WinTA makes paid and unpaid breaks easy to define

Consultant Stephen Taylor, who has advised government agencies and the Cabinet Office, defended large salaries in the public sector after it emerged there were nearly 40,000 public employees earning above £100,000. Mr Taylor said for positions such as running a large local authority, there were not many people with the qualifications (especially at a time when the job would require implementation of deep cuts) and they commanded high wages. "I’d want to attract the best people in the country to be interested in doing that job," he said.

Time and Attendance Wales clocking recording systems have no problems dealing with multiple pay levels, and cope with either fixed or flexitime rules as well. Workers use smart cards to clock in and the data is used by the WinTA software, which has advanced features such as Shift Premiums. Here complex payment schemes can be used, based on factors such as the time of working to the grade of employee. Overtime is easily monitored, and both paid and unpaid breaks are easy to define and calculate.