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What You Should Know About Labor Compliance and Time Tracking
Labor compliance is high stakes. Discover how time tracking helps you avoid legal, operational, and financial risks and protect every hour worked.
Read the article5 Things to Look for in Healthcare Time and Attendance Software
From compliance to staffing, see how the right healthcare time and attendance software keeps your teams running smoothly without the extra admin work.
Read the articleTime Tracking Spreadsheets vs. Software: Pros, Cons, and More
Learn the pros and cons of using a time tracking spreadsheet vs. software. Discover which tool fits your team and how to upgrade effectively.
Read the articleManual vs. Automated Employee Scheduling: What’s Best for your Organization?
Read the articleEmployee Scheduling Software: What Every Small Business Needs to Know
If you’re a small business owner, you have your fair share of good days and bad. Imagine this: It’s 98 degrees. Your pizza food truck is at the biggest summer festival in your city, with a line stretching halfway around the block. The smell of burnt crust fills the air, the generator randomly quits. Two...
Read the articleHow to Prevent Time Theft (Buddy Punching, Ghost Shifts, and More)
Labor is one of the largest expenses and investments in your organization. So when employees are paid for time they didn’t actually work, the cost adds up fast. Time theft, whether intentional or accidental, can derail budgets (costing up to 20% of every dollar), frustrate managers, and erode trust across teams. But it’s also preventable. With...
Read the articleA Guide to Time and Attendance Tracking Systems
Once upon a time, keeping track of employee hours wasn’t needed — when work was from sunup to sundown. Since the start of industrialization and factory assembly lines, however, organizations have needed a time and attendance tracking system to manage employee workloads. Time tracking is even more important now than it was two centuries ago....
Read the articleEverything You Need to Know About Job Costing
Nobody likes losing out on margin that they’ve earned fairly. Accurate job costing is an uncompromisable element in forecasting, planning, and budgeting efficiently. Yet you may still struggle with job costing, especially when your organization is stuck with: Understanding how job costing works can help you create a better system that takes work off your...
Read the articleTypes of Work Schedules for Your Employee Scheduling Strategy
When a hospital can’t fill overnight shifts, patients go longer before getting the care they need. If a retail store is understaffed during peak hours, sales slip. When a police department struggles to spread coverage in a city, emergencies take longer to respond to. Catching our drift here? How you schedule your workforce directly impacts...
Read the articleA Step-by-Step Guide on How to Calculate Hours Worked
Calculating hours worked isn’t as easy as pulling up a calculator and adding numbers. If you’re in charge of time tracking, you know it calls for precision and patience. And each employee’s hours chart presents multiple opportunities for errors and slip-ups, every single pay period. Pay miscalculations through inaccurate hour calculations can lead to compliance...
Read the articleWhy You Should Upgrade From Online Timesheet Software
Tracking employee hours with spreadsheets or paper timesheets is like using a flip phone to take a photo — sure, it works, but it won’t give you the clearest picture. While manual time tracking systems suffice as a short-term or quick-fix solution, they quickly create bottlenecks. Because they’re not centrally synced or easy to interact...
Read the articleHow to Schedule Employees in Higher Education — The Complete Guide
Learn best practices to improve employee scheduling for higher ed faculty, staff, and student workers and why employee scheduling software can help.
Read the articleWhat to Know About Employee Scheduling in Hospitality
Discover how to improve employee scheduling in hospitality with strategies that maintain compliance, reduce retention and improve guest and employee experiences.
Read the articleWhat is Time Theft? (Plus 7 Examples)
Time theft is more common and costly than you think. Discover what it is, how it happens, and how time theft could be draining your organization’s resources.
Read the articleEverything You Need to Know About Online Timesheets
Timesheets do more than track hours—they impact your payroll, compliance, and profits. Learn how to choose the right timesheet system and avoid costly mistakes.
Read the articleHow to Schedule Employees in Healthcare — The Definitive Guide
Optimize employee scheduling in healthcare with best practices to improve efficiency, compliance, and employee satisfaction.
