Inefficent Time | 
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										 The American Payroll Association shows that the manual calculation of timecards takes approximately 5 minutes per card.  | 
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										Human Error | 
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										 The American Payroll Association shows an error rate of between 1-8% of total payroll in companies that use traditional timecards. We will use a 2% error factor to calculate the potential savings.  | 
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										Overpayment | 
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										 According to the American Payroll Association, the average weekly "theft" of time (long lunches and breaks, tardiness, early departures, etc.) is 4 hours and 5 minutes per employee per pay period.  | 
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