Time and Attendance
One extremely useful application of biometric technology arises in the field of time and attendance. Huge levels of productivity are lost by companies around the world due to absence/lateness of staff. The management of such companies took action by requiring staff members to clock in when they arrive and clock out when they leave. Hence, they could be paid wages based on the exact hours they worked. However, the emergence of “buddy clocking” managed to largely beat this system. It only took a few staff members to actually come to work, then clock all their absent collegues in, for the problem to reoccur. Thankfully, biometrics has arrived on the scene to largely eliminate this problem. Workers may not be recognised based on their fingerprints - essentially an infallable way of accurately tracking the attendance of a workforce. Biometric time and attendance systems integrate with most existing payroll software to facilitate the generation of automated, accurate wages. This utilisation of biometrics can vastly increase profits for a company, and consequently is being adopted across the globe.