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The 5 Second Rule and Other Small Business Fallacies
Sometimes we hear things stated often and loud enough that we assume they're true without verifying the authenticity. The "5 second rule" is one of these statements. Drop food on the floor and someone will say, "5 second rule". And many people have believed and...
5 Ideas To Help Manage Your Remote, Hourly Employees
The buzz of the New Year has come and gone and the melody of Auld Lang Syne is a faint whisper in our memories. Before we get too far into the year, and maybe while you still have your resolutions posted on the mirror, we wanted to recommend 5 ChronoTips to make your...
What Picture Do Your Labor Numbers Paint?
The paint by numbers sets were so much fun as a kid. Just follow the pattern established by the numbers and you could paint a beautiful picture. Numbers are funny that way. They can paint pictures that are worth more than a 1000 words. If you are a small business...
Calculating Labor Cost
Well-known financial advisor and motivational speaker, Suze Orman asked her audience how many had personal debt, of any kind. Almost 100% of the people in the audience raised their hands. To paraphrase her response she said, "So you all have debt, and you come here...
The ‘Magnificent 7’ of 2016
We want to wish you a happy and prosperous New Year and thank you for making 2016 another blessed year for Chronotek. Many great small businesses across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico helped us celebrate our 20th year as their chosen timekeeping and remote...
Merry Christmas
We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and the Happiest of Holidays! We consider the opportunity to serve our timekeeping customers a gift, and we overflow with gratitude that you have chosen us as your remote employee timekeeping system. Our prayer is that your...
Accurate, Weekly Labor Cost Reports
To identify a slow leak in an automobile tire you can spread liquid dish detergent on the tire and then pour water over it. The air escaping from the leak will create bubbles in the soapy water. But if you own a small business with remote employees in the service...
Grow My Cleaning Company Podcast: You Can Do It!
Last week we posted about the privilege we had to be on the Grow My Cleaning Company podcast. Mike, from Grow My Cleaning Company, and Cheryl, from our team, had such a rich discussion that the conversation was divided into 2 podcasts. In Part 1 they discussed how...
Grow My Cleaning Company Podcast – Get Your Dream Back
We recently met a company that shares our heartbeat to help small businesses grow. In particular, Grow My Cleaning Company consults and coaches janitorial owners to help them grow their businesses. Through their Facebook group, Mike Campion, owner of Grow My...
Surprise Announcement About New FLSA Rule
June of this year we posted about the new overtime rule in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that was scheduled to take effect on December 1. The new rule would have impacted more than 4.2 million Americans by raising the exempt salary threshold to $47,476. In a...
Time to Give Thanks
We have so many reasons to give thanks. We live and operate in a great country. We have remarkable customers and most importantly, these awesome customers have blessed us with the privilege to be their remote employee timekeeping solution for 20 years now. We wish you...
Gobble Up the Points
To kick off the holiday fun, we want to host a Thanksgiving quiz called Gobble Up the Points. Go to our Facebook page and respond to the questions below to receive 1 point for each correct answer. The person with the most points will win a $25 Starbucks gift card...
Shift Lock: Prevent Early Clock Ins By Employees
Halloween just passed, but the bewitching hour of midnight may still be haunting you. Your business has remote employees who work shifts starting at midnight, yet they continue to clock in early even though they understand that midnight is the start time. It's great...
Fall Back this Sunday With DST
Please remember that Daylight Savings Time occurs this Sunday, November 6 at 2am. Enjoy an extra hour of sleep and don't worry about your time cards in our online clock in, clock out system because we have DST covered. Chronotek will correctly reflect the duration of...
How to Convert Minutes: Payroll Time Conversions
Each week on payroll day, do you convert employee Bob’s 28 hours and 12 minutes worked to a decimal value so that you know how much to pay him? And then do the same for 15 other employees? Your head probably hurts just thinking about it. Would you like to simplify...
Automated and Accurate Time Tracking
I don't mean to ruin your day, but what time today did your remote hourly employees arrive at work? If you use handwritten timesheets, that question uncovers a problem, because you don’t truly know the answer. We can help. In this new series, Problem Solving, we will...
Can Your Employees Be Trusted?
Most employees are trustworthy. But if you own a service company with remote employees, you should do as Ronald Reagan said, "Trust but verify." Labor costs are your highest expense and you need to rely on more than the honor system. Employee Time Theft Can Be Stopped...
Gold Medal Winning Companies
The 2016 Summer Olympics are over, but the training is not. I am reading a book about Dan Gable, undoubtedly one of the best wrestlers of all times, and yes, an Olympic Gold Medal winner. Dan Gable was one to train immediately after his events, while others...