Read the articleEmployee Scheduling Software – A Comprehensive Buyer’s Guide
Learn how to choose employee scheduling software with the right features, pricing, and integrations to meet your company’s unique workforce needs.
Read the articleEverything You Need to Know About a Firefighter Work Schedule
Discover all you need to know about a firefighter work schedule, from 24-hour shifts to Kelly Days, and how employee scheduling software can help.
Read the articleWhat is a 2-2-3 Schedule and How Does it Work?
Learn everything you need to know about a 2-2-3 schedule, how it works, its pros and cons, and how employee scheduling software can simplify the process.
Read the articleEverything You Need to Know About Employee Time Tracking Software
Learn what time & attendance tracking software is, how it works, why organizations use it to boost productivity, and the key features and benefits in our in-depth guide.
Read the articleThe Benefits of Integrating Employee Scheduling and Time Tracking Software
Discover why integrating employee scheduling and time tracking software for your organization boosts efficiency, accuracy, and maintains compliance.
Read the articleWhy Your Organization Needs Employee Time Tracking Software
Employee time tracking is critical for today’s organizations, but manual time tracking is outdated. Learn why your organization needs time tracking software.
Read the articleEmployee Time Tracking — Ultimate Guide to Boost Workforce Efficiency
Discover how employee time tracking boosts accuracy, maintains compliance, and increases efficiency. Learn best practices and benefits for your organization.
Read the articleThe Best Employee Scheduling Software Options in 2025: A Review of Features, Pros & Cons
Read the articleA Guide To Employee Scheduling: Definition, Examples & Best Practices
Discover what employee scheduling is and why it matters to your organization. Learn the benefits, challenges, and scheduling tools to boost your organization's efficiency.
Read the articleWhat are the Top Seven Benefits of a Leave Management System?
Simplify leave tracking with the right leave management system. Learn how these tools optimize leave processes, boost efficiency, and ensure legal compliance.
Read the articleBuilding Shift Schedules: A Complete Guide for Modern Organizations
Learn how to build smarter shift schedules for your organization’s employees with tips, strategies, and tools.
Read the articleThe Top 13 Employee Scheduling Mistakes And How to Fix Them
Employee scheduling mistakes can impact productivity and compliance. Learn the top workforce scheduling errors and the best practices to improve employee scheduling.
Read the articleWhy Your Organization Needs Employee Scheduling Software
Employee scheduling is critical for today’s organizations, but manual scheduling is outdated. Learn why your organization needs employee scheduling software.
Read the articleWhat is a Rotating Shift Schedule?
Everything you need to know about rotating shifts, from common types to industry use, plus benefits and pitfalls to avoid when creating rotating shift work.
Read the articleWhat Is An Employee Leave of Absence: Everything You Need To Know
Discover everything you need to know about employee leave of absence and how to maintain compliance and operational efficiency.
Read the articleThe Ultimate Guide to Employee Leave Management
Discover how effective leave management boosts efficiency, maintains compliance, and enhances employee satisfaction with best practices and strategies.
Read the articleStreamline higher education payroll & scheduling with TimeClock Plus & Ellucian
TCP seamlessly integrates with Ellucian Ethos, Banner, and Colleague.
Watch the webinarKey features of TimeClock Plus time-tracking solution
Key features include time-tracking, job cost allocation, and leave management.
Watch the webinarHumanity: Dynamic employee scheduling software
Eliminate scheduling & staffing errors, reduce labor costs, and mitigate compliance concerns.
Watch the webinarAladtec: Public safety employee scheduling
Aladtec is a cloud-based scheduling and workforce management solution specifically for public safety agencies.
Watch the webinarStreamlining workforce management with integration of Humanity scheduling and TimeClock Plus time tracking
Move away from siloed scheduling and time-tracking systems and see how TCP's integrated solution offers shift trading, compliance management, and payroll integration.
Watch the webinarHow to control overtime: 5 tips for healthcare centers
Managing overtime is crucial for healthcare, impacting costs and staff well-being. Explore these strategies to optimize scheduling, compliance, and efficiency.
