Time monitoring system

Abstract

An employee time-monitoring system includes a computing device and a number of cameras in electrical communication with the computing device. The cameras may be installed at various locations of a workplace, e.g., at entrances and exits to the work facility, at employee workstations, and at breakrooms and at other common areas. In some embodiments, the computing device is configured to analyze data associated with photographs/videos recorded from the cameras in order to determine via facial recognition whether the data recorded from the cameras substantially matches data associated with a specific employee. In this manner, the employee time-monitoring system can automatically record a time of clock-in or clock-out of the employee that has been recognized via facial recognition. Advantageously, the system can automatically determine whether an employee is beginning a shift, ending a shift, visiting for nonwork related purposes, or taking a break, and can send the employee SMS break reminders.

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