoming an employer of choice Controlling costs Handling daily schedule changes with ease Mitigating compliance risk In fact, our customers experience a return on investment (ROI) of eight to 10 times the cost of their TCP solution within just four months. But don’t take our word for it. Reach out to get your free ROI analysis, using your own business metrics and costs.

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Automated time tracking and employee scheduling for construction

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Drive tighter processes, budgets, and team cohesion

Workforce decisions can make or break a project budget, but disjointed job costing, a remote workforce, and labor laws and union rules can make it hard to get time right. TCP automates construction time tracking and employee scheduling, so you can manage labor, profitability, and business efficiency across multiple sites.

Manage workforce complexity and simplify scheduling

Simplify job costing and project tracking

Construction labor must be allocated to the correct codes for proper labor tracking, reporting, and invoicing, and crews must be able to quickly switch codes as they switch between jobs and equipment throughout the day.

Accurately allocate work to your unique job codes for sites, tasks, equipment, and more, and enable crew to easily switch between codes for accurate billing and reporting with With TCP’s TimeClock Plus automated time tracking software.

Get accurate, efficient time tracking across remote sites

Many construction companies use manual methods for time tracking. With TCP’s TimeClock Plus, you can eliminate paper-based timesheets. Our flexible, easy-to-use time collection options—including mobile with geofencing/ geolocation and kiosks—ensure accurate timekeeping from anywhere.

Keep budgets on track with new visibility into labor

Keep overtime in check and reallocate labor when needed with labor standards and real-time analytics on jobs, productivity, overtime, and more.

Automate scheduling

Auto-fill optimized schedules to ensure the right mix of crew for each site.

Drive growth with efficient business processes

Automate payroll and schedule communications, attach files to shifts, and get real-time exceptions reporting for late punches, long shifts, missed breaks, and more.

Mitigate compliance risk

Adhere to labor laws and union agreements with our rules engines for overtime, fatigue rules, meal breaks, accruals, and more.

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Frequently asked questions

Learn answers to common questions about construction time tracking software and employee scheduling tools.

What is construction time tracking software?

Construction time tracking software is the software program used to accurately and efficiently handle all time and attendance processes for both employees and employers, including:

Timekeeping across complex payroll, overtime, and compliance rules and flexible time collection devices
Complete leave and absence management, including accruals and accrual forecasting
Labor tracking and job costing

Why are construction time tracking software and scheduling tools important?

Construction time tracking software and scheduling tools help businesses accurately track labor, boost profitability, and drive efficient business processes across remote teams. Construction time tracking software is even more powerful with used together with dynamic employee scheduling. Combined benefits include:

Simplifying job costing
Accurate, efficient time tracking across remote sites
Mitigating compliance risk
Boosting productivity and controlling costs
Driving growth with efficient business processes
Gaining new visibility into labor and budgets

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