In today’s cost conscious economy, it’s important to make sure that your software solutions are “Fitting the Bill”. This means doing the job that they were intended to do, not more (meaning you probably paid too much) and not less (making for a cumbersome investment).

Here’s something to consider:

Did you know that Software Techniques Diamond series solutions can be used either as stand-alone applications, suitable to the specific needs of your business, or seamlessly integrated together, forming an all-in-one, total time, attendance, and employee HR records management solution?

TIMEKRON Diamond Edition (TimeKron) tracks employee time worked, as well as projects, jobs, clients, tasks, locations and more. TimeKron offers a variety of time entry methods including email automated time sheet submission and approval, virtual pc punching, auto punching, or live in/out board punching. TimeKron can also be used with the latest biometric and RFID timekeeping hardware. It also offers the TimeKron Remote option which allows off-site employees to punch in and out via the internet. The flexibility of TimeKron allows it to function in any environment.

SoftTIME Diamond Edition (SoftTime) allows you to track employee absences with the simple click of a mouse. It automates accrual, allowance, and carry-over calculations and offers a multitude of useful reports.

HR Diamond Edition Employee Management (HR) solution keeps your employee personnel records organized automatically. HR implements fast and accurate maintenance of new and existing employees and is proactive, issuing reminders of pending events such as review dates, renewals of work permits, licenses and certificates, as well as manages employee benefit and eligibility information. Key features include a Virtual Office Assistant, Group Data Entry, Document Image Attachments, and Advanced Searches.

These popular Diamond series solutions truly “Fit The Bill” with the flexibility to be used individually, so you only implement what your business really needs, or as a suite, working seamlessly together, making your business more organized and efficient.

Call 540-721-1000 and experience how Software Techniques offers the most cost effective and complete solutions in the industry today. Also, please visit us at www.SoftwareTech.com.

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Did you know that HR Diamond Edition is the ultimate tool for organizing employee records? A good example of this can be found in the fact that HR Diamond’s paperless documentation tool not only allows for virtual document attachments, but also allows the document to be attached to a specific sub-category within the employee’s file. So if you have a benefit document related to the employee, you would attach it under the employee’s sub-category called Benefits. If you have a completed evaluation form, attach it to the employee’s Evaluation sub-category, and so on. This keeps your employee records supremely organized, allowing for the quick and easy retrieval of just the information you need.  Click here to download a free trial version and discover for yourself why HR Diamond Edition is the ultimate tool for organizing employee records.

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Introducing the new auto-lunch deduction feature for TimeKron Diamond Edition employee time tracking solution:

TimeKron Diamond Edition employee time tracking solution now features auto-lunch deductions (available through auto-web updates).

Auto-lunch deductions will allow for time to automatically be deducted for lunch per any given shift amount.

Auto-deductions are not limited to lunch, but can be used for any other standard time deductions as well, such as for breaks.

As always, valued customers receive this new functionality free of charge via the auto-web-update system featured in all Diamond Edition solutions.  This is just another example of why Software Techniques’ employee time, attendance, and records management solutions are the most cost-effective and complete solutions in the industry today.

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Administrators can now make changes to employees’ time off on a group level.  The Group Data Entry tool is used in the same manner as the main monthly calendar screen, with the same level of ease and functionality.

Group Data Entry allows an administrator to select any range or group of individuals and do the following:

·         Make a group adjustment to employees’ allowed time off

·         Give all the members in a group the same day off

·         Mark a group occurrence w/ points

·         Write a group note for referencing

Group Data Entry will allow an administrator to:

• Assign special holidays per a given work group or location, i.e. different provinces (Canada), multiple offices across the globe, or union holidays (U.S.), etc.

• Plan/schedule group meetings, business trips, or training days for a select group of employees
• Globally add a Snow Day for every employee with one click of the mouse

And more…

So if the Annual Employee Picnic gets cancelled due to rain, you can log in to SoftTIME, delete the picnic holiday off of the calendar for the entire group, make a note stating why, make an adjustment offering the time-off as personal time banked, and even mark it as a 2 point bonus occurrence for the groups positive attitude displayed toward the much anticipated event.

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We just keep making it easier for our customers. Due to launch at the beginning of May, Software Techniques has created a unique tool that makes it easier for employees to punch in and out of work – TimeKron Remote.

What’s TimeKron Remote? Simple. Let’s break it down with a scenario.

##Begin Scenario##

Company: XYZ Building Corporation – They build houses for clients all across the United States.

XYZ Building Corporation (XYZBC for short) has a new client in Miami, FL, who needs a house built as soon as possible. XYZBC has several employees who will fly down to Miami to start the construction. One of those employees is Jim.

Jim is on his way to Miami to start the construction work. XYZBC wants Jim to log his project time as soon as he gets to the construction site.

How does Jim let XYZBC know when he gets to the construction site? Simple.

Jim pulls out his phone (let’s call it an IPhone) which has internet connection, and logs into TimeKronRemote.com. He sees a screen and logs in.

Jim Clocks into the job, and he’s ready for work.

After the day is finished, Jim is ready to leave the construction site. Jim jumps on his IPhone and goes back to TimeKronRemote.com. TimeKron Remote is smart enough to remember his login information, and it takes him directly to the Punch out screen.

Simple.

Wait, how does XYZ Building Corporation pull this information into TimeKron, which is a desktop application (for now – the web version coming)?

The HR Manager goes to his/her computer and clicks a button, which retrieves Jim’s punch information.

Simple.

##End Scenario##

As you can see, the keyword to this scenario is simplicity. From punching in and out, to retrieving information, we’ve made it easier and more efficient for companies to punch in and out from anywhere with an internet connection; laptop, IPhone, PDA, it doesn’t matter.

