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Administrative and Support Service Activities

graphene — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 04:33:25 +0000

Administrative and support service activities is the binding glue between the Director of Human Resources, the CEO and the CFO. These are the duties that need to be performed in order to keep everyone up-to-date with payment and benefits.

40 hours
Base pay rate
Timesheets and timecards
Travel Pay
Overtime
Time and a half
Paid holidays
Personal growth (Sabbatical)
Payroll errors

Payroll and Attendance System Questions Answered

What is 40 Payroll Hours per Week?

Since labor unions fought for the right to a 40 hour work week with time off on the weekends, people use 40 hours per week as the standard for a full-time job. See more here.

Is 40 Hours a Week Full-Time?

Yes and no. In the general cases, 40 hours a week is considered full time. But because of unpaid lunches and breaks, some companies call full time 32 or even 28 hours per week. Read more here.

Does 40-Hour Work Week include Lunch?

Typically no. If you are scheduled for 40 hours with an unpaid lunch, the lunch hours are removed. Read more about this here.

How Many Business Days is 40 Hours a Week?

Typically, 40 hours refers to 5 days per week. See more combinations here.

What is Base Wage Rate?

Typically, minimum wage is $7.25. If your a waitress (or similar support role), the base wage is $2.33 (plus tips). See more here.

What’s Base Pay plus Commission?

Base pay plus commission means that this business is willing to pay you the lowest possible pay per hour with the opportunity to earn more money from each sale you make. Read more about commission pay here.

What does UAT mean?

When you do not work a portion of your scheduled hours, this is considered to be unallocated time or UAT. View more details here.

What does FTR mean?

The code used for missed timecard punches indicates a failure to record the proper time or FTR. Read even more here.

What does LL mean?

When managers set up your schedule, there is a set number of hours expected. When employees work beyond the time they were scheduled, this can be called labor long or LL. Read more about LL here.

What does UGR mean?

UGR stands for user group. Typically, this is a country code. If the country is not listed for country codes, use 99 for most payroll systems. See more in this article.

What is Travel Pay?

Employees may get reimbursed for hotel room, food, entertainment and gas; these all fall under travel pay. Read more.

What’s a Travel Stipend?

Any time spent traveling for your company (be it door-to-door sales or going to a business conference), must be compensated. See more on this subject here.

Payroll and Attendance Systems Calculate Overtime Holiday Pay and More

What is Overtime?

Overtime is any worked time over the set legal criteria – typically over 40 hours. More detail here.

What is Weighted Average Overtime?

Weighted average overtime is used for people who are paid by salary with different week to week hours. A lot more detail here.

What’s Time and a Half?

Time and a half means is the hourly rate plus 1/2 the hourly rate. Read more about his here.

What is Holiday Pay?

If you choose to work on specific holidays, you are rewarded with extra pay for not being able to spend the holiday with your family. See more here.

What Holiday pay are Casual Workers Entitled to?

The most common holidays are:

New Year’s Day (Jan 1st)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day (July 4th)
Labor Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas

What is Personal Growth Pay?

Personal growth pay is time that the company or institution pays an employee to take classes that will benefit the company of institution. Read more about this here.

When is Sabbatical Pay Possible?

Sabbatical pay is awarded following 12 semesters of service. See more here.

What is a Payroll Error?

A payroll error is a mistake that is made from the misuse of a time clock by an employee to a missed calculation by someone in the administrative support services office. Read more here.

Types of Employee Benefits Necessary to be Competitive

What are Employee Benefits?

Here is a small list of employee benefits:

401(k) Retirement Plan (Major Type)
Company Credit Card Plan
Company Credit Union
Health/Dental Insurance (Major Type)
Life Insurance (Major Type)
Paid Vacations
Paid Sick Days
Flexible Scheduling
Counseling
Drug & Alcohol Rehab
Disability Insurance (Major Type)
Education & Six Sigma Training

What Happens to 401k when you Die?

Employees can do nothing at all.

A Rollover IRA account can travel with you from one employer to the next.

What’s a Safe Harbor Matching Contribution?

A dollar-for-dollar matching for employee compensation up to 4%.

Or 3% for each employee whether or not they choose to go with this program.

See more about safe harbor matching here.

What is the Advantage of a Credit Union?

What is the Advantage of a Credit Union?

Here are some credit union advantages:

Cash employee checks and fill payment check cards
Competitive credit and debit card services
Stakeholder power
Personal/auto loans
Higher CD rates

Do you need a Company Credit Card Policy?

Having a credit card policy to avoid illegal employee purchases on a company card. See more here.

What do I need to open a Credit Union Account?

Credit unions wish for you to work within a geographical area or are employed with a participating company with the appropriate entrance credit score. Read more here.

Administrative and Support Service Acitvities Conclusion

Administrative and support service activities are the heart of the organization, really. They make sure that everyone gets paid what they are owed. It is very important to help out the administrative support services as much as possible.

One big way to do this is to cut down their workload by utilizing Time Clock Wizard for schedules, time clock needs and payroll. For a free trial of this amazingly efficient software, click on this link: Try Time Clock Wizard for Free.

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Time Clock Wizard How To Videos

graphene — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 01:22:14 +0000

Employee time clock videos are in demand. Time Clock Wizard (TCW) is a time clock app that allows for employees to clock in and out using a set online time clock interface.

If you are already a customer of TCW, thank you so much. The videos below are available to help you.

If you are not a customer yet, feel free to watch the videos below and sign up for a free trial. Sign up by answering some basic questions about your business to set up the account.

Time Clock Wizard (TCW) Time Clock App Videos

There have been a lot of videos created for you to be able to use to operate the online time clock app with ease.

Here is a list of the videos available on YouTube right now:

Thank your For Watching these Time Clock App Videos from TCW

When working with the time clock app from Time Clock Wizard, there are a lot of terrific features that help with scheduling, payroll, and other employee management functions.

Time Clock Wizard helps reduce the amount of time Human Resources needs to be diverted to time clock and scheduling issues. In the future, we are going to be expanding on each of these videos by answering questions about each video.

You can try Time Clock Wizard for free by clicking here: Sign-up Form for TCW.

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