Time & attendance software is used by companies and HR departments to simplify time tracking. These solutions manage company time and attendance data by automatically calculating all hours worked as well as vacation time, holidays, sick days, and overtime. Time & attendance solutions offer a variety of methods for clocking in and out including clocks, web, phones, and tablets, to name a few. Some solutions might provide added features including scheduling and visibility into overtime causes and trends. Meanwhile, some time & attendance tools also offer employee self-service portals for employee visibility into all timecard details. Although time & attendance tools are often included as built-in features in workforce management software, which helps companies optimize workforce efforts, these solutions should not be confused. Time & attendance systems typically integrate with payroll software or payroll services providers to export all employee attendance data.

To qualify for inclusion in the Time & Attendance category, a product must:

• Centralize all time & attendance data
• Include tools to process employee time & attendance including hours worked, overtime, paid time off, sick days, and holidays
• Analyze key labor force metrics
• Improve accuracy and eliminate employee attendance-related payroll errors