Human Resources
Charleston District To Update Employee Payroll, Attendance Processes
Charleston
County School District in Charleston, SC, will
move to a cloud-based system to update the timekeeping and attendance
processes
for its 6,000 employees and 84 schools.
The district recently selected Kronos
Inc. to supply it with
online time, attendance and payroll management systems. It will both
save time
and money used and spent with its current manual processes. The time and
attendance processes will be fully integrated with the district's
payroll and
human resources system, which should lead to better overall management
of
overtime, budgeting, payroll and compliance with labor laws.
"The workforce is our largest controllable expense
and also
our most strategic asset," said Charleston School District Human
Resources Project
Manager Matt Jordan. "By optimizing our workforce through the use of
Kronos, we
will emphasize our commitment to greater accountability to our students
and
communities."
At the same time, using Kronos' cloud-based process
will
reduce the time the school district's IT employees need to devote to
solving
problems with the current antiquated systems, time they can then spend
on other
priorities.
"From lost revenue due to understaffing, disruptions
in
continuity of services and improper payments, the failure to manage the
workforce accurately can have serious consequences for these entities,"
said
Kronos Public Sector Practice Group Director Rock Regan. "Charleston
County is
among those school districts that are taking the right steps to optimize
processes for better service outcomes."
About the Author
Michael Hart is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and the former executive editor of THE Journal.