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Time Cards (e-Time™)

e-Time™ enables you to automatically post the employees total hours with the applicable pay types directly into the pay run without having to do any manual calculations. There are three different methods of using e-Time™,

  1. Basic
    • Manually enter the employees Start & Stop Times (up to 12 groups^ of times per day). ^ (1 group = 2 swipe times e.g. In and Out)
    • Import the employees Scheduled Hours from e-Roster™
    • Import the employees Normal Week as set in the Employee record.
    • Allocate the applicable pay rates for each time period (Award Rate, Personal Leave, Annual Leave etc.).
    • Once completed, automatically post all employees Time Cards directly into the Pay Run.
  2. Intermediate
    • Import times from e-PayDay®‘s Bio-Clock™ (ACTATek) or a Generic Text File.
    • Transfer the imported Scan Time information into the Time Card for Pay Rate allocation.
    • Allocate the applicable pay rates for each time period (Award Rate, Personal Leave, Annual Leave etc.).
    • Once completed, automatically post all employees Time Cards directly into the Pay Run.
  3. Advanced (e-Award™)

Access to Time Cards (e-Time™) is available through the File Menu, Pay Day Menu, Pay Day window and the sidebar (under Extensions > e-Time™).

The e-Time™ Time Cards window contains the following options;

Time Card


  • Clear All: Clear all imported or manually entered scan times for the selected employee.
  • Clear Line: Clear only the selected line of imported or manually entered scan times for the selected employee.
  • Allowances: Display which allowances have been applied based on the rules in e-Award™
  • Normal Week: Import the Employees Normal Week as defined in the Employees file
  • Scheduled Hours: Import the Employees hours as defined in e-Roster™
  • Post to Pay Run: Post the times from e-Time™ Time Cards to the selected Employees Pay Envelope
  • Prev: Change between Employees
  • Next: Change between Employees
  • Reports: Print and e-Mail Time Card Reports

Scan Times


  • Clear All: Clear all imported or manually entered scan times for the selected employee.
  • Clear Line: Clear only the selected line of imported or manually entered scan times for the selected employee.
  • Import: Import Scan Times as a Generic Text Import or from a Bio-Clock.
  • Post to Time Card: Post the imported or manually entered scan times to the Time Card (and automatically interpret based on the rules in e-Award™)
  • Config: Enter the Bio-Clock or Generic Text Import settings
  • Prev: Change between Employees
  • Next: Change between Employees
  • Reports: Print and e-Mail Time Card Reports
  • Undo: Undo any unsaved changes
  • Save: Save your changes
  • Exit: Close e-Time™ Time Cards
Revision: 30
Last modified: Feb 15, 2021