How time is recorded
Rounding, grace periods, automatic deductions, edits and the record the system actually keeps.
The Chain From a Punch to a Payment
Walking one employee's week from the terminal to the bank, naming each link in the chain, and finding the places the figure changes without a decision.
Rounding, and the Direction It Points
Why a rounding rule that is neutral in wording can be heavily one-sided in practice, how to measure which way it points, and what to check before keeping one.
Grace Periods and the Minutes They Hide
The difference between forgiving lateness and not paying for time, why the two get implemented as one setting, and how to tell which one your system is running.
Scheduled Hours Standing In for Actual Ones
Why paying the roster instead of the record makes a time system stop measuring, where it is configured, and what to check first.
Edits, Corrections and Who Made Them
What an edit to a time record has to carry, why the volume of edits matters more than their content, and how to read an edit log without accusing anybody.
Missed Punches and What Gets Written Instead
What a system does when a punch is missing, why the default answer is usually the schedule, and how to make a reconstruction that can be explained later.
Approval, the Link That Deletes Quietly
What happens to hours that are neither approved nor rejected, why unapproved time is worse than refused time, and the two reports that make it visible.