Why timesheets break payroll, and how approved attendance flows straight into earnings and deductions.
Attendance usually fails at the handoff. Hours are captured in one tool, corrected by a manager in a message, and re-typed into payroll at the end of the month. Every step is a chance for the numbers to drift.
A trustworthy flow has three properties: capture is easy for employees, corrections are visible and approved, and the approved result feeds payroll without being re-keyed.
Define the rules once — shifts, grace periods, overtime thresholds and leave interaction — and let the system apply them. Exceptions then become a short review list instead of a monthly detective exercise.