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Troubleshooting: Unable to Access TimeIPS

The TimeIPS server is normally located in your administrative offices. If you are unable to access the administrative sections of your TimeIPS system, the following instructions walk you through troubleshooting.

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IPSASH - Advanced Scheduling

The TimeIPS IPSASH - Advanced Scheduling Module™ is an expansion to the TimeIPS scheduling system (IPSSCH) that allows creating advanced rules and actions for scheduled trigger and times.

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Advanced Formatting for Custom Payroll698
System Settings

The System Settings page lists the configuration settings for core components of your TimeIPS® Server.

695
IPSEPC - Customizable Payroll

The TimeIPS Customizable Payroll Export Module provides unlimited, fully mappable fields among other features.

665
Tabbed Employee Administration View

Employee Administration stores information on each of your employees, including their login username/password, ID/badge number, and current employment status.

659
Set Reset Recalulate Benefits

Benefits Totals can be set, reset, and recalculated for all employees or for a selected list of employees.

659
Custom Reporting/Payroll Export Settings

TimeIPS can generate a custom report or payroll export file based on custom specifications.

659
Supported Functions for Advanced Expressions

Functions for use in certain tools, such as Custom Report or Custom Payroll Export.

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Directory

The Directory allows all employees to view general company and employee information. As well, employees can view, in real-time, who is currently clocked in.

657
Custom Fields and Custom Data

Using Custom Data and Custom Fields in TimeIPS

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IPSRPT - TimeIPS Custom Reporting

TimeIPS Custom Reporting includes the Site Summary Report and the Custom Payroll Report.

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IPSEPI - Enhanced Payroll Integration

The TimeIPS Enhanced Payroll Integration Module provides many commonly used Payroll Exports.

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IPSBEN Advanced Benefits Tracking

The IPSBEN Advanced Benefits Tracking allows users to track unlimited accrual policies, and benefit types, and unlimited accrual tenure levels.

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Modules/Upgrades

Many features and optional modules are available for TimeIPS to expand and improve the system's capabilities.

643
TimeIPS What's New - Version 1.8

Summary of new features in TimeIPS version 1.8.

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TimeIPS Custom Programming Services
Custom programming services are available to implement custom reports, payroll exports, or features based on your company's needs.
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Overview of TimeIPS Reports

TimeIPS includes a number of reports for tracking trends, reviewing hours worked, and running payroll.

625
Manage Employee Selection Groups

Employee selection groups enable you to preset specific groups of specific employees, departments, sites, jobs, schedule groups, and accrual groups for different reports.

625
Administrator's Implementation Guide

An implementation guide for TimeIPS administrators for configuring and understanding the TimeIPS system.

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IPSJOB Enhanced Real-Time Job / Project Tracking

The IPSJOB Enhanced Real-Time Job / Project Tracking module allows tracking of unlimited active jobs.

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Benefits Report

The Benefits Report allows you to create a report showing sick and/or vacation time accrued and used by each employee during a specified range of time.The Payroll Integration with Benefits Tracking optional module is required.

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Directory
The Directory allows all employees to view general company and employee information. As well, employees can view, in real-time, who is currently clocked in.
611
Adjusting Network Settings

This article describes how to configure TimeIPS to automatically gain an IP address from your network during setup.

611
Real-Time Work Order Tracking

This Article covers how to create a work order in TimeIPS that contains one or more jobs.

611
Supported Functions for Advanced Expressions

Functions for use in certain tools, such as Custom Report or Custom Payroll Export.

611
IPSPAPI Module

The IPSPAPI module is a programming API that allows customers to programmatically interact with the TimeIPS payroll subsystem to produce reports that include overtime, shift differentials, etc.

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Batch Time Entry

Batch Time Entry provides a quick way to manually enter time for multiple employees.

607
Biometric Validation

TimeIPS can validate employee identification using both capacitance and RF (radio frequency) based biometric fingerprint authentication. Employees clock in and out of TimeIPS and are asked to present their finger for validation.

