Robin
This is quite interesting!

>My institution recently went to an automated timekeeping system.  Hourly
> employees are required to dial into the system via a telephone to record the
> time they arrive at work, the time they leave for lunch, the time they
>are back
> from lunch, and the time they leave at the end of the day.  Salaries employees
> are only required to dial into the system once a day to indicate they are in.
> This system has some capability of recording effort worked on projects,
> although you can imagine the nightmare of dialing into the system every time
> you changed directions and went to another project.  For this reason, we have
> maintained our paper time and effort reporting which is done on a monthly
> basis.  In addition, our scientist are quite upset by the fact that they or
> their staff (salaried employees) should have to clock in each day.  My
> questions are: 1) have others gone to automated timekeeping, and if so,
>can you
> tell me a little about your system (i.e., do you use the phone, the compu!
> ter, a badge reader, etc., is any  class  of employee exempt from using the
> system, and do the scientists have any role in reviewing/approving their
> staff s time?); and 2) is such a system used to generate time and effort
> reports.  If so, how well does it work, do staff complain?
>
>Again, I appreciate your responses.
>
>Diane Austin
>Marshfield Clinic
>Division of Research
>1000 N. Oak Avenue
>Marshfield, WI  54449
>PHONE: 715-387-9134
>FAX: 715-389-3131
>EMAIL: xxxxxx@mfldclin.edu

Holly J. Myers-Jones, Ph.D.
Sponsored Programs Officer
Office of Sponsored Programs and Research
Bowling Green State University
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