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Tessera Time & Attendance for Security

Track shifts, attendance, and overtime with payroll-ready approvals for security teams.

Key metrics

Site coverageOvertime complianceShift accuracyPayroll readinessClient reporting speed
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Overview

What Tessera Time & Attendance helps you achieve

Track shifts, attendance, overtime, and payroll-ready approvals for security teams across sites.

01

Guard deployment and shift assignment.

Automates time capture and approvals so attendance feeds directly into payroll with accuracy.

02

Overtime and attendance controls.

Automates time capture and approvals so attendance feeds directly into payroll with accuracy.

03

Client-ready reporting for service proof.

Automates time capture and approvals so attendance feeds directly into payroll with accuracy.

Integrations

Mobile check-inBiometric devicesHR/payroll integrationsEmail/SMS notifications

Challenges

Common pain points we solve

Most security teams struggle with visibility, controls, and reporting. Tessera brings those workflows together.

01

24/7 guard deployment across sites is hard to track and report on without a central system.

Tessera T&A eliminates this through automated attendance rules, overtime approvals, and audit trails.

02

Multi-site shift coverage is inconsistent, creating client SLA compliance risks.

Tessera T&A eliminates this through automated attendance rules, overtime approvals, and audit trails.

03

Overtime compliance for security workers is difficult to govern manually.

Tessera T&A eliminates this through automated attendance rules, overtime approvals, and audit trails.

04

Client reporting to prove guard attendance and service delivery is slow.

Tessera T&A eliminates this through automated attendance rules, overtime approvals, and audit trails.

05

Manual timesheets make payroll preparation error-prone and time-consuming.

Tessera T&A eliminates this through automated attendance rules, overtime approvals, and audit trails.

Workflows

Key workflows for Security

These are the most common workflows security organizations implement first for fast ROI.

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Guard deployment scheduling

Runs on consistent rules with payroll-ready exports and exception management built in.

Multi-site shift coverage

Runs on consistent rules with payroll-ready exports and exception management built in.

Overtime approvals

Runs on consistent rules with payroll-ready exports and exception management built in.

Client attendance reporting

Runs on consistent rules with payroll-ready exports and exception management built in.

Leave management

Runs on consistent rules with payroll-ready exports and exception management built in.

Payroll-ready exports

Runs on consistent rules with payroll-ready exports and exception management built in.

Common use cases

Multi-site shift coverage tracking.
Incident and attendance reporting.
Payroll-ready time approvals.

Capabilities

What you get with Tessera Time & Attendance

A practical feature set designed for security teams, with controls and reporting built in.

01

Biometric + mobile attendance

Finger/face device workflows plus mobile attendance options where teams are distributed.

02

Shift scheduling

Define shift masters, breaks, rotation rules, and alerts for coverage and compliance.

03

Overtime rules + approvals

Policy-based overtime calculation with employee-level configuration and approvals.

04

Leave management

Paid/unpaid leave, accrual, carry-forward, half-day support, and payroll-ready exports.

05

Attendance processing + corrections

Bulk processing of raw logs with authorized time corrections and discrepancy resolution.

06

Outstation/official visits

Track official visits and exceptions so attendance reflects real work patterns.

07

Report builder + schedulers

Custom report layouts, scheduled report emails, and dashboards for HR teams.

08

Payroll/ERP integrations

Integrate to payroll and ERPs via APIs/files so time data flows end-to-end.

Reporting

Dashboards and insights

Get visibility that helps teams act faster: drill-down reporting, analysis views, and exportable outputs.

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Common dashboards & reports

Hours analysis and overtime reports
Late arrival / early departure reporting
Shift-wise employee strength and compliance
Leave reports and approvals history
Attendance discrepancy and corrections logs
Dashboards for HR/admin teams
Scheduled report emails and exports

Built for teams

Secure reporting and controlled exports

Share the right view with the right people using role-based access. Export and schedule reports for finance, operations, and leadership.

Role-based visibilityDrill-down viewsExports (PDF/Excel)Scheduled sharing

Workflow example

See how the work moves through Tessera

A practical example of how security teams can connect requests, approvals, operations, and reporting.

01

Request

Teams submit a structured operational request with the information needed for review.

02

Approve and process

Role-based controls route the transaction to the right people and retain its approval history.

03

Report

Operations and finance see the completed transaction in shared dashboards and exports.

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FAQ

Questions we hear from Security teams

If you want, we can walk through your exact workflows in a short demo.

Yes. Multi-site shift schedules and attendance records can be centralized and reported on.

Scheduled reports and export workflows can be configured for client-ready outputs.

Yes. Overtime rules and approval workflows enforce limits and create audit trails.

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Get a security demo

We will map your workflows, recommend a rollout plan, and show the dashboards your team will use day-to-day.

In the demo

  • Shift scheduling and attendance workflows
  • Overtime approvals and payroll-ready reporting
  • Implementation timeline + support plan
  • Module recommendations for your team