EmpCenter for Higher Education helps colleges and universities eliminate wasted time and money spent managing their workforce while ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations. A workforce management solution, EmpCenter for Higher Education automates and streamlines the interactions between your staff and the university.

EmpCenter for Higher Education automates many interactions for faculty, students, graduate students, campus police, campus fire, maintenance staff, and the institution. Some examples of automated processes include reporting hours worked, scheduling time off, reporting work-study hours, and tracking grant usage. This allows colleges and universities to better manage their workforce, help ensure compliance with state and federal regulations, and increase the productivity and satisfaction of their employees.

Unique technology refined over many years working with universities such as Ohio University, Ohio State University, and the University of California ensures EmpCenter for Higher Education meets your needs without compromise.

Colleges and universities have a variety of unique job positions and users, each with unique needs:

Faculty, Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants & Researchers

• Accurately collect hours worked, via campus/student ID or web clock, to ensure accurate pay calculation for regular and overtime hours
• Track hours against grants and funding sources, including allocation across multiple sources

Student Workers

• Accurately collect hours worked, via a student ID or web clock, to ensure accurate pay calculation for regular and overtime hours
• Keep separate timesheets for each position to support the various pay rates and pay rules per job - also ensure overtime pay is accurate
• Record hours against work-study programs to support budget allocations, and alert management when work-study hours are maxed out

Maintenance Staff

• Accurately collect hours worked using campus ID to ensure accurate pay calculation for regular and overtime hours
• Seamless integration with maintenance and work management systems to track time and labor costs against work orders, giving managers better information for budget and staff allocation

Public Safety

• Automatically track hours at work using rotating schedules, ensuring accurate timekeeping
• Automatically compute overtime payments based on police and fire department rules, ensuring compliance regulations are met

Service Staff

• Accurately collect hours worked using campus ID to ensure accurate pay calculation for regular and overtime hours
• Immediately begin collecting labor time for new hires, even before the HR department has paperwork
• Synchronize with point of sale systems to track time and labor costs to give managers better information for budget and staff allocation
• Allocate time worked for multiple job assignments, supporting various pay rules and ensuring accurate overtime pay
• Schedule employees based on employee work preferences and staffing needs, creating a positive atmosphere

Human Resources

• Ensure compliance with FLSA and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Automatically track and record all absences and tardy events

Payroll

• Automatically calculate hours worked and overtime for payroll
• Automatically calculate all premiums and other special pay, based on pre-defined rules
• Synchronize all time information with district payroll system, saving vast amounts of time