Overtime Control: How to Track Effectively?

Keeping good control of overtime can be a complex issue for companies. However, it is necessary. If you want to control it effectively, you need effective, reliable software that allows you to do so. So what options are there?

Overtime control: how to do it effectively? Is it mandatory?

It's important to ask yourself why you should keep track of overtime. After all, not all businesses do it, but in many cases it may be necessary and even mandatory. We analyse it in detail below.

Why keep track of overtime?

First of all, overtime control is done in many situations and can be very necessary for companies. For example, it allows a company to:

  • Keep track of time worked: by monitoring overtime you can reliably determine what is the time worked in total, among all workers. This allows companies to know the real effort that is made in the organisation.
  • Verify compliance with labour laws for overtime pay: taking into account that overtime is not mandatory, it becomes necessary to monitor it to pay employees properly.
  • Determine the additional cost that overtime entails for workers: overtime supposes an added cost for businesses and workers, so it is important to keep a correct record and make the precise calculation automatically, to optimise productivity and avoid errors.
  • Plan and budget for long-term labour costs: When this type of information is available, companies can use that data to make estimates about future costs.

Each company has its needs, so depending on the situation of each one, it may be necessary to automate this process.

What software allows you to keep track of overtime?

With Kelio, you can manage the time worked in your business including overtime, night hours and weekends worked, etc. You can optimise the process so that it is calculated automatically instead of manually, avoiding the loss of time that this entails.

What software allows you to keep track of overtime?

Through our software, you will not miss an hour and you will be able to keep reliable and strict control of the hours worked, calculate the extra costs, and be able to make future estimates. After all, it is this information that allows us to make better decisions.

But the best thing is that you will not have to dedicate staff effort to do this tedious task. Since the program is responsible for keeping track of everything, you can consult it whenever you need the data and make various calculations from that information.

Now that you know the importance of doing overtime control, you just have to get down to work to keep track of hours in your business through one of the best solutions on the market.

We can help you implement it in your company and enjoy all its benefits.

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