EmpCenter^® for Petrochem

Meeting the Requirements of the Petrochemical Industry

EmpCenter^® for Petrochem helps petrochemical manufacturers, refineries, and other members of the petrochemical industry reduce labor costs, optimize schedules, and ensure compliance with government and industry regulations. The solution also simplifies the process of accurately tracking and reporting detailed operating expenses – a common challenge for petrochemical-related companies – by accounting for any number of factors, which may include per diem and travel costs, subsistence pay, and statutory holidays.

With our enterprise-grade workforce management suite as its foundation, EmpCenter for Petrochem provides complete automation of all labor activities across the enterprise. Diverse data collection options enable you to track and measure the labor costs for all aspects of business operations. Support for an unlimited number of labor distribution fields makes it possible for you to measure the return on human capital with ultimate precision.

Other key capabilities include:

• Work hours scheduling
• Work hour limits and break requirements
• Periodic performance-based assessments
• Automation of subsistence, travel, and bonus payments
• Fatigue assessments and reporting
• Annual finance, operations, and budgetary reporting requirements

EmpCenter for Petrochem was developed to address a range of workforce management challenges specific to petrochemical manufacturers, oil refineries, and related businesses. As an enterprise solution, EmpCenter supports multiple functions and business processes on a single platform to deliver maximum efficiency and bottom line results.

The business units and processes supported by EmpCenter include:

Field Crews

• Flexible Time Recording: Supports multiple time recording methods, from an online web clock, file uploads, mobile PDA, or high volume crew entry screens
• Labor Tracking: Provides real-time data on hours and minutes worked, per diem, travel and subsistence payments by an employee to avoid over payment and overtime expenses
• Union Contract Compliance: Supports different hourly and flat amount pay rates, complex overtime and shift rules, and benefit accrual calculations, along with overtime equalization reporting
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Compliance: Calculates overtime payments based on business rules to ensure FLSA compliance for U.S.-based employers

Finance

• Cost Tracking: Allocates labor expenses to the appropriate state, operating unit, department, etc., to ensure accuracy
• Budget Management: Maintains detailed budget reporting to verify operating costs for each vehicle, rig, or department throughout the organization

Fleet Maintenance

• Maintenance Notifications: Tracks mileage per vehicle to ensure timely maintenance service
• Activity Based Costing: Allocates expenses for each vehicle by associating vehicle usage to the driver’s time and labor distribution

Human Resources

• Labor Law Compliance: Streamlines compliance with state, federal, and company-specific labor regulations, including FLSA and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Paid Time-Off (PTO) Tracking: Automates the tracking and recording of all absences and late for work events

Management

• Approval Workflows: Instantly notifies managers to approve timesheets when they have been submitted, indicating when time and labor activities need their attention
• Absence & Tardy Tracking: Alerts managers in real time when staff is absent or late for work, ensuring all tasks can be completed by your operational teams
• Workforce Alerts: Automatically alerts management to exceptions, when labor thresholds are met or when specified events occur so action can be taken immediately

Payroll

• Time Recording: Accurately and easily collects hours worked to ensure accurate pay across your organization
• Payroll Calculations: Automatically calculates hours worked and overtime for payroll
• Policy & Rule Management: Determines when premiums apply and automatically calculates premium pay rates based on the configured rules
• Payroll System Integration: Synchronizes relevant pay and hours data with any leading or in-house payroll system

Work Order Tracking

• Flexible Time Recording: Allocates work order hours to specific activity codes to ensure accurate timekeeping
• Labor Budget Management: Tracks time and costs associated to specific work orders, providing more complete, accurate, and timely budget information
• Work Order Systems Integration: Synchronizes all labor associated to specific work orders in the system to ensure accuracy, eliminate redundant data entry, and manage fixed assets