Q & A: Workforce Management Software

Standard Time®
This series of questions and answers is intended to help you understand our workforce management software products.  It will discuss the basics of Standard Time, giving you a feeling for the product's capabilities.  We hope you'll research it further.  You can download the software onto your own servers, or sign up for a free personal demonstration.

Q: What does the software do?
A: In a nutshell, Standard Time lets you create projects representing the work your employees do.  Projects and tasks are displayed on employee timesheets where they track time to them.  Employees can request time off, which also shows in their timesheet.  There's more, but this is the basics.

Q: How do you manage the workforce?
A: Workforce management is primarily related to projects and tasks.  At the time of this writing in 2008, Standard Time does not manage shift requirements, employee shifts, or daily scheduled hours.  It is strictly focused on projects and tasks, which you can assign to employees.  Workforce management also includes time off requests, which managers can research and approve.  Employee timesheets show this project time and time off.

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Workforce Management Software

Q: How is paid time off handled
A: Employees may submit time off for any reason you have established.  There are defaults, but you can edit them or add new ones.  Each employee has a time off bank for each reason, and they can accrue more time weekly, monthly, or yearly.  Employees can check their bank, and submit requests for time off.  Managers approve time off, and hours are subtracted from the bank.  Compensatory time (comp time) may be accrued based on extra hours from the previous week's timesheet.

Q: Does Standard Time calculate payroll?
A: Yes, payroll is based on timesheet hours.  Each employee is responsible to fill out their weekly timesheet, which can be used to calculate payroll.  The software also has the ability to calculate client billing rates for each project based on employee work.

If you'd like a demo of the workforce management capabilities, please contact us.  We'd be happy to answer your specific questions.  Good luck!