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Employee Guide

Clocking In & Out

Punching from your dashboard, taking breaks, and what to do about a missed punch.

Punching in and out

Your dashboard shows the time clock with a Clock In button (it becomes Clock Out while you're on the clock). The timer above it tracks your day. While clocked in you can leave a note — useful for explaining unusual hours before anyone has to ask.

For breaks, pick the break type under Take a Break and confirm. Punch back in when you return.

An employee Timeclock History — a clock in/out record with total time worked.

If the Clock In button is greyed out

Your company likely requires your location for punching. Allow location access when your browser asks — if you dismissed it, the widget shows instructions for re-enabling it in your browser settings. A phone usually gives a more accurate location than a desktop, so if the location looks wrong, try your phone.

If your location comes through but you're away from your assigned site, what happens is your company's choice. Most companies refuse the punch — you'll see a message telling you how far away you are. Some allow it, in which case the punch goes through flagged for review and your manager and HR are told, which is normal if you're legitimately working elsewhere.

Either way, having no location at all always stops a punch, so allow location access when asked. If you're genuinely off-site and keep being refused, ask your manager whether off-site punching can be turned on — it's a setting, not something you can fix from your end.

Missed a punch?

Forgot to clock out, or the punch didn't register? Tell your manager or HR — they can correct the punch with a documented reason. Your hours still flow to payroll through your timesheet, so a corrected punch keeps everything consistent.

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Clocking in, breaks, and clocking out (90 seconds)

Very short demo from an employee account: clock in, take a break, return, clock out, point at the day's entries below the widget. Include the location permission prompt once so it's familiar. Mobile framing if possible — that's how most staff will punch.

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