How Do I Enforce Clock Ins and Clock Outs?
TimeForge is a powerful labor management platform, and is capable of meeting all of your workforce management needs. In many businesses with hourly wage workers, staff members need to arrive at work on time. Four clock in and clock out scenarios will create problems for your business:
1. Arriving earlier than scheduled will destroy business profits, as employees will be at work before they are needed, but will need to be paid for their time.
2. Arriving later than scheduled for work will cause problems with customers, as employees may not be available to service the customer’s needs.
3. Leaving earlier than scheduled can cause similar problems as clocking in late. Customers may not be serviced properly.
4. Leaving later than scheduled will increase payroll costs for the business, decreasing profits.
TimeForge offers a number of technology enhancements that can enforce your labor schedule, ensuring that staff show up on time.
Enforcing clock in and clock out time periods can reduce your payroll expenses by 2 – 4% with the click of a button!
Navigate to the Attendance Options

Locate the Attendance Options link or sub-tab (inside of the Attendance tab).
Locate the Enforcement Options for Clocking In and Out

TimeForge includes two primary options which will enable, or disable, attendance (time card) enforcement.
1. By default, TimeForge allows employees to clock in at any time that they would like. If you are using TimeForge for scheduling, you can enforce the schedule, requiring employees to clock in on time.
2. By default, TimeForge allows employees to clock out at any time that they would like. If you are using TimeForge for scheduling, you can enforce the schedule, requiring employees to clock out on time.
TimeForge provides two configurations for clocking in or clocking out. You can require staff members to clock in or out using grace periods, or using the scheduled time. Please check your local labor regulations to see which ones are applicable (and legal) for your business.
Enforce the Schedule with Grace Periods

To require that staff members clock in and out with a grace period, based on their scheduled shift, set the options as follows:
For clocking in:
1. Switch this option from Yes, to No, requiring that employees must clock in at a predefined time.
2. Enter an appropriate grace period in minutes. This will allow employees to clock in prior to their shift starting.
Staff members who clock in too early will need a manager to approve their clock in.
For clocking out:
3. Switch this option from Yes, to No, requiring that employees must clock out at a predefined time.
4. Enter an appropriate grace period in minutes. This will allow employees to clock out after their shift ends.
Staff members who clock out too late will need a manager to approve their clock out.
Example:
Using the above options, a staff member who is scheduled from 10:00am – 4:00pm would be allowed to clock in after 9:50am, and must clock out no later than 4:20pm. Earlier than 9:50am or later than 4:20pm will require a manager override.
Enforce the Schedule by the Scheduled Time

To require that employees clock in and out based on the scheduled time, without providing a grace period, set the options as follows:
For clocking in:
1. Leave this option set to Yes, allowing employees to clock in at any time.
2. Switch this option from No, to Yes, requiring that staff members acknowledge that their clock in times will not show the actual clock in time, but will instead show the scheduled start time.
TimeForge will record the scheduled start time (not the real time), unless overridden by a manager.
For clocking out:
1. Leave this option set to Yes, allowing employees to clock out at any time.
2. Switch this option from No, to Yes, requiring that staff members acknowledge that their clock out times will not show the actual clock out time, but will instead show the scheduled end time.
TimeForge will record the scheduled end time (not the real time), unless overridden by a manager.
Example:
Using the above options, a staff member may be scheduled from 9:00am – 3:00pm. If the employee shows up at 8:30am, TimeForge will record a start time of 9:00am (not 8:30am). When leaving, if the staff member leaves after 3:00pm, TimeForge will record an end time of 3:00pm. A manager can override and change the behavior of TimeForge when the staff member clocks in or clocks out.





















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