Attendance Sheet

• Daily Entry System: Employees sign in each day using a manual process or an electronic attendance record with time of entry / time out.
• Approval Workflow: The process of verifying authenticity and accuracy is performed by HR personnel or managers.
• Integration with HR Tools: In a digital system, attendance data can be easily integrated with payroll, leave management, and productivity analytics.
• Shift and Leave Tracking: Attendance sheets also record the designated shift, holiday, or leave so that management can obtain an at-a-glance view of workforce availability.
• Real-Time Updates: In the cloud, attendance sheets are updated in real-time for real-time workforce attendance information.

Organizations that utilize a digital option don't need to maintain a manual register. This helps avoid mistakes and keeps the attendance data safe from being lost.

• Office-Based Excel Sheet: A small business has a monthly Excel sheet where all the employees enter the check-in time and the check-out time manually every day on their responsibility. This data is accessed by HR and is utilised for processing salaries.
• School Classroom Sheet: Teachers keep a hard copy attendance sheet with an optional column for student name, to check whether they were present or absent each day or session they attend.
• Digital Biometric System: Some companies use biometric devices for the employees, are they are auto-filled in the digital attendance sheet in the HRMS portal, which leads to the time stamps being reflected directly from the scans carried out by the employee.
• Remote Work App: A team that is working remotely is using a cloud-based app that records the work of its staff when they log in and out on a mobile phone or via a web dashboard, and the “sheet” updates accordingly in the digital sense.

• Reliable Recordkeeping: Provides a daily log for audit purposes, disputes, and payroll reference.
• Low-Cost Setup: It’s easy and cheap, or sometimes free, to get started with a traditional tracking–like attendance sheet (i.e., spreadsheets or on paper).
• Transparency: Keeps a clean printed report of the attendance of employees or participants.
• Customization: Can be configured according to department, role, or shift, according to the needs of the organization.

• Manual Errors: Data that is input by hand or in a spreadsheet is likely to contain errors or can be fudged.
• Data Loss: Paper record sheets can be lost or torn, loss of data can be the responsibility of data being lost without adequate backups.
• Buddy Punching: Buddy punching is when one employee punches in for another employee who is not present. It often happens with paper or simple systems and can lead to false records.
• Limited Insights: Traditional attendance sheets show only basic data and lack insights like trends or patterns, making it harder for managers to take informed actions.

• Automated Attendance Logging: Never manually logging times again — Time Champ records employee check-in and check out in real-time.
• Real-Time Dashboard: Monitor, filter, and export your attendance data in real time from one central dashboard.
• Multi-Device Support: Staff can easily mark their attendance through web portals, mobile apps, biometrics, etc.
• Leave and Shift Integration: Leaves, holidays, and assigned shifts are automatically computed in the attendance sheet.
• Error Reduction: No more buddy punching, missed logs , or manual error-prone log maintenance.

• Timesheet: A document used to log the amount of time an employee spends on tasks or projects.
• Biometric Attendance: A system that uses facial recognition or fingerprints to track attendance.
• Leave Management: The process of handling employee leave requests and tracking leave balances.
• Buddy Punching: A fraudulent practice where one employee marks attendance for another.
• Shift Management: Organizing employee work hours into shifts and schedules for better resource utilization.