Time & Attendance Overview
Time off, balances, the time clock, and getting worked hours into the system — the inputs that payroll runs on.
Time & Attendance in TriblockHR — 3-minute tour
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The pieces and how they connect
Time & Attendance feeds payroll. Employees request time off against their balances; managers approve or deny from a coverage board that shows who is already away — pending as well as approved — before the decision is made. Hours come in three ways: employees punch the time clock, admins enter timesheets directly, or hours arrive in bulk from a third-party clock system via import. Approved time off lands on timesheets automatically, and timesheets become pay when a pay run calculates — see the Payroll guide for that side.
Who can do what
| Role | Access |
|---|---|
| Employees | Request their own time off, view their balances, clock in and out, view their own punch history. |
| Managers / clerks (with the time-off or timesheet handling permission) | Everything employees can do, plus approve and deny requests and timesheets for the people they handle, and view subordinates' punches. |
| HR Admin / Payroll Admin | Full access: all requests, balance adjustments and bulk imports, hours imports, timeclock history for everyone. |
Configured in Settings
The behavior you'll see throughout this section is driven by configuration that lives in Settings: time-off types and their rules, time-off policies and accrual thresholds, blackout dates, the company time-off calendar, work days, break types, time clock hardware and geolocation rules, and punch edit reasons. This guide notes the effect of each setting where it appears; the Settings guide (coming soon) covers how to change them.