Payroll can be challenging for any business that maintains a single office with employees who come and go on a regular schedule. For the construction industry, where a single office may manage a dozen active work-sites – with employees who are constantly on the move – payroll is more than a challenge. And still, for some small companies, it becomes a nightmare for the office managers and owners who sign the checks.
For many small businesses, the overhead they save by running a small office that serves remote work-sites can disappear quickly when they hire a payroll company. Keeping payroll in-house is the best way to keep costs low, but finding a way to manage the daily ins and outs of a business and employees on the go is critical.
Payroll Outsourcing Does Not Solve Every Problem
Payroll outsourcing may be both costly and impersonal depending on the services and frequency. It works for some companies with a straightforward operating schedule, regular employees, and a stationary office. However, for other businesses that don’t fit the mold, outsourcing is not going to solve everyday problems, snafus, and challenges associated with a different kind of business.
When employees encounter an issue with payroll, they want immediate and personal attention from someone they know and trust to address the problem in a timely manner. The last thing a worker looks forward to is hashing out a mistake in Friday’s paycheck when bills are due and weekend plans are right around the corner.
Outsourcing payroll puts your employees on hold with a 1-800-operator instead of giving them the personal attention they are used to. In some cases, outsourcing can cut company morale and add to existing payroll headaches.
Keeping Track of Everyone Starts at the Home Office
It does not matter if the daily office manager processes payroll, or your company outsources to a location a thousand miles away. If the numbers are not right going in, the pay is not going to be right coming out.
Keeping accurate and reliable track of workers, hours, and job cost accounting ensures that payroll runs smoothly and that checks are issued on time and for the correct amounts. For some businesses with non-standard operating hours and varying operational locations, getting the numbers right is more difficult without a single place to punch in and out. Some companies and employees that need flexibility include:
Landscaping and lawn care companies
Building contractors
Field agents, inspectors, and on-site laborers
Reporting for work at multiple locations makes it difficult to keep track of hours worked, arrival times, and breaks. However, it has benefits, too, for both employee and employer. When the home office is miles away, payroll managers still need to be able to have an accurate log of every employee’s activity without forcing them to report to the main office before work.
Remote Payroll Tracking Fits Everyone’s Needs
The solution in today’s outdoor, remote, and multi-site business niches is an app that can capture, organize, and save all the necessary payroll information with the click of a button. Business owners and office managers need to know:
when workers clock in and out
what job site a worker is assigned to and present at
the total cost of labor at each job
when employees have downtime
In addition to tracking employee time, accurate labor cost accounting leads to stronger budgets, streamlined operational expenses, and employees who benefit from knowing the next paycheck is going to be error free.
Give Your Business the Edge
If your business is highly mobile, with multiple work sites, and employees who report to various locations, the BusyBusy app is the solution to your job site and cost accounting needs. The app delivers accurate and precise details of employee hours, worksite activity, and translates to paychecks without additional data entry and verification.
Keep payroll in-house. Keep it easy and accurate. And make everyone from business managers to field employees happy with no-hassle payroll that is on time and on the money.
