Resources
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Of course, sometimes it’s nice to read as well. So if you are looking for something to spend some time with you are in the right place – read away. And whether you do so sipping on kombucha or classy red from a cask, we won’t judge.

Why having a payroll governance policy helps way more than payroll
by Nic Edmonds | 10 March 2025
To assist in ensuring councils can meet, understand, and manage their requirements and obligations around payroll and payroll-related processes, we have pulled together a policy pack for payroll governance.

Aluminium 13.00
by Nic Edmonds | 20 February 2025
Aluminium 13.00’s major function is the cancel leave request functionality, but there is other nice stuff in there you should be aware of. So, grab a cuppa and settle in…

Aluminium 12.00
by Nic Edmonds | 10 January 2025
Aluminium 12.00 is a release with a lot of little things we just wanted to get out of the way for the start of the year. There is a lot of individual cool stuff and a collection of tiny enhancements and fixes.

Is this your year for online timesheets and leave?
by Nic Edmonds | 20 December 2024
If you have been thinking about getting online time and leave and workforce reporting underway at your council this year, we have pulled together a guide for you to read before you start planning.

Aluminium 11.1
by Nic Edmonds | 8 October 2024
This one is mostly about us – doing stuff behind the scenes and a bunch of functionality to improve load speeds and workflow management across the existing mobile app. Also, to make the conversion to Silicon workflows less intensive.

Aluminium 11.00
by Nic Edmonds | 25 September 2024
The other Silicon tide over (part 2). This one is exciting. It’s full of cool functionality but also getting this one live means we can get Silicon into test, and that is awesome.

Aluminium 10.00
by Nic Edmonds | 23 July 2024
The Silicon tide over (part 1). This is a holding version while waiting for the full release of Silicon. Hopefully, you find something you like. So many little tweaks but also a couple of bigger more awesome things.

Real stories from our users – explore testimonials from elementTIME customers
by Adroit Creations | 9 July 2024
Explore genuine testimonials from our customers and see how elementTIME has revolutionised the way they do payroll by introducing accountability, transparency and automating entitlements.

8 things to help you succeed when going to market for timesheet, leave, award interpretation solutions
by Nic Edmonds | 11 March 2024
If you’re considering going to market for a timesheet, leave, award interpretation solution, we hope the this article will help.

Aluminium 9.00
by Nic Edmonds | 29 February 2024
Aluminium 9.00 introduces key changes to assist in the management of the assignment of work-orders synced from Authority ERP systems, however, the changes can also be utilised by users with other chart of account systems. It also introduces tags into elementTIME allowing tags to be assigned and then used as a mechanism for assignments and building relationships between data.