Step 1: capture reliable IN and OUT events
Supported biometric devices record employee attendance events. Cloud-connected devices can reduce manual downloads and provide faster visibility across branches.
Step 2: process punches against work rules
The system must understand the employee’s expected shift, roster, workday and relevant attendance rules. This is where raw timestamps become work hours, late, early and overtime information.
Step 3: review exceptions before payroll
Missing punches, unusual times, leave, off days and other exceptions should be reviewed by HR. Payroll should not be used as the place to discover attendance errors.
Step 4: finalize the period
Once HR is satisfied, attendance should be finalized or locked. This creates a clear handover point and reduces the risk of attendance changing during payroll calculation.
Step 5: process payroll from reviewed inputs
Payroll can then use finalized attendance together with approved payroll changes. A review file should be checked before final documents are issued.
How Master HR approaches this
Master HR’s workflow uses “Attendance Finalized = Payroll Processing Begins” as a clear operational handover concept.
Book a Free Demo →Related Master HR solutions
Next step
If your current HR, attendance or payroll process depends on spreadsheets, manual device downloads or one person’s monthly knowledge, use a demo to compare your existing workflow with a connected model. The right solution should reduce repeated work while keeping responsibilities and approvals clear.