Time tracking & monitoring

Time & Projects

The Time & Projects section allows administrators to configure organization-wide time tracking, scheduling, project requirements, and approval settings. These controls determine how employees log time, clock in/out, manage schedules, and track overtime.

General Settings

These settings control required inputs and employee permissions.

Require Project Selection Employees must select a project when clocking in.

Require Task Selection Employees must select a task when logging time.

Require Description Employees must add a description to time entries.

Allow Manual Time Entry Employees can manually add time entries.

Allow Clock In/Out Editing Employees can edit their clock-in and clock-out times.

Auto Clock Out

Automatically logs employees out after a defined number of hours.

Auto Clock Out After (Hours) Set maximum continuous working hours.

Reminder to Clock Out Sends a notification before automatic clock-out.

Reminder Minutes Before Defines how many minutes before auto clock-out the reminder is sent.

This helps prevent excessive work sessions and ensures accurate time tracking.

Location Tracking

Require Location Employees must provide their location when clocking in or out.

This enhances attendance verification and compliance tracking.

Schedule Visibility

Controls which schedules employees can view.

Allow Viewing Department Schedules Employees can view schedules within their department.

Allow Viewing All Schedules Employees can view schedules across all departments.

Note: Admins and Executives always have full visibility. Department Heads always see their department’s schedules.

Overtime

Enable Overtime Tracking Tracks overtime hours