KRONOS Update

This will hopefully clarify the earlier posting. KRONOS is here to stay. HEI staff in general has really improved their relationship with KRONOS (or not) but at least improved their KRONOS skills over the past year.  Employees are being reminded to make more of an effort in their punches and time off requests. You know if you are  punching in early or late or not at all. There are repeat offenders here and across the system that require lots of time to correct their entries every week. All managers receive a KRONOS glitch list every two weeks. HEI has either minimal or no entries, which is great! All locations have improved, but I think HEI is almost the gold standard for accuracy or accurate corrections.

You are not able to change your punches but you are able to view your punches. Rather than Managers taking the initiative to "fix things", the responsibility for correct entries is on the employee. If you have entered a late punch and want to make up the time please email me with your plan to make up that time (30 minutes can be made up during lunch; time cannot be made up on breaks). It needs to be made up that same day. Anything over 30 minutes needs to be recorded as VAC or DOCK. If you have entered an early punch please stop doing that. You should be able to view the correct 8.0 hrs at the end of the day. If I am on extended vacation, you must contact the Manager covering HEI Kronos on the same day as the punch  issue. 

Please be careful when requesting time off. Make sure you have entered the correct number of hours. If you return to work on the same day (after SICK/VAC) and have not already made the KRONOS request, it must be made before the end of the day. For instance if you call in to report you are at a doctor's appointment or car repair, (or like me waiting for an appliance repair service) you must make the KRONOS request when you return to work that same day.

A second scenario that has been a problem for some (but it has improved) is when you make a request for VAC/SICK  anticipating that you will use that time, but then you return to work early. I am not able to make the correction to restore your balance of time and must request that HR make the change. This is not pleasing to them. Nice people, but the employee's misjudgment becomes their issue.

Reminder: If you are in training at another location you need to clock in from that location.

HEI has really improved, seriously. Thanks for that! I will continue to fix what I can.


Pat