Practical guides, tips, and product updates on time clocks, employee scheduling, attendance tracking, and smarter workforce management.
A practical guide to turning a shared tablet into a reliable time clock, from placement and PINs to Wi-Fi backups and combining the kiosk with mobile and NFC clock-ins.
A seven-step process for retail employee scheduling: staff to traffic, lock in openings and closings, work with part-time availability, respect fair workweek rules, manage swaps and control labor percentage.
Federal tip credit basics, dual jobs, overtime math and record-keeping for servers and bartenders, with a practical setup checklist for restaurants.
Buddy punching quietly inflates payroll. Here’s why it happens, a simple way to estimate what it costs you, and the clock-in methods, policies and audits that stop it.
Convert clock times to decimal hours, subtract unpaid breaks, handle overnight shifts and total the week for overtime, with worked examples and a minutes-to-decimal table.
Build coverage around roles and credentials, handle 12-hour shifts and overtime, understand when 8/80 applies, and schedule on-call time and rest for small healthcare teams.
Learn how GPS clock-in and geofences verify where mobile employees start and end work, where GPS accuracy falls short, how to handle privacy and consent, and how to set it up in an afternoon.
Short breaks are generally paid, meal breaks only unpaid when employees are fully relieved, and automatic deductions carry real risk. Here’s how to track employee breaks accurately.
What to include in an attendance policy for hourly employees, how to handle early clock-ins and missed punches, and a sample outline to adapt with legal review.
Paper, spreadsheet, app, kiosk or NFC? A practical guide to choosing a time clock for a team of 1-29 employees, with the features that matter, real cost math and a one-week rollout plan.
A practical guide to Texas wage and hour rules: minimum wage, overtime, breaks, Payday Law, final paychecks, sick leave and recordkeeping.
Download our free weekly employee timesheet template for Excel, then follow step-by-step instructions to record time, subtract lunch, convert minutes to decimal hours and split regular and overtime hours.