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Notes from building attendance software
Specific problems, answered properly. Written for the person who has to make the month reconcile, not for a search engine.
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How to calculate attendance percentage — and why the usual formula is wrong
Days present ÷ days in the month is the formula most systems use, and it is wrong for anyone on a six-day week, anyone who took approved leave, and anyone who joined mid-month. Here is the arithmetic that holds up.
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A night shift ends at 6am. Which day does that attendance belong to?
If your system files a 6am punch-out under the day it happened, your muster roll shows an absence on a night somebody worked. Here is how cross-midnight shifts should be recorded.
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Half your staff have no email address. Most HR software has not noticed.
Invite links, password resets and notifications all assume an inbox. On a shop floor or a field team, most people do not have one — and the workarounds companies invent are worse than the problem.
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