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Directory
The Directory allows all employees to view general company and employee information. As well, employees can view, in real-time, who is currently clocked in.
599
Configuring and Installing a Network Clock

Configuring and Installing a Network Clock

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My Schedule

Employees can view their weekly work schedule.

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Manage Employee Selection Groups

Employee selection groups enable you to preset specific groups of specific employees, departments, sites, jobs, schedule groups, and accrual groups for different reports.

597
Adding Accrual/Benefit Types
The TimeIPS Accruals feature can track accrual and usage of sick and vacation hours with the Payroll Integration with Benefits Tracking optional module.
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TimeIPS What's New - Version 1.3

TimeIPS is a continually developed product with new features and enhancements available on a regular basis. Below is an overview of the features and enhancements inTimeIPS version 1.3.

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Remote Clock IP Whitelist

Remote Clock IP Whitelist

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Schedule Groups

Schedule Groups provide automatic clocking functions that allow you to set up clock events to occur at a specific time.  Requires IPSSCH module.

595
Site Summary Report

The Site Summary report summarizes hours worked by employees during a calendar week, grouped by site.

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Manage Employee Selection Groups

Employee selection groups enable you to preset specific groups of specific employees, departments, sites, jobs, schedule groups, and accrual groups for different reports.

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Batch Time Entry

Batch Time Entry provides a quick way to manually enter time for multiple employees.

593
Holiday Reporting

TimeIPS Holiday Reporting allows viewing and modifying holiday events.

593
IPSOTO - Advanced OverTime Options

The TimeIPS IPSOTO - Over Time Options Module™ provides extensive and advanced overtime rule options.

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Adding Accrual/Benefit Types
The TimeIPS Accruals feature can track accrual and usage of sick and vacation hours with the Payroll Integration with Benefits Tracking optional module.
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Benefits Log

TimeIPS Benefits Log provides a way to see all kind of benefits, accruals, resets and use in one place.

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Accruals

The TimeIPS Accruals feature automatically accrues sick and vacation hours with customizable tenure levels based on employee's start/hire date.

587
TimeIPS What's New - Version 1.6

Summary of new feauters in TimeIPS version 1.6.

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Modules/Upgrades

Many features and optional modules are available for TimeIPS to expand and improve the system's capabilities.

583
Benefits

TimeIPS Benefits feature allows you to track sick and vacation time accrued and used. The Payroll Integration with Benefits Tracking optional module is required.

583
Time Edit/Report

The Time Reporting and Edit interface allows for quick and easy search, viewing, reviewing, and modification of Clock Events, Benefit Events, and Holiday Events.

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Overtime Policies

Overtime Policies define how overtime is calculated for workweeks.

581
Visual Time Report

Visual Time Report

581
Biometric Validation
TimeIPS can validate employee identification using biometric fingerprint authentication. Employees clock in and out of TimeIPS and are asked to present their finger for validation.
579
Site Summary Report
The Site Summary report summarizes hours worked by employees during a calendar week, grouped by site.
579
TimeIPS What's New - Version 2.0

Summary of new features in TimeIPS version 2.0.

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Employee Summary Report

Employee Summary Report

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Benefit Types

Add or edit benefit types

577
Accrual Group Association

The Accrual Associations feature generates a listing of the current accrual group membership for any list of employees.

577
IPSSCH - Scheduling

The TimeIPS IPSSCH - Scheduling Module™ is an expansion module for the TimeIPS system that offers the flexibility of automatic clock controls for less deviation from scheduled work hours.

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Benefits and Accruals
TimeIPS can track sick and vacation time accrued and used as well as automatically apply holiday pay using the Payroll Integration and Benefits Tracking optional module.
573
My Schedule
Employees can view their weekly work schedule.
573
Supported Functions for Advanced Expressions

Functions for use in certain tools, such as Custom Report or Custom Payroll Export.

