Computer software for use in employee time management, namely, for use in keeping employee time records, for use in data collection, for use in designing time and date recorders for imprinting documents with time and date information for the management and control of payroll, time, and attendance and job cost accounting documentation; employee time recording devices with special purpose time and attendance, namely, computer operating system software, computer printers, and data storage apparatus, namely, blank computer disks for use in imprinting employee entry/exit time on employee time cards, for use in computing and printing time worked on employee time and/or payroll cards, for use in the storage of employee time information on recording media; employee identification smart cards encoded with machine-readable employee identification information and smart card readers; computer software and hardware used in the preparation and printing of management, payroll, and labor distribution reports and for the collection, preparation, and analysis of various employee work-related information and summaries, and for use in the data collection, compilation, calculation, automation, preparation and analysis of employee attendance and time data for employee payroll and scheduling purposes and the analysis thereof