Time Clock Software Blog

A Blog from the authors of Time Clock MTS, a cost effective time and attendance software solution

How to Setup Daily Overtime

If you’ve got several employees in your business who are receiving different amounts of hourly pay, it can be difficult to keep track of it all manually. Time Clock MTS is a simple and easy time clock system that helps you manage the information of all your individual employees. Overtime is one of those things that’s well-known for getting slightly confusing. However, with a effective and easy-to-use time and attendance tool, you can set the hourly overtime rate for each employee (even if it varies from one employee to another) and let the computer work out the rest! This Time Clock MTS How To Article is a step-by-step guide for setting up daily overtime for your employees using Time Clock MTS. Log in as the Administrator. You can do this buy choosing File > Log In As Administrator. Tap in your password and you’re ready to go. Once you’re logged in, select Tools > Options. A new window will open and you’ll see a list on the left-hand side. Choose Overtime Settings from the list. Set the amount of hours the employees must work before receiving overtime pay. You can do this by checking the box next to “Pay Daily Overtime (OT Rate 1)” and then typing in the number of hours. For example, if you type “8” in the box, this means that the employee has to work eight hours before starting to receive overtime pay. Click the Save button to save the changes and close the Options window. The final thing to do is to actually set the hourly overtime rate. To do this, start by highlighting... read more

Set Up Weekly Overtime

When running a business with several employees, one of the things you might need to do is setup weekly overtime. Time Clock MTS allows you to do this without having to worry about calculation errors. Once you’ve entered the required information, the time and attendance tool will work out the rest and help you to get an accurate and reliable calculation of all your employees’ wages. This Time Clock MTS How To Article is a step-by-step guide for setting up weekly overtime for your employees using Time Clock MTS. Start off by logging in as the administrator. This can be done by selecting File -> Log In As Administrator menu. Select Tools -> Options from the menu bar at the top of the window. Once a new window has opened, have a look down the left-hand menu and choose “Overtime Settings” Check the box titled “Pay Weekly Overtime”. You can then type in how many hours you want the employee(s) to work in the week before receiving overtime pay. For example, if you choose 40 hours, the employee(s) will be paid regular pay for the first 40 hours and then overtime pay for the hours worked after that. Choose the employee for whom you want to set the weekly overtime pay. Select Employee Maintenance -> Edit Selected Employee. Once the new window opens, select “Payroll Information” from the left-hand side and look for a box on the right-hand side labeled OT 1 Rate / hr. Type in the amount that you want the employee to receive for each hour worked overtime. It’s very easy to manage your employees and... read more

Version 3.2.12 Released

The rollover to January 2012 has thrown up some reporting issues for reports run across two calendar (and I suspect two fiscal) years. I’ve been very keen to jump on these problems immediately and have spent the last several hours putting fixes in place and testing those fixes. Version 3.2.12 of our timecard software is the result and it’s just been uploaded to our servers. Changes made in this version are: A fix to available vacation and sick time for annual accruals when report was run in a different annual accrual period to the reporting period. A fix to the , , and fields that were using the date the report was run to determine the fiscal period rather than the report date. Fix to weekly overtime calculations when a public holiday falls in a week and the Public Holidays Affect OT setting is not checked. Fix to the normal hours total on the Time Breakdown Report. Adjusted the holiday hours report total column width on the Time Breakdown Report. Adjusted some of the coordinates on the First Run... read more

2011 – The Time Clock MTS Year in Review

Well another year has passed us by and I thought it might be fun to have a slightly different year in review post for 2011. So, here it goes…. Number of Time Clock MTS Releases in 2011 – 24 Best New Report Added in 2011 – The Departmental Simple Wages Report My Favourite New Feature of 2011 – Employee Tip Tracking My Favourite Time Clock MTS Question of 2011 – “Please add tip summary fields to reports”. The result was 6 new fields that could be included in the report footer section template. Time Clock MTS Growth From 2010 to 2011 – 27% I hope that 2012 is a prosperous and happy year for you all! The Best Testimonial of 2011 hi my name is steve and i would like to start by saying i love the fact that you made a program that can grow with my business. Steve GibbsManagerTLC TireIllinois,... read more

Business Time Clock Software for Free

First off, I want to say thank you for making such a great product! This is exactly what small businesses need, and it works without a hitch. We are using the free version because we only have 2 employees (if and when we get more, we are for sure buying it! Its a great piece of software). Sabrina BlacknerOffice ManagerUtah Valley Wellness CenterUtah, USA If you’re running a small business, you might be wondering how you can effectively manage your employees without dipping too far into business funds. As other business owners may tell you, using a time clock system greatly increases the accuracy of employee payroll, thus allowing you to manage the business in a better way. Time Clock MTS can provide a small business with free time clock software, so there’s no expense involved. This software gives you a free and easy way to track employee attendance. People often expect a cost to be attached to almost everything; however, Time Clock MTS is a quality time clock system that allows you to track and record the attendance and information of up to three employees, completely free of charge. Apart from tracking their attendance, you can easily track sick and vacation time. When each employee has different vacation times throughout the year, it can become confusing to work out the payroll and attendance manually. This free time clock software for your business will calculate the payroll automatically, even if you are paying employees different hourly rates throughout the week. One feature of Time Clock MTS that many people find useful is the ability to generate as many reports... read more