573
2.4 to 2.5 Migration Guide

Overview of important changes from version 2.4 to 2.5.

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Adjusting Network Settings

This article describes how to configure TimeIPS to automatically gain an IP address from your network during setup.

571
Schedule Groups

Schedule Groups provide automatic clocking functions that allow you to set up clock events to occur at a specific time.  Requires IPSSCH module.

571
IPSASH Advanced Schedules

The IPSASH Advanced Schedule module extends the IPSSCH schedule module to allow multiple complex rules with conditions, actions and repeat/date ranges.

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1.6 to 1.8 Migration Guide

Overview of important changes from version 1.6 to 1.8.

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Desktop App Configuration

Desktop Clocking App Configuration

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Clocking
The Clocking options include advanced features that impact clocking in and out such as: time rounding, time snaps, group clock in/out, and biometric identification validation.
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Benefits

TimeIPS Benefits feature allows you to track sick and vacation time accrued and used. The Payroll Integration with Benefits Tracking optional module is required.

563
Biometric Validation

TimeIPS can validate employee identification using both capacitance and RF (radio frequency) based biometric fingerprint authentication. Employees clock in and out of TimeIPS and are asked to present their finger for validation.

561
Benefit Types

Add or edit benefit types

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1.10 to 1.11 Migration Guide

Overview of important changes from version 1.10 to 1.11.

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Tabbed Employee Administration View

Employee Administration stores information on each of your employees, including their login username/password, ID/badge number, and current employment status.

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Monthly Employee Counts

The Monthly Employee Counts special report is intended to assist with calculating Medical Loss Ratio for the purpose of ACA compliance. The results table provides data for a given year regarding how many of your employees meet the definition of "full

559
TimeIPS What's New - Version 2.1

Summary of new features in TimeIPS version 2.1.

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Holiday Reporting

TimeIPS Holiday Reporting allows viewing and modifying holiday events.

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Adjusting Network Settings

This article describes how to configure TimeIPS to automatically gain an IP address from your network during setup.

551
Modules/Upgrades

TimeIPS is a continuously developing software package. New features and optional modules are available for TimeIPS customers on a regular basis.

551
Biometric Validation

TimeIPS can validate employee identification using both capacitance and RF (radio frequency) based biometric fingerprint authentication. Employees clock in and out of TimeIPS and are asked to present their finger for validation.

547
TimeIPS What's New - Version 1.11

Summary of new features in TimeIPS version 1.11.

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My Schedule

Employees can view their weekly work schedule.

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Audit Report

Audit Report

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TimeIPS What's New - Version 1.5

TimeIPS is a continually developed product with new features and enhancements available on a regular basis. Below is an overview of the newest features and enhancements available with TimeIPS version 1.5.

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Administrator's Implementation Guide

An implementation guide for TimeIPS administrators for configuring and understanding the TimeIPS system.

541
IPSASH Advanced Schedules

The IPSASH Advanced Schedule module extends the IPSSCH schedule module to allow multiple complex rules with conditions, actions and repeat/date ranges.

541
Tabbed Employee Administration View

Employee Administration stores information on each of your employees, including their login username/password, ID/badge number, and current employment status.

541
Benefit Types

Add or edit benefit types

541
Employee Summary Report

Employee Summary Report

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Tabbed Employee Administration View

Employee Administration stores information on each of your employees, including their login username/password, ID/badge number, and current employment status.

539
Tabbed Employee Administration View

Employee Administration stores information on each of your employees, including their login username/password, ID/badge number, and current employment status.

539
Entering Benefit Usage
TimeIPS Benefits feature allows you to track sick and vacation time accrued and used. The Payroll Integration with Benefits Tracking optional module is required.
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Backups

Backing up your TimeIPS data is critical. TimeIPS provides several backup options to ensure the safety of your TimeIPS data.

537
Supported Functions for Advanced Expressions

Functions for use in certain tools, such as Custom Report or Custom Payroll Export.

