If we are to believe National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer Carlito Galvez, a large number of COVID-19 infections last August 2020 came from workplace common areas. Galvez urged private companies to conduct orientation seminars for their workers to ensure better compliance with rules like mandatory face mask and face shield wearing, disinfection, social distancing, and the ban on non-essential mass gatherings. 

To help local businesses protect their workforce against the spread of COVID-19 in offices, Salarium — one of the country’s leading providers of intelligent technological HR solutions — recently launched FacePass, a touchless time and attendance solution. 

“FacePass offers more than just facial recognition timekeeping. It combines convenience and efficiency in enforcing safety entry protocols with its facemask detection and body temperature scanning,” according to Salarium Founder and CEO Judah Hirsch.

FacePass comes with a state-of-the-art device — S.A.F.E Tech (Secured Attendance & Face-Enabled Technology) — that can require employees to wear a facemask and have a normal body temperature before accepting their clock-ins. It can accurately recognize an employee in seconds even with their face masks and face shields on. In addition, it alarms when someone exceeds the normal body temperature.

The payroll automation company has remained operational since the start of the ECQ (Enhanced Community Quarantine) with their Time and Attendance Solutions being in-demand among businesses implementing flexible working arrangements.

FacePass is fully integrated into Salarium’s timekeeping system, enabling Human Resources staff to create, track, and manage shifts and schedules, manage overtime, undertime, and leaves, and complete attendance reports instantly. It also includes an Employee Self Service (ESS), which allows employees to access their records: time and attendance, shift schedules, leaves, and overtimes and under times via any device, so they can view it anytime and anywhere. 

The FacePass subscription starts at PHP5,000 (per month, per device) with a 24-month Lease Contract. The company’s CEO said that his company currently has a value offering to its clients for this touchless solution. For every company with more than 200 employees that will avail FacePass, they will be provided one (01) FREE S.A.F.E. Tech device.

This system supports the Department of Labor Employment’s (DOLE) mandate for the private sector to strictly observe health protocols as the community quarantine remains in effect. Based on the Interim Guidelines on Workplace Prevention and Control of COVID-19, workers and employers are required to follow total precautionary measures as the country grapples with the containment of the deadly virus during this pandemic.

Know more about FacePass from Salarium by visiting https://www.salarium.com/facepass/.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Robert “Bob” Reyes is a technologist, an ICT Consultant and Tech Speaker, a certified Google IT Support Specialist, and an Open Source advocate representing the global non-profit Mozilla (makers of Firefox) in the Philippines. Bob is a Technology Columnist for the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation and an aviation subject matter expert contributor for Spot.PH.

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