The spectacular decrease in overtime worked in the latest reports that have been published reflects the effectiveness of the law on the mandatory registration of working hours. It is true that not only the unpaid but also the paid ones have declined, but in general, the measure is demonstrating that a greater rationalization of work is possible and opens the hope that in the future, those hours will become effective contracts for people who do not have a job.
In the application of the measure, companies and institutions are moving slowly, but all the entities involved (and all those whose workers are regulated by the amended Statute), are considering that need and it is expected that the actions of the Inspection of Work is occurring with increasing intensity so it will be difficult to stay out of the norm.
From here, what is the most convenient employee entry and exit control system? For each company, the answer will be different, and in previous entries of this blog, we have reviewed several options: from the almost prehistoric paper signed to the Excel workbook, the multitude of Apps, and the software of a work access control.
The advantage of Access Control Systems is that, depending on the functionality chosen, they can have either simple access control terminals (to open a door), or access and presence (which, in addition, trigger some device after identification and record the users’ schedule). In this way, the company will have a system that provides both security and reliable data to face a Labor Inspection or quickly and effectively prepare payrolls, have employee vacation quadrants, etc.
So it is not so much that an “access control terminal” is needed for the control of employee entry and exit schedules since there are other possibilities, and each work center will have to study them. But there is no doubt that it is the most appropriate method to carry out the control of entry and exit of employees in order, a task as mechanical as it is essential that too many times overload human resources departments.
Which access control terminal to choose, and with what technology?
Once the decision is made to install a professional Automatic Door Lock, the company must take into account the infrastructure available for its choice. As for the technologies used, the most common terminals use readers with keyboard/password, RFID cards (proximity), and readers with biometric sensors, such as fingerprint reading or facial recognition. And there are models with one or several technologies in the same device.
For example, if you are more interested than the communication of the terminals (readers) with the applications, it is via Ethernet (TCP / IP), RS-232/485, USB, Wifi, or GPRS, for which you can Opt in the same device. Its tightness will also be considered, depending on whether it is an indoor or outdoor (outdoor) access control. In the external fingerprint terminals, it is important that in addition to the tightness, the environment where it is placed is taken care of, preventing sunlight from directly affecting the fingerprint sensor, since this can cause the level of incidents to increase.