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	The MTA installed a biometric&nbsp;employee timekeeping system in 2019&nbsp;to curb&nbsp;overtime abuse, but it was paused during the pandemic due to sanitary concerns. Employees continue to use the&nbsp;Kronos devices as standard time clocks, punching in and out of job sites with ID cards. Newsday&#39;s Alfonso Castillo reports.
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