Clocking software lets employees have shift changed a day in advance

West Midlands Police is trying to manage resources in the face of spending cuts since the new Government has not ring-fenced law and order for special protection. West Midlands hopes a new programme of ten local policing units will help the force save about £50 million, or eight per cent of budget, over three years. If cuts do threaten the number of officers on the beat, senior officers acknowledged it was important to convince the public that behind the scenes roles such as computer crime are equally as important as visible patrols.

Operating on reduced budgets or staff will be made easier with Time and Attendance Midlands clocking solutions. Using a smart card or key fob, employees book time against production jobs to produce a fully costed analysis and breakdown of time spent on each one. Unique ways in which you can customise working patterns with the software include Shift Swapping – here employees may have their shift for a particular day changed in advance. With Shift Premiums, complex payment schemes can be used, based on factors such as the time of working to the grade of employee.