“Biometric-based timekeeping is a more effective and accurate way of monitoring the attendance of our employees, because it recognizes only fingerprints of every employee and transmits information to a database of a computer,” City administrator Rafael Baraan said.  
 

Baraan pointed out that because of the implementation of the biometrics, the whereabouts of the fieldworkers and the legitimacy of their field works can be verified since they will be required to submit certain requirements.
 

Based on the general guidelines for the use of the biometric timekeeping machine, all city hall employees shall render not less than 8 hours of work per day for five days for a total of 40 hours of work per week.  
 

There shall be four clusters to address the distinct needs of employees namely: Cluster A, for technical/office staff who comes to work on a regular basis; Cluster B, for fieldwork personnel who are assigned on the field; Cluster B2, for field work personnel on rotation basis; and Cluster C, for work shift personnel who are working on time shifts.
 

All technical and office staffers are directed to strictly observe the office hours from 8 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. A grace period of 15 minutes in timing in is given to the employees. After 15 minutes, the employee shall be considered late.
 

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