537
Advanced Modifications and Accruals using Expressions

The TimeIPS Advanced Modifications and Accruals feature uses custom expressions in conjunction with Benefits.

537
Accruals
The TimeIPS Accruals feature automatically accrues sick and vacation hours with customizable tenure levels based on employee's start/hire date.
535
Custom Payroll Export Settings
TimeIPS can generate a payroll export file based on custom specifications.
533
Custom Reporting/Payroll Export Settings

TimeIPS can generate a custom report or payroll export file based on custom specifications.

533
Administrator's Implementation Guide

An implementation guide for TimeIPS administrators for configuring and understanding the TimeIPS system.

533
Directory

The Directory allows all employees to view general company and employee information. As well, employees can view, in real-time, who is currently clocked in.

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Audit Report

Audit Report

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Clock Processing Order

Various rules may be setup and processed against each time event. This article discusses the order in which those rules are applied, and therefore effect, each new time event.

527
Holiday Report

TimeIPS Holiday Report allows viewing and modifying holiday events.

527
Clocking
The Clocking options include advanced features that impact clocking in and out such as: time rounding, time snaps, group clock in/out, and biometric identification validation.
523
Benefits
TimeIPS can track sick and vacation time accrued and used as well as automatically apply holiday pay using the Payroll Integration and Benefits Tracking optional module.
523
Backups

Backing up your TimeIPS data is critical. TimeIPS provides several backup options to ensure the safety of your TimeIPS data.

523
Custom Reporting/Payroll Export Settings

TimeIPS can generate a custom report or payroll export file based on custom specifications.

523
Supported Functions for Advanced Expressions

Functions for use in certain tools, such as Custom Report or Custom Payroll Export.

521
Accruals

The TimeIPS Accruals feature automatically accrues sick and vacation hours with customizable tenure levels based on employee's start/hire date.

519
Supported Functions for Advanced Expressions

Functions for use in certain tools, such as Custom Report or Custom Payroll Export.

519
Biometric Validation

TimeIPS can validate employee identification using both capacitance and RF (radio frequency) based biometric fingerprint authentication. Employees clock in and out of TimeIPS and are asked to present their finger for validation.

519
Supported Functions for Advanced Expressions

Functions for use in certain tools, such as Custom Report or Custom Payroll Export.

519
Clocking

The Clocking options include advanced features that impact clocking in and out such as: ID/badge functions, group clock in/out, and biometric identification validation.

517
Supported Functions for Advanced Expressions

Functions for use in certain tools, such as Custom Report or Custom Payroll Export.

517
Custom Reporting/Payroll Export Settings

TimeIPS can generate a custom report or payroll export file based on custom specifications.

517
Tabbed Employee Administration View

Employee Administration stores information on each of your employees, including their login username/password, ID/badge number, and current employment status.

517
Benefits Request and Approval - Manager View

Managers are automatically notified when employees submit a Benefit Request. Benefit Approvals allows managers to view Pending Requests as well as approve or deny them.

515
Custom Reporting/Payroll Export Settings

TimeIPS can generate a custom report or payroll export file based on custom specifications.

515
My Schedule

Employees can view their weekly work schedule.

513
Benefits

TimeIPS Benefits feature allows you to track sick and vacation time accrued and used. The Payroll Integration with Benefits Tracking optional module is required.

513
Modules/Upgrades

Many features and optional modules are available for TimeIPS to expand and improve the system's capabilities.

513
Manual Holidays

TimeIPS Manual Holidays allow quickly creating one-time holiday events.

511
Tabbed Employee Administration View

Employee Administration stores information on each of your employees, including their login username/password, ID/badge number, and current employment status.

