Time and Attendance (aka "T&A") is the process of documenting an employee’s attendance at the work site by:
Recording arrival and departure times Calculating actual hours worked Maintaining time off and work overage information Companies of all sizes use T&A systems to gather information about the time employees actually spend on the job, and to ensure employees are accurately paid. Employers also use T&A processes to safeguard company assets against employee fraud -- like over reporting the actual hours worked on the job.