Watch the webinarUnlocking the power of Aladtec’s shift bidding
Aladtec's shift bidding streamlines scheduling, ensuring fairness, compliance, efficiency, and reducing administrative workload for organizations.
Watch the webinarAddressing top staffing concerns of small to midsize healthcare practices
Challenges in healthcare staffing can be solved with the right workforce management solution that reduces burnout, ensures compliance, and enhances patient care quality.
Watch the webinarTop 3 reasons K-12 schools have payroll errors
The biggest challenges encountered with K-12 school payroll - and how TimeClock Plus can help solve them.
Watch the webinarYou have options for time & attendance and scheduling software
Exclusive webinar with our CEO and COO about the landscape of time & attendance and employee scheduling solutions and what makes TCP stand apart.
Watch the webinarBest practices for effective leave management
Discover best practices for effective leave management to create an efficient workflow using TimeClock Plus.
Watch the webinarGloucester County EMS expands and thrives with automated scheduling
EMS uses Aladtec to scale operations and improve efficiency with automated scheduling.
Read the customer storyNJIT improves workforce management with TimeClock Plus
TimeClock Plus' automated time tracking helps the institute enhance workforce management, compliance, and efficiency.
Read the customer storyFarmer’s Building, Feed & Garden Supply switches to TimeClock Plus for time tracking support
TimeClock Plus provides Farmer's an ideal solution through time clocks, geofencing, and payroll integration.
Read the customer storyItawamba Community College enhanced their time tracking process for hourly and student workers
TimeClock Plus offers the college advanced time tracking capabilities and seamless payroll integration.
Read the customer storyAtrium Health Carolinas Simulation Center reduces time spent on employee scheduling by 50%
Center uses Humanity to cut employee scheduling time by 50% and improve communications.
Read the customer storyCyprus Duty Free achieves just-right scheduling and better employee experiences with Humanity
Retailer optimizes scheduling and enhances employee experiences with Humanity's automated solutions.
Read the customer storyPasco County School District manages labor costs and FLSA compliance with TimeClock Plus
TimeClock Plus helps school district with record keeping, FLSA compliance, payroll, and visibility into employee time.
Read the customer storyTucson Unified School District launches TimeClock Plus in two weeks
The District rapidly deploys TimeClock Plus after a ransomware attack, helping get their timekeeping and payroll back up to speed.
Read the customer storyCraven Community College improves timesheet process with TCP Software
Community College saves a week of productivity each month with TimeClock Plus automated time tracking software.
Read the customer storyAuburn Career Center simplifies employee scheduling with Aladtec
The Center uses Aladtec's customized scheduling modules to simplify employee scheduling.
Read the customer storyManassas Park Fire & Rescue augments scheduling efficiency with Aladtec
Aladtec has empowered the department to have more visibility and control over scheduling, while also saving time.
Read the customer storyWinding Waters Community Health Center achieves 5x growth via Humanity Sche
Health Center uses Humanity to streamline scheduling and help achieve 5x growth.
Read the customer storyDenton Police Department improves workforce oversight with ScheduleAnywhere
Police Department relies on ScheduleAnywhere to streamline scheduling, track hours, and manage overtime.
Read the customer storyEl Dorado County Probation enhances workforce management with ScheduleAnywhere
Probation department transforms workforce management by simplifying scheduling with ScheduleAnywhere.
Read the customer storyFirelands Regional Medical Center simplifies scheduling with ScheduleAnywhere
Medical center improved labor cost tracking, optimized staffing, and ensured compliance with ScheduleAnywhere's solutions.
Read the customer storyOswego Health streamlines nurse scheduling with ScheduleAnywhere
How ScheduleAnywhere’s automated solutions help one nonprofit health care system improve scheduling practices.
Read the customer storyRusk County Sheriff’s improves staff schedule access with ScheduleAnywhere
Sheriff’s office improves scheduling, reduces manual errors, and streamlines overtime management, creating more efficiency.
Read the customer storyTalbot County Sheriff’s Department improves workforce management with ScheduleAnywhere
Sheriff's department reduces administrative tasks, enhances overtime management with ScheduleAnywhere’s automated solutions.
