After multiple meetings, the Kaufman County Commissioners Court announced its plans to invest in new timeclocks to keep closer tabs on employees' time and attendance, according to the Kaufman Herald. With the new internet-based timekeeping system, department staff members will be required to punch in at digital timeclocks installed in county buildings or log-in remotely on computers using proximity cards upon arriving for a shift. They will also need to punch out before heading home.

County Judge Bruce Wood said that this is part of a larger transition away from a paper-based era toward one that's more modern, the source reports. Wood explains that the county's existing timekeeping system does not reflect its vision for the future.

This is a smart move for government departments to streamline payroll processing, but also to control overtime totals. If supervisors don't have accurate insights into the amount of additional employee attendance that's being accrued on a weekly basis, they may not know that some staff members are greatly increasing their salaries. This was recently found to be the case in Montgomery County, Maryland, where 5,000 workers earned an additional $63.3 million in overtime during a year-and-a-half, according to the latest audit from the Office of Legislative Oversight.

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