Patent ID: 7099236

Claim:
A worker management device comprising: time clocks provided in a plurality of work places for recording entrance and exit times for each worker; and managing means for inputting time recording information from the respective time clocks; the managing means operating independently of and being connected to the time recorders so that said management device determines where the worker has entered and exited and tow long the worker has engaged therein; the managing means including data storing means storings in advance fingerprint information and personal information of the workers and communicating the respective information to the time clocks; wherein the time clocks each comprise: fingerprint inputting means for inputting a fingerprint of each worker; worker specifying means including: fingerprint information/personal information data, said data including personal information and fingerprint information of each worker therein, said information being downloaded from the data storing means; and a retrieving circuit for retrieving the personal information and the fingerprint information stored in the fingerprint information/personal information data and for conducting collation of the input fingerprint inputted with the fingerprint inputting means to specify the worker; and time recording means for recording entrance and exit times on the basis of the specification of the worker by the worker specifying means, and information inputting means for inputting personal information and employment status of a worker, said employment status being one of full-time, temporary, or part-time; and said worker specifying means reading said stored personal information and fingerprint information according to said personal information input into said information inputting means for conducting said collation.