509
Adding/Editing Benefit Types
The TimeIPS Accruals feature can track accrual and usage of sick and vacation hours with the Payroll Integration with Benefits Tracking optional module.
505
Benefits
TimeIPS Benefits feature allows you to track sick and vacation time accrued and used. The Payroll Integration with Benefits Tracking optional module is required.
505
Accruals
The TimeIPS Accruals feature automatically accrues sick and vacation hours with customizable tenure levels based on employee's start/hire date. The Benefits and Accruals module also includes a fully logged benefit usage and adjustment system.
497
Time Edit/Report

The Time Reporting and Edit interface allows for quick and easy search, viewing, reviewing, and modification of Clock Events, Benefit Events, and Holiday Events.

497
Schedule Groups

Schedule Groups provide automatic clocking functions that allow you to set up clock events to occur at a specific time.  Requires IPSSCH module.

497
Benefits

TimeIPS Benefits feature allows you to track sick and vacation time accrued and used. The Payroll Integration with Benefits Tracking optional module is required.

495
Accruals

The TimeIPS Accruals feature automatically accrues sick and vacation hours with customizable tenure levels based on employee's start/hire date.

493
Schedule Groups

Schedule Groups provide automatic clocking functions that allow you to set up clock events to occur at a specific time.  Requires IPSSCH module.

491
TimeIPS What's New - Version 2.5

Summary of new features in TimeIPS version 2.5.

489
Overtime Policies

Overtime Policies define how overtime is calculated for workweeks.

487
Time Edit/Report

The Time Reporting and Edit interface allows for quick and easy search, viewing, reviewing, and modification of Clock Events, Benefit Events, and Holiday Events.

481
Overtime Policies

Overtime Policies define how overtime is calculated for workweeks.

481
TimeIPS What's New - Version 2.2

Summary of new features in TimeIPS version 2.2.

479
Benefit Types

Add or edit benefit types

479
Site Summary Report

The Site Summary report summarizes hours worked by employees during a calendar week, grouped by site.

475
Accruals

The TimeIPS Accruals feature automatically accrues sick and vacation hours with customizable tenure levels based on employee's start/hire date.

473
System Settings

The System Settings page lists the configuration settings for core components of your TimeIPS® Server.

471
3.0 to 3.1 Migration Guide

Overview of important changes from version 3.0 to 3.1.

470
E-Mail Templates

E-Mail Templates.

467
TimeIPS What's New - Version 3.0

Summary of new features in TimeIPS version 3.0.

467
Accrual Groups

The TimeIPS Accrual Groups feature automatically accrues sick and vacation hours with customizable tenure levels based on employee's start/hire date.

463
Custom Reporting/Payroll Export Settings

TimeIPS can generate a custom report or payroll export file based on custom specifications.

459
TimeIPS What's New - Version 1.4

TimeIPS is a continually developed product with new features and enhancements available on a regular basis. Below is an overview of the features and enhancements in TimeIPS version 1.4.

457
Backups

Backing up your TimeIPS data is critical. TimeIPS provides several backup options to ensure the safety of your TimeIPS data.

455
Time Edit/Report

The Time Reporting and Edit interface allows for quick and easy search, viewing, reviewing, and modification of Clock Events, Benefit Events, and Holiday Events.

454
Manual Holidays

TimeIPS Manual Holidays allow quickly creating one-time holiday events.

451
Benefits Request and Approval - Manager View

Managers are automatically notified when employees submit a Benefit Request. Benefit Approvals allows managers to view Pending Requests as well as approve or deny them.

445
2.5 to 3.0 Migration Guide

Overview of important changes from version 2.5 to 3.0.

443
Benefit Types

Add or edit benefit types

431
Benefits

TimeIPS Benefits feature allows you to track sick and vacation time accrued and used. The Payroll Integration with Benefits Tracking optional module is required.

415
Benefits Log

TimeIPS Benefits Log provides a way to see all kind of benefits, accruals, resets and use in one place.

413
System Settings

The System Settings page lists the configuration settings for core components of your TimeIPS® Server.