Read the customer storyTruman State University’s DPS gains better access to staff schedules with ScheduleAnywhere
One public safety department improves accountability with streamlined scheduling, better time tracking, and fewer errors.
Read the customer storyWarrensburg Police Department optimizes scheduling with ScheduleAnywhere
Police department demonstrates team support by simplifying scheduling with ScheduleAnywhere.
Read the customer storyOPTIONS cuts their payroll processing time in half with Humanity
How one organization leverages Humanity's automated solutions to improve workforce management and staff satisfaction.
Read the customer storyDollywood Parks & Resorts leverages Humanity’s scheduling solutions
Dollywood takes attendance tracking and shift changes from a time consuming process to an effortless improvement with Humanity.
Read the customer storyHow CNN cut scheduling time by 88% with Humanity Schedule
When it became impossible to create consistency in an inconsistent environment, one news organization turned to Humanity.
Read the customer storyStephen F. Austin State University steps up payroll workflow with TCP Software
State university turns ad-hoc reporting into an automated process for payroll and leave with TimeClock Plus.
Read the customer storyTexas Tech University improves timekeeping system for 20K employees with TCP Software
TimeClock Plus provides university a timekeeping system for use across its diverse campuses.
Read the customer storyMaryland Department of Public Safety expedites Workday integration with TCP Software
DPSCS replaces patchwork time-tracking systems and paper timecards with TimeClock Plus.
Read the customer storyWicomico County turns to TCP Software for attendance automation
One county uses TimeClock Plus to migrate to the cloud, becoming instrumental in managing its workforce remotely.
Read the customer storyAutism Plus improves employee work-life balance with Humanity Schedule
Humanity's integration with Workday prevented this non-profit's employees from using manual timecards.
Read the customer storyJasper County Board of Education improves payroll process with TCP Software
How one board of education uses TimeClock Plus to manage schedules, track hours, and simplify payroll.
Read the customer storyEdina Public Schools uses TCP Software for on time, accurate timesheets
School district improves its timesheet processing by 100% with TimeClock Plus.
Read the customer storyCentury Care Management doubled on-time submission of timesheets with TCP Software
Implementing payroll-based timesheets for 900 employees required TimeClock Plus for one nursing residency.
Read the customer storyLife Link III saves 40 hours a month after switching to Aladtec
One rapid response agency describes how Aladtec impacted time savings they now experience for the better.
Read the customer storyKenCom 911 Simplifies Scheduling and Improves Staff Connectedness with Aladtec
See how KenCom Public Safety Dispatch improved scheduling, communication, and efficiency with Aladtec.
Read the customer storyRiver Falls Police Department monitors staffing and certifications with Aladtec
Discover how this police department enhanced staffing, patrol logs, and certifications with Aladtec.
Read the customer storyHow Poor Workforce Scheduling Costs Healthcare Companies Millions (and What to Do about It)
Effective employee scheduling is a multi-faceted challenge for the modern healthcare organization. The process needs to balance seemingly irreconcilable factors: the consistent, yet dynamic need for patient care, the diverse skill sets of specialized professionals, their availability requests and preferences, as well as flexibility toward often unexpected circumstances. Still, many medical enterprises rely on legacy...
Read the blogAre You Staffed Adequately for the Vacation Season
It’s that time of the year again—your staff members are getting excited about their travel and vacation plans, while managers find they need to re-evaluate staffing needs for the upcoming season.
Read the blogHow to Streamline the Shift Trading Process
Allowing employees to trade shifts lifts the burden from managers and scheduling administrators, positioning both sides as partners in ensuring full shift coverage. However, when employees are left to their own devices, shift trades are arranged informally—in break rooms, during private conversations, or via other unofficial communication channels—without managers kept in the loop. In some...
Read the blogHow to Keep Employee Turnover under Control
Hiring new employees is not as easy or affordable as it once was. Gone are the days where an employer could post a job online, sit back and see a steady stream of high-quality applications come in automatically. Thanks to the surge in online job boards, employer review sites like Glassdoor, and record-low unemployment rates, the...
