Friday until eight.
Sunday Excel.
Errors guaranteed.
Paper timesheets that nobody can read. Hours rounded the wrong way. Overtime applied at the wrong rate. CIS bands missed because the worker record never got updated. The office manager working twelve hours on Friday and four on Sunday — and still getting it wrong.
Eight specific failures.
Most are tooling,
not people.
When payroll is built on paper, Excel and trust, errors are guaranteed. None of the moments below are anyone's fault — the platform we replaced makes them inevitable.
Hours from the gate.
Maths from the system.
Sage / BrightPay automatic.
QR clock-in
Camera, point, scan, in. GPS verifies, photo verifies. Three seconds. No paper.
Per scan≈ 3 secAuto overtime
Mon-Fri 8-5 at 1×, evenings/Saturdays 1.5×, Sundays/bank holidays 2×. Custom per worker, per project.
Sunday Excelnot any moreCIS automatic
0/20/30% bands per worker. UTR verified live against HMRC. CIS300 ready on the 5th. Monthly returns one click.
Errors0Travel time tracked
Separate from work hours. Daily ceiling. Suspicious claims flagged. Pay travel at a different rate if you want to.
ModuleWorkforceBrightPay / Sage feed
Bidirectional. Hours, holiday, sickness, statutory pay, CIS bands. RTI submissions return back. No re-keying.
Integrations10+Approval flow
Draft, submitted, approved, rejected. Site managers sign off on phone before payroll. Workers cannot edit after submission. Audit trail unfakeable.
ModuleWorkforce