77% of public institutions in Latvia do not use work time tracking system

RIGA  - As many as 77 percents of public institutions in Latvia do not use a work time tracking system because it does not help improve an efficiency of processes in the organisation, according to the information from the State Chancellery.

As of November 1, 2015, use of a work time tracking system is voluntary, and the public institutions can decide themselves which is the best way to monitor the employees' performance.

While most institutions do not use a work time tracking system, those which do say the system helps to analyse time spent on a performance of different functions, determine the cost of services etc.

The public institutions which chose not to have a work time tracking system said that such system did not improve the efficiency of processes in the organisation as employees had to spend extra time to fill out the timesheets and in absence of clear definition of the processes the information about the time spent on the work processes was inaccurate.

The State Chancellery said that it was developing a universal Human Resources Management Information System to address the issue of work time tracking at public institutions. The information system would improve an efficiency of personnel management processes concerning remuneration, performance appraisal, job vacancies, etc., including also work time tracking. The new system will be in use in all direct public administration institutions in Latvia (currently 156) and is to become fully functional by the end of 2019.