About Stephen Jagger

Co-Founder of PayrollHero.com

#BePunctual And Win with UBER and PayrollHero

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

UBER has launched in the Philippines to much fan fare. Their private car service is a great addition to the current transportation options and is a great way to travel.

Want to give it a try?…. FREE.

UBER has partnered with PayrollHero to provide free rides to punctual employees. All you have to do is consistently show up for work on time and you could win a free UBER ride.

For those that don’t know how UBER works, they are a technology company that provides an app to make it quick and easy to find a ride.

From their website; “UBER is evolving the way the world moves. By seamlessly connecting riders to drivers through our apps, we make cities more accessible, opening up more possibilities for riders and more business for drivers. From our founding in 2009 to our launches in over 70 cities today, Uber’s rapidly expanding global presence continues to bring people and their cities closer.”

My favorite features of UBER… emailed receipts with exact trip details, cashless (no need to argue with driver about his lack of change), slick app that lets you see where the vehicle is and a rating system so that you can provide feedback on the driver or vehicle.

Want to give UBER a try?

#BePunctual and you could win!

5 Reasons To Start A Business In The Philippines

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

A little while ago we shot a video with some business owners/managers that were getting their businesses rolling in the Philippines. Five of the reasons they gave for doing so are:

1. Heart of Southeast Asia
2. Fast Economic Growth
3. Big Local Market, 100,000,000 people
4. English
5. Service Oriented

Watch the full video here to learn more about operating a business in the Philippines;

5 Old School Ways To Track Employee Attendance

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

Companies all over the world want (read: need) to keep track of employees time. From being aware of their start time / end time, to knowing how late or early they are from their scheduled time, knowing the time and attendance of employees is important. There are many ways companies try and achieve this;

1. Traditional Punch Clock
2. Manual Hand Written Journal
3. Excel / Google Doc for Attendance
4. Bio-metrics (finger scanner)
5. Honor System

Each have their drawbacks and 4 out of 5 enable massive fraud. Time theft is a big problem in companies and adds up quickly. Imagine an employee who is 5 minutes late for work and leaves 4 minutes early. 9 minutes a day, times 5 days, times 52 weeks is 39 hours a year in paid but unworked time. Almost a full week! Now imagine you have multiple employees doing this. How much time theft is your company allowing?

Check out PayrollHero’s Time, Attendance, Scheduling and Analytics platform – we eliminate buddy punching, ghost employees and make it fun for employees to clock in and out for work.

#BePunctual and Win with FourEyes.com.ph

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

Our friends at FourEyes.com.ph have given us a few Gift Certificates for P500 off new glasses. For the punctual PayrollHero employees out there, this might be your chance to get some new glasses. For your chance to win, just make sure you are early for work!!

Never heard of FourEyes? They are 1st online eyewear store in the Philippines. Plus…

“For every pair of eyewear that you buy from www.foureyes.com.ph, we would donate a pair of FourEyes prescription eyeglasses to someone in need of eyewear. We work with various recognized partner charities in making sure that the glasses are delivered directly to them.”

So don’t be late!

Update: Change Multiple Employee’s Schedules at the Same Time

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

Now within your PayrollHero account you can manage multiple employee’s schedules at the same time. This added functionality makes it easier to manage your team and their corresponding schedules.

You can find this functionality by clicking on “Employees” then “Schedules” within your account. You need to have some administrator controls in order to do this.

There is lots more coming… if you have suggestions feel free to let us know.

Update: Salary Function For Philippine Payroll

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

Great news!

We’ve just released a new pay mode setting called “Salary”. This feature can be used for your employees who don’t clock in/out on the system but are still part of your payroll, meaning, you can still generate payroll without clocking in/out or resolving attendance.

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How this feature works – the system pays the employees their salary for a specific pay period without any lates and overtime.

To summarize our pay mode features, here’s a table of what we have on the system:

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* If attendance has not been published, a notification would show up and say that “Sorry we can’t generate your payroll until all work days have been published. Please publish the needed attendance.”

** If they need deductions or additional pay, you can create specific “payments” on their employee profile.

So if you currently have clients who are paid a “Salary” here’s how you can edit the pay mode.

Interested in signing up for PayrollHero? Signup online.

Update: Flex Schedules Is Here

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

Clients have asked us about the ability to have flex schedules. The vast majority of our clients have pretty ridged schedules, but there is always an employee or two that has a bit of a flexible schedule. Their time still needs to be tracked, but their start and end time is more flexible. Now, within PayrollHero, you can use the MyClock Web to enable flexible schedule employees to clock in and out without the need for a schedule.

Questions? Reach out to our team for more information or check out the knowledge-base article.

5 Reasons You Should Never Be Late ~ #BePunctual

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

blog-post-reasons-late I have heard “Island Time” or in the Philippines “Filipino Time” as a way of justifying why you are late. Of course, one of PayrollHero’s missions is to help employees be punctual for their jobs, so I thought it would be a good topic for a post on 5 reasons why you should never be late.

1. It is Disrespectful
When you are late, you are telling the person that you are meeting with that your time is more important that their time. It shows a lack of respect and common courtesy to others.

2. It is Stressful
Or it should be. When your running late, you worry about the repercussions at work, with your appointment, etc. Lower your stress and plan your travel time accordingly. Your body will thank you for it.

3. It Can Cause a Chain Reaction
When you’re late, it makes other people late.

4. Bad Reputation
Being known for tardiness is never a good thing and is a hard reputation to shake.

5. Its not Professional
As you move forward in your work life, tardiness is less and less accepted. Best to get in good habits right from the start!

How can you improve your punctuality?

– move closer to your job
– budget more time for your commute
– take weather conditions into account when leaving for work
– leave enough time between appointments to account for traffic delays
– change you mode of transport if it is the cause of your tardiness

What are your ideas on how to improve?

Walden Chu, President of The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Philippines

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

The President of The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Philippines, Walden Chu, was invited by the CBTL Group to speak at their global conference for all country franchisee owners in late 2013 in Los Angeles. At the conference he covered his experience with PayrollHero and how it has helped his 70 location coffee chain operate in the Philippines. Here is the complete video as well as a shortened version just on his PayrollHero comments. Enjoy!

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Event: PayrollHero Unwrapped

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

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Our partner at New Leaf Ventures in Manila, Philippines is having a PayrollHero Unwrapped event. This is a fantastic way to get a hands on look at how PayrollHero works and what it can do for your business. From their website:

We’re unwrapping PayrollHero for you! Learn how this simple and easy-to-use software can help transform your business!

PayrollHero is a Time, Attendance, Scheduling, HRIS and Payroll app that is built for web and mobile.

Employees can clock in/out using facial recognition technology, giving “accuracy” a whole new meaning.

Scheduling, as well as viewing schedules, is as convenient as a single click.

Payroll computation is exact as it is built for the Philippines. You don’t have to worry about computing different types of pays– be it Night Time Differential, Holiday pay, Double shifts etc.

You will also have access to a set of analytics that will help you make important decisions for your business.

The best thing? Everything is in real-time. Space is limited, Register Now!