The time and attendance application for biometrics technology is expanding all the time as cost is further reduced, thus opening the technology up to organisations that previously would have been restricted from employing the many benefits of the technology due to the higher cost relative to other technologies such as manual roll call. Schools are benefitting considerably from the resources that a biometric-based attedance system frees up. this results in cost savings, the ability to reallocate previously wasted resources, a reduction in truancy/absenteeism, and greater communication between students, parents and the school.

Employers also want to be sure that their employees are on site and doing their jobs when they are supposed to be. Using biometrics to verify time and attendance does away with 'buddy clocking', in which one employee punches in an absent employee’s time card. Employees benefit from biometric verification as well, because biometrics help safeguard their time and attendance records against employer manipulation or mistakes.