Egress Systems

Time and Attendance Software


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Egress Systems offer two time and attendance software products: Focus Pro and Focus Lite.

Focus Lite and Focus Pro are both available with our full range of clocking terminals offering you a complete solution whatever your budget or requirements.

We recognise that different organisations have different requirements when looking for a new Time & Attendance system. Some companies require a simple clocking in system where clocking times can be calculated with the minimum of fuss with easy reports. Others require a more sophisticated Time & Attendance application to handle advanced shift rules, bonuses, absence planning and detailing reporting. Take a look at our feature comparison table.

Time & Attendance Product Details

Focus Pro

Focus Pro provides all of the features in Focus Lite plus many more.

Focus Pro collects clocking times every 5 – 10 seconds, effectively providing real-time data collection.

Complex shift rules can be accommodated, including flexitime and annualised hours.

Shift rules can be allocated by repeating schedules of work or by using the Rota Planning facility. The Rota is ideal for planning staff shifts to meet work demand, such as within the hotel industry, retail and other production driven situations. Shifts can be separated into Cost Centres to aid planning and reporting.

Specific bespoke bonus, payroll and shift calculations can be accommodated using coded scripts within the rules.

Various employee details can be stored, with the ability of adding number of new employee data fields.

Various detailed reports, including Working Time Directive, and graphical managerial reports can be saved in multiple formats, including pdf and Excel.

Totaled time data can be exported to many payroll packages including Sage Payroll Professional, Iris, Earnie, Quantum and Thesaurus.

Advanced absence planning and reporting screens are available, backed up with reports such as the Bradford Factor.

Clocking exceptions and unauthorised overtime can be automatically flagged for the users’ attention.

Automatic Fire Alarm Evacuation report methods are available, including a report generated by the clocking terminal directly to a dedicated printer.

Focus Pro can be licenced to multiple concurrent users. Users can be restricted to only specific tasks and groups of employees.

Optional add-ons are available such as a web based holiday request module.

Focus Pro has the power to deliver complex functionality within an elegantly simple user interface.

Focus Lite

Focus Lite is essentially the same application as Focus Pro with some of the features removed. It uses the same MSDE/SQL Server database as Focus Pro.

Focus Lite allows a user to click a button to manually download clocking times from the clocking terminals.

An unlimited number of shift rules can be created and applied to repeating schedules of work. Schedules can contain up to five shift rules for each day that can be automatically allocate between them based upon an employees’ clocking time.

Each employee has an individual timesheet to show their clocking times and total calculated times across different rates of pay. Timesheet's are fully editable with the ability to add reasons for absence.

Focus Lite has been upgraded to include totaled time data exporting to many payroll packages including Sage Payroll Professional, Iris, Earnie, Quantum and Thesaurus.

Various reports are available including payroll, weekly timesheet's, lateness and infringement reports. All reports can be saved in MS Excel format. A manually triggered Fire evacuation report is also available.

Focus Lite can easily be upgraded to Focus Pro. The same proximity or biometric clocking terminals can be used with either version.

Comparison of the Features Available with Focus Pro and Focus Lite

Focus Pro

Unlimited number of flexible shift rules Unlimited Shift Rules with Focus Pro
Unlimited number of work schedules Unlimited Work Schedules with Focus Pro
Manage breaks, overtime, bonuses and rounding Manage breaks, overtime, bonuses and rounding with Focus Pro
Record holidays and other absences Record holidays and other absences with Focus Pro
Track lateness and early outs Track lateness and early outs with Focus Pro
Edit timesheet's Edit timesheets with Focus Pro
Define pay rates Define pay rates with Focus Pro
Manage user privileges Manage user privileges with Focus Pro
Export to Sage, Iris, Earnie, Thesaurus and other payroll packages Export to Sage, Iris, Earnie, Thesaurus and other payroll packages with Focus Pro
Enhanced Reporting suite Enhanced Reporting suite with Focus Pro
Save reports to Excel, PDF, HTML, .tiff and .csv formats Save reports to Excel, PDF, HTML, .tiff and .csv formats with Focus Pro
Fire evacuation report Fire evacuation report with Focus Pro
Archive facility Archive facility with Focus Pro
Backup and Restore facility Backup and Restore facility with Focus Pro
Staff Availability Management facility Staff Availability Management facility with Focus Pro
Employee Absence Calendar Employee Absence Calendar with Focus Pro
Realtime clocking's download Realtime clockings download with Focus Pro
Exceptions Management facility Exceptions Management facility with Focus Pro
Watch Window (Real Time Employee In/Out Status) Watch Window (Real Time Employee In/Out Status) with Focus Pro
Rota Planning facility Rota Planning facility with Focus Pro
Flexitime Flexitime with Focus Pro
Record employee contact details and user defined information Record employee contact details and user defined information with Focus Pro
Memo facility Memo facility with Focus Pro
Audit Log Audit Log with Focus Pro
PC / Web Clocking Modules Available PC / Web Clocking Modules Available with Focus Pro
Control Bells & Sirens (with HRX5000 Clocking Terminal) Control Bells & Sirens with Focus Pro
Integrated Door Access Control (with HRX5000 Terminal) Integrated Door Access Control with Focus Pro
VB Scripting of Shift Rules and Payroll Export VB Scripting of Shift Rules and Payroll Export

Focus Lite

Unlimited Shift Rules with Focus Lite Unlimited number of flexible shift rules
Unlimited number of work schedules with Focus Lite Unlimited number of work schedules
Manage breaks, overtime and rounding with Focus Lite Manage breaks, overtime and rounding
Record holidays and other absences with Focus Lite Record holidays and other absences
Track lateness and early outs with Focus Lite Track lateness and early outs
Edit timesheets with Focus Lite Edit timesheet's
Define pay rates with Focus Lite Define pay rates
Manage user privileges with Focus Lite Manage user privileges
Export to Sage payroll with Focus Lite Export to Sage, Iris, Earnie, Thesaurus and other payroll packages
Reporting suite with Focus Lite Reporting suite
Save reports to Excel and .csv formats with Focus Lite Save reports to Excel and .csv formats
Fire evacuation report with Focus Lite Fire evacuation report
Archive facility with Focus Lite Archive facility
Backup and Restore facility with Focus Lite Backup and Restore facility
This feature is limited with Focus Lite Staff Availability facility - (view only)
This feature is limited with Focus Lite Employee Absence Calendar - (view only)
This feature is not available with Focus Lite Scheduled clocking's download - (10 times per 24 hour period)
This feature is not available with Focus Lite Exceptions Management facility - not available
This feature is not available with Focus Lite Watch Window - not available
This feature is not available with Focus Lite Rota Planning - not available
This feature is not available with Focus Lite Flexitime - not available
This feature is not available with Focus Lite Employee contact details - not available
This feature is not available with Focus Lite Memo facility - not available
This feature is not available with Focus Lite Audit Log - not available
This feature is not available with Focus Lite PC / Web Clocking Modules - not available
This feature is not available with Focus Lite Bell & Siren Control - not available
This feature is not available with Focus Lite Integrated Door Access Control - not available
VB Scripting of Shift Rules and Payroll Export VB Scripting - not available