We’re taking project management one step farther with this application. We’re also launching several new products in 2009, such as SoftTIME Online, so stay tuned by subscribing to our newsletter. Who knows, we might let our subscribers get a sneak peek of our upcoming products (hint, hint ).

Software Techniques Team
#1 source for HR Software

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SoftTIME Online is almost ready for launch, and when it does launch, you will wonder why your business has wasted time AND money with the competition.

SoftTIME Online has been highly anticipated for several months, but that anticipation is slowly disappearing with the launch date steadily creeping closer. Why did we wait so long? That’s an easy answer - we wanted it perfect. We wanted our customers to be FULLY satisfied with our product. We wanted the experience of SoftTIME Online to be so easy to use, so user friendly, that we researched for months the perfect web layout. Current users of SoftTIME will be happily surprised with the user interface - it performs almost identical to our award winning desktop application.

Now, I know what you’re asking yourself - so what’s the benefit of switching to a web based version of SoftTIME and how are we better than our competition?

Here are a few reasons why SoftTIME online is the ultimate attendance tracking package:

• It’s web based. You can access it from anywhere with an internet connection, including your mobile phone!
• It’s maintained by our company with over 20 years of experience so it’s completely hassle-free.  No more IT headaches, network issues, or back up break-downs.  It’s maintenance free with a guaranteed up-time.   If Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department trusts us with over 2,000,000 pieces of court pending evidence, why shouldn’t you?
• It’s identical in features and functionality to the award winning desktop version.
• Save MONEY. Kronos, IEmployee, Replicon, etc. are charging an arm, a leg, and a big toe for just SOME of our functionality. We give it to you at a price anyone can afford.
• Free Updates for life. Whenever we add something to our web application, YOU ALL GET IT FOR FREE.
• Feedback is taken VERY seriously. You tell us you want something in our web application, and we put it through directly to our developers for a quick response.
• Our application is safe, secure, and 100% reliable. No more worries of your computer crashing and of losing your data. Hacker Safe. Guaranteed.
• Your data is importable from most applications. You’re not stuck with Kronos. No need to worry about your data from IEmployee. If your data can be exported as a CSV file, you’re ready to go with us.

These are just a few reasons why SoftTIME Online would be beneficial to your company. I didn’t even mention our Leave Request system. One click approve/deny request functionality. That’s all I’m going to say for now. Stay tuned for more information later on this month. You can sign up for our latest updates newsletter, which will give you a chance to preview SoftTIME Online BEFORE IT LAUNCHES.

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Software Techniques Inc. has officially named the winners of our 2009 Software Contest Giveaway. The winners are:

First Place Prize - $2,000 in Software
JESSE CRUMBLEY III

Jesse downloaded our SoftTime Diamond software. Congratulations!

Second Place Prize - $500.00 in Software
KEN BROWN

Ken downloaded our SoftTime Diamond software. Congratulations!

Congrats Jesse and Ken, we’ve left you a voicemail in hopes of reaching you. Call us anytime at 540-721-1000 to redeem your prizes. We appreciate everyone entering our Software Giveaway contest. We hope to hold another software contest very soon!
Software Techniques Team
HR Software

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Have you downloaded our Diamond demo already? If not, you better join quickly! Try out all three to receive up to 3 entries!

Remember, your contact information must be correctly filled out in order to contact you when the drawing is complete. We will let everyone know by email who the lucky winner is.

Good luck and Happy Demoing!

The Software Techniques Team

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(PRWEB) January 2, 2009 — Software Techniques is launching a brand new drawing - just download their free 15 day trial of any diamond product and receive a chance to win any one of their Diamond software products - valued at $2,000 dollars. Their second place prize will be worth $500.00.

To enter, just go to their website - www.softwaretech.com - and download any 15 day trial of their diamond products. Just make sure all your information is correctly filled out.

STI’s Diamond software includes 3 key products.

• SoftTime Diamond, one of the highest rated attendance tracking programs out there, uses a intuitive drag and drop interface and over 30 customizable reports. So easy to use, a caveman, well you know the rest.
• TimeKron Diamond, tracks employee time worked along with projects and jobs.Any company could use this product. TimeKron also features a Live In and Out board, which makes punching in and out a breeze.
• Their HR Diamond product will make human resource jobs easier with their built in Office Assistant, along with tons of features to help manage employee records (benefits, certifications, addresses, etc).

Remember, to enter their drawing, just go to their site, softwaretech.com, and download any free Diamond 15 day trial of your choice, which will automatically enter you into their drawing. Only the people that download a Diamond demo are eligible. No purchase necessary, but if you decide you love their product and purchase before the drawing is over, they will refund your purchase up to $2,000 if you win the drawing.

Check out their blog for more details at http://blog.softwaretech.com

Happy demoing!

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from www.hrtechnews.com

The rules on which employees are exempt from overtime may be complicated, but a recent court ruling highlights one simple fact:

Misapplying the exemptions can cost companies a lot of money.

TAC Worldwide, a Massachusetts-based staffing firm, has just agreed to pay $1.8 million in back wages to 973 employees who sued for being mistakenly classified as exempt from OT.

Most of the affected employees held IT-related positions. Job titles of those who sued include: network engineer, help desk representative, technical writer, software tester and network administrator.

A common classification mistake is focusing on title rather than actual job duties. Employees may have titles that sound exempt — but employers still need to look at what those employees do on a daily basis and make sure the duties match up with at least one of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s OT exemptions.

For more information on the exemptions, click here.

Cite: Chao v. 888 Consulting Group, Inc.

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