400
Time Edit/Report

The Time Reporting and Edit interface allows for quick and easy search, viewing, reviewing, and modification of Clock Events, Benefit Events, and Holiday Events.

399
Holiday Report

TimeIPS Holiday Report allows viewing and modifying holiday events.

388
Benefits Request and Approval - Manager View

Managers are automatically notified when employees submit a Benefit Request. Benefit Approvals allows managers to view Pending Requests as well as approve or deny them.

376
Families First Coronavirus Response Act - FFCRA Mandate

Families First Coronavirus Response Act - FFCRA Mandate

370
Using Expressions in Custom Report / Custom Payroll Export

Functions for use in certain tools, such as Custom Report or Custom Payroll Export.

356
Benefits Log

TimeIPS Benefits Log provides a way to see all kind of benefits, accruals, resets and use in one place.

356
Custom Fields and Custom Data

Using Custom Data and Custom Fields in TimeIPS

352
Schedule Groups

Schedule Groups provide automatic clocking functions that allow you to set up clock events to occur at a specific time.  Requires IPSSCH module.

352
How To Use Expressions / Supported Functions for Expression

Functions for use in certain tools, such as Custom Report or Custom Payroll Export.

352
Benefit Types

Add or edit benefit types

350
E-Mail Templates

E-Mail Templates.

350
TimeIPS What's New - Version 3.1

Summary of new features in TimeIPS version 3.1.

348
Tabbed Employee Administration View

Employee Administration stores information on each of your employees, including their login username/password, ID/badge number, and current employment status.

346
Custom Reporting/Payroll Export Settings

TimeIPS can generate a custom report or payroll export file based on custom specifications.

346
Overtime Policies

Overtime Policies define how overtime is calculated for workweeks.

346
Manual Holidays

TimeIPS Manual Holidays allow quickly creating one-time holiday events.

346
Accrual Group Association

The Accrual Associations feature generates a listing of the current accrual group membership for any list of employees.

340
Remote Clock IP Whitelist

Remote Clock IP Whitelist

338
Accrual Groups

The TimeIPS Accrual Groups feature automatically accrues sick and vacation hours with customizable tenure levels based on employee's start/hire date.

336
Real-Time Work Order Tracking

This Article covers how to create a work order in TimeIPS that contains one or more jobs.

332
Set Reset Recalulate Benefits

Benefits Totals can be set, reset, and recalculated for all employees or for a selected list of employees.

330
Divisions Management

TimeIPS Divisions are designed for companies that own, operate, or provide staff to independent business units. Each Division module allows for the creation of an additional sub-company where virtually all the operations in TimeIPS are available, but&

328
Batch Time Entry

Batch Time Entry provides a quick way to manually enter time for multiple employees.

328
Time Edit/Report

The Time Reporting and Edit interface allows for quick and easy search, viewing, reviewing, and modification of Clock Events, Benefit Events, and Holiday Events.

324
3.1 to 3.2 Migration Guide

Overview of important changes from version 3.1 to 3.2.

318
Benefits

TimeIPS Benefits feature allows you to track sick and vacation time accrued and used. The Payroll Integration with Benefits Tracking optional module is required.

316
Divisions Management

TimeIPS Divisions are designed for companies that own, operate, or provide staff to independent business units. Each Division module allows for the creation of an additional sub-company where virtually all the operations in TimeIPS are available, but&

314
Benefit Types

Add or edit benefit types

310
How To Use Expressions / Supported Functions for Expression

Functions for use in certain tools, such as Custom Report or Custom Payroll Export.

310
Overtime Policies

Overtime Policies define how overtime is calculated for workweeks.

302
Advanced Modifications and Accruals using Expressions

The TimeIPS Advanced Modifications and Accruals feature uses custom expressions in conjunction with Benefits to handle special rules.

220
Accrual Groups

The TimeIPS Accrual Groups feature automatically accrues sick and vacation hours with customizable tenure levels based on employee's start/hire date.

209
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