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No more overtime for Alabama
« on: Jan 5th, 2004, 10:23am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/34704.html
 
Jefferson County, Alabama is calling time on fraudulent overtime claims by making non-salaried employees clock in with their fingerprints.  
 
The County Commission last week placed a $460,000 order for 30 biometric time clocks, doubling numbers in use by the administartion.  
 
"I'm not saying anybody has been doing anything wrong," Commission President Larry Langford told AP. "But how do you verify that the overtime has been worked? This is a simple solution."  
 
County workers will be issued with a swipe card to be used during the clocking in (or out) process. After they use the card, workers will be prompted to verify their identity by placing a finger on a pad.  
 
The device is sophisticated enough to differentiate between genuine fingerprints and forgeries, Jefferson County officials.  
 
"The only way to get around it is to cut off your finger and give it to somebody," said Langford. "But even then it won't work because the machine also monitors body temperature."  
 
Jefferson County spends between $5 million and $6 million per year in overtime payments. Some workers earn up to $40,000 per annum in overtime pay, AP reports.
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« Reply #1 on: Jan 5th, 2004, 10:40am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
I think this is a cool option/idea whose time has come.  I saw this on the news yesterday.
 
Sorry - no I didn't!  I got this article mixed up with the "U.S. Begins Fingerprinting Foreign Visitors".
 
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« Reply #2 on: Jan 5th, 2004, 6:43pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
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Jesh, we sure know how to work up a stir down here in Bama.   All I can say is LAWDY.  
 
p.s. Big Brother is coming.
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« Reply #3 on: Jan 5th, 2004, 7:51pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
.....looks like he' already peeping over our shoulders, doesn't it?
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P.S. I really thought this topic was about football Roll Eyes
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Re: No more overtime for Alabama
« Reply #5 on: Jan 10th, 2004, 4:34am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
wow, lakelady.  I didn't know you are from Birmingham.  I grew up in Hoover and my family still lives in different parts of the city.  What part do you live in?
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« Reply #6 on: Jan 10th, 2004, 4:58am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Hey DA!  I live behind the Colonnade off Acton and work at Greystone.  hee hee.  Nice to meet someone close by. Cool
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