Read the blogWhy Employee Scheduling Software is a Valuable Enterprise Investment
To drive profits and gain or maintain competitive advantage, modern businesses need to be efficient and deliver high-quality services and products—ensuring availability to customers at all times. This requires streamlined workforce management, which means that companies need to forecast labor requirements and create smart, error-free schedules. The only way to achieve this is to integrate...
Read the blog5 Tips for Creating a Perfect Nurse Schedule
Of all the industries in which employee scheduling demands are very involved and complex, putting together work schedules for nurses stands in a league of its own in terms of the challenges that are presented to schedulers.
Read the blogThe Complete Guide to Reducing Employee Absences
Employee absenteeism is a significant source of concern—and expense—for businesses both large and small.
Read the blogGoogle Docs Employee Schedule Template: Create an 8 Hour Shift Schedule for 5 Days a Week
Here’s how to create a basic 8-hour shift schedule for 5 days a week in a spreadsheet.
Read the blogWhy Flexible Work Schedules are Beneficial for Both Employees and Employers
When discussing benefits that employees crave most, the ability to work more flexible schedules regularly appears at the top of many wishlists.
Read the blogWorking Around the Clock: 24/7 Shift Schedule Template
Having a business that is operating 24/7 is no longer uncommon in this day and age.
Read the blogJob Burnout Prevention Guide: 10 Ways to Keep Your Most Valuable Employees On the Job
Employee burnout occurs when an employee experiences extreme exhaustion. It is often the result of an employee experiencing both physical and mental stress for a prolonged period of time.
Read the blog20 Tips for Managing Hourly Employees and Keeping Them Engaged
It’s important to recognize that part-time and hourly workers are a very significant and integral part of the workforce and that they should be treated as such.
Read the blog4 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring Seasonal Workers
Hiring seasonal workers is a cost-effective management strategy for both small business owners and large chain stores. But just like any business strategy, it's one that can easily go wrong if you aren’t being careful about implementing it.
Read the blogRemote Management: How to Keep Your Remote Workers Connected
There are many challenges that come with managing people who are working from a distance.
Read the blogWhy Poor Employee Retention Is So Expensive
Even though employee turnover is such a obvious and serious issue, there are many business owners who still underestimate the financial ramifications of constantly losing and then having to replace employees.
Read the blog4 Tips for Stress-Free Employee Vacation Management
Poor leave management can lead to losing both customers and employees.
Read the blogHow Hospitality Employee Scheduling Software Helps Hotel Management
Scheduling staff for multiple positions across different shifts each night is a daunting task for managers and business owners in the hospitality industry.
Read the blogHow Manufacturing Employee Scheduling Software Can Help Your Business Succeed
Although most manufacturers have adapted automation when it comes to human resources and payroll management, it is surprising how many plants and facilities have yet to bring their shift scheduling management out of the dark ages.
Read the blogHow Transportation Employee Scheduling Software Can Help Your Company
As a staff scheduler in the transportation industry, the scheduling process can be time-consuming and costly.
Read the blogUsing Education Employee Scheduling Software to Better Schedule Teachers
As an educator, your time is valuable. You have a lot to keep track of and you may have to teach too.
Read the blogHow Healthcare Employee Scheduling Software Can Help Hospitals
Working in healthcare is one of the most stressful jobs on the planet, why complicate it any further?
Read the blog5 Better Motivators Than Raises for Improving Employee Retention
What can you do as an employer to keep employees happy and wanting to continue working with you outside of simply throwing more money at them periodically? Here are some ideas.
Read the blog5 Tips for Retaining Your Best Nurses
How can you make sure that your best nurses want to stay with you? How do you keep the leaders of your nursing staff happy, fulfilled and excited about coming to work every day? It’s difficult, no doubt, but not impossible.
Read the blogCommon and Costly Payroll Mistakes Restaurant Owners Make
Looking to streamline your payroll process and reduce your chances of making errors that could slowly but surely run your restaurant into the ground? Then be on the lookout for these classic mistakes that restaurant owners very commonly make when trying to run payroll independently.
Read the blogA Guide to Hiring Seasonal Employees Properly
It’s that time of the year again. Businesses all around the country are getting ready to hire thousands of seasonal employees from now until January to deal with the increased demands of the holiday season, especially in retail.
Read the blogHow Moving Your Shift Planning to the Cloud Can Make Shift Trades a Breeze
As a small business owner, you know that shift trading is a necessary part of doing business. Your team member may have a doctor’s appointment and be unable to report to work. They may have a family emergency or even car trouble. They may need another job to support their family. Or, there may be a...
Read the blogIt Has Become Easy And Accessible For North East Centre of Community Society to Manage Their Staff With Humanity
North East Centre of Community Society (The Genesis Centre) in Alberta Canada was started to serve the sport, recreation, educational and cultural needs of the northeast. The Genesis Centre is a wonderful one of a kind facility based on Community and Wellness. This facility was founded on the dream of volunteers in the surrounding communities to...
Read the blogHumanity’s Online Scheduling Application Has Made It Easy For Plainfield Public Library to Manage Distributed Staff
Plainfield Public Library is the award-winning library serving Plainfield’s residential, educational, and business communities through a central 45,000sq. feet facility that is open six days and four evenings a week. Through inter-local agreements, the Library also serves residents of many neighboring towns. The library has 40 full-time employees and more than 50 volunteers. The staff...
Read the blogHamline University’s Helpdesk Looks to Humanity for Help with Staff Scheduling
Hamline University’s ITS Helpdesk started in 2001 with 16 employees to act as a “middleman” between the full-time technicians and users. They are students’ first contact for assistance with technical issues and requests. Since the department’s single-focused beginning, it has grown to support a wide range of issues from users across the University community. The...
Read the blogOptimizing workforce demand: A seasonal staffing guide
Not all times of the year are created equal regarding staffing for certain industries. While any industry can have season-specific staff needs, hospitality, and retail sectors historically thrive during specific timeframes of the year and hire additional staff best to serve the anticipated influx of guests and customers. With the right processes and technology solutions...
Download the guideA guide to employee breaks: Understanding complex laws, costly penalties, smart business
Meal and rest breaks are a big deal. More than 20 states have laws requiring them, employees are more productive because of them, and we all may have stronger memory and performance when we take them. When they’re skipped or shortened, there are consequences—potentially costly ones for employers, depending on the state. In this eBook,...
Download the guideManufacturers: 8 Strategies for Managing Your Workforce Amid a Persistent Labor Shortage
Lessen the impact of labor shortages and improve everyday workforce management functions for better efficiency with time, attendance & scheduling software
Download the guideWorkforce Management Software Buyer’s Guide for Government Agencies
TCP guides you through key steps to help identify what to consider and who needs to be involved when selecting WFM software for state and local governments
Download the guideGuide to Workforce Management Software for Healthcare
A time and attendance solution is often the first step for healthcare centers looking to improve workforce management. Whether due to frustrations with manual timekeeping, difficulty in generating accurate reports, or a broader leadership goal of working more efficiently, adopting digital workforce management tools is a smart move. These solutions aren’t just for large health...
Download the guideEverything You Need to Know About Workforce Management for Higher Education
Download this eBook to learn the specific workforce management challenges higher education institutions face and how our TimeClock Plus software can help.
Download the guideEverything You Need to Know About Workforce Management for Governments
Download this eBook to learn the specific workforce management challenges state & local governments face and how our TimeClock Plus software can help.
Download the guide7 Challenges Facing HR Professionals in Healthcare
Download our e-book to discover seven of the top challenges facing healthcare HR teams and some fresh ideas for addressing them.
Download the guideWorkforce Management Software Buyer’s Guide for Government
TCP guides you through key steps to help identify what to consider and who needs to be involved when selecting WFM software for state and local governments
Download the guideGuide to Managing Labor Law Compliance
Effectively managing your workforce requires understanding and following legal requirements for hiring, scheduling and paying your employees.
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