From Sticky Notes to Seamless Payroll: Meet Powerpay Time

It’s Friday. Payroll is due. And you’re staring at a stack of paper timesheets — some smudged with coffee, others missing entirely. One employee swears they worked an extra shift, but there’s no record. Another has handwriting you can’t read. 

Sound familiar? 

For small businesses, tracking time this way isn’t just frustrating — it’s costly. Lost hours, manual entry errors, and last-minute scrambling lead to payroll mistakes, compliance risks, and unhappy employees. And if you’re an accountant or bookkeeper helping multiple clients, paper-based time tracking creates even more cleanup. 

The Pitfalls of Paper (and Sticky Notes)

• Lost or damaged records a shift disappears when a timesheet gets tossed out.
• Errors from manual entry “8” looks like “3,” and suddenly pay is wrong.
• Time-consuming process chasing down missing hours eats up hours of your own.
• Employee frustration when pay is late or incorrect, trust takes a hit.

Paper doesn’t just slow you down — it sets you up for mistakes. 

How Powerpay Time Changes the Game

That’s why we built Powerpay Time — a digital time module that makes tracking hours simple, accurate, and integrated with payroll. 

Here’s how it helps: 

1. Real-time entry: employees log hours from their phone or computer, on the spot.
2. No more chasing paper: timesheets are stored securely in one place.
3. Seamless payroll integration: approved hours flow straight into Powerpay payroll, with no double entry.
4. Improved transparency: employees can review and confirm their hours before payday.
5. Manager approvals: supervisors get notified of submissions, reducing back-and-forth.

If you’re managing payroll for multiple clients, Powerpay Time saves you from late-night reconciliations and client calls about missing shifts. Clean data flows directly into payroll, so you spend less time chasing hours and more time advising. 

The payoff is big: 

• Business owners no more sticky notes, fewer errors, and employees who trust their pay is right.
• Accountants & bookkeepers streamlined client payrolls, cleaner records, and fewer headaches at payroll run.
• Employees confidence that every shift is counted, every time.

The bottom line: moving from paper timesheets to digital is one of the simplest ways to reduce payroll stress. With Powerpay Time, capturing hours and turning them into pay becomes smooth, accurate, and hassle-free. 

Ready to ditch paper timesheets for good? 

Try Powerpay Time and see how effortless payroll can be when time and pay work together. Join us for a webinar. But don’t take our words for it, read about our customers experience with it.