Scanners put new face on clocking into work System IDs workers, prevents them from 'buddy punching' Rebecca Olles/ Hackensack Record
Employees can forget punch cards and finger scans. Now they can stand in front of a small machine, and in 2 seconds or less their face is scanned and they are punched in for work. Biometric face-scanning time clocks have been introduced within the past year. Two of these companies — Lathem, an Atlanta-based time and attendance system company and Compumatic Time Recorders Inc. in New York — said the time clocks are meant to prevent "buddy punching" and improve hygiene and security. Both companies' biometric devices were launched within the past year and are used by customers nationwide. Buddy punching occurs when late employees ask other workers to punch them in for work. Lathem's FaceIN product manager, Tony Burks, said the system uses two cameras — a black-and-white device that identifies 60 points on a human face and a camera that takes a color digital analysis. "No worry about Big Brother watching you because everything is a digital template, not an actual image of the individual," he said. "FaceIN is touchless and hygienic. You just simply look at it."....................>>>>...................>>>>...............From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/201.....o-work#ixzz1XdxqLVnu
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