941 PAYROLL BLOG

How Mobile Time and Labor Helps Your Company Stay Compliant

It’s critical that small business owners understand regulations and create a culture of compliance. Accurate payroll is the foundation for compliance. If you don’t get timekeeping right, it can put you on shaky legal ground with the Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service.

With a mobile time and attendance solution, compliance is a whole lot easier. A mobile system helps you:

  • Track all time for mobile employees, prevent off-the-clock work, and use geofencing for location confirmation
  • Calculate and pay overtime to non-exempt employees
  • Track FMLA and PTO separately and accurately
  • Follow all state and local shift scheduling laws (predictive scheduling, fair work week, stable scheduling, etc.)
  • Comply with rules for final paycheck and unused PTO
  • Classify employees and contractors correctly

Recordkeeping

You could do all the things mentioned previously and still fail this one if you don’t keep good records. When in doubt, don’t throw it out.

  • Keep payroll records for 3 years
  • Keep timesheets, piecework records, wage rate tables, work schedules, and record of additions to or deductions from paychecks for 2 years

A mobile workforce management system has tools to help with all of these!

How Mobile Time and Labor Helps Your Company Grow

Automating mobile workforce management will save money and time that would be better spent on things that generate revenue and help you expand your business. Unlocking value from mobile workforce management isn’t just about time and money, though. With the right solution, employers can also reduce their compliance risk and boost employee retention–both of which are essential for growth.

To recap, here are some specific ways mobile time and labor can help your business grow:

  1. Reduce administrative costs
  2. Lower the risk of a compliance violation that could set you back financially and tarnish your reputation
  3. Improve employee scheduling which elevates customer service, increases customer loyalty and boosts word-of-mouth advertising
  4. Avoid overtime and hours fraud (buddy punching, timecard manipulation)
  5. Establish trust between employees and management
  6. Generate labor data for better business decisions

Ready to grow your business with the only mobile time and labor solution designed for the mission critical needs of your small business? Call us now! Call 941 Payroll today at (877) 941-9419.