Enrolment
The day people are loaded into the system, and everything it decides for the next five years.
Enrolment Day
Three hundred people are registered into the reader in a single week, by whoever is free, and almost every later problem is decided during those few minutes.
What Is Actually Stored
A biometric clock does not keep a picture of your finger. What it does keep is still personal data, and knowing exactly what settles most arguments.
Failure to Enrol
A measurable share of any workforce cannot be registered into a given method at all. The rate is predictable, and almost no site records its own.
Consent, and the Alternative
Asking three hundred people to agree to something while they stand in a queue produces a signature, not a consent. The difference matters when tested.
Enrolling More Than One Thing
Thirty extra seconds per person at enrolment removes most of the daily failures for five years. It is skipped because the session is running late.
The People Who Were Not There
Agency staff, contractors, night shift and anybody on leave that week end up outside the system, and the improvisation made for them becomes permanent.
Templates Go Stale
A record taken five years ago is matched against a hand that has aged and worked. Nothing notices, and the person is told to present their finger better.