How Internet Timecard Stopped a State/Employee Audit Dead In Its Tracks

The other day we got a call. It seems one of our client's former employee had filed a complaint with the state of California, Employee Development Department. The complaint alleged that my client (the employer) had not paid all the wages the employee said was due.

The State launched a full-scale audit on our client's company. The first thing they did was call us.

As it turned out, the employee picked on the wrong company. Of all the companies to test, she picked this one. All we did was log into Internet Timecard and go to Employee Log. They ran a Timecard Log for each employee GOING BACK YEARS. The Timecard Log showed every log-in and every log-out for every employee in the organization. Moreover the report was inclusive going back five years - to the day they started with Internet Timecard.

Can you imagine the look on the employee's face? There it was, every minute accounted and paid for throughout her employment with the company. The data was organized into a report that was EXACTLY what the state department wanted to see. The report was detailed, yet organized. It was iron clad proof the employee wasn't telling the truth.

Are you prepared for an audit like this? Very few companies are. Times are tight and everyone is looking for money. The employee was looking for money. The state was looking for money too. The audit started out with a predisposition of guilt. Without detailed, verified records this may not have gone so well. The evidence was so complete and so well presented the state had NO CHOICE but to find my client innocent of all charges.

Isn't it nice that the good guys win once in a while. Wouldn't you like to be organized like this? Internet Timecard is just $3 per user per month. It is the ultimate defense against accusation and audit. Any company that has employees should use it. It pays for itself 100 times over in lost wages alone and it is the ULTIMATE defense when the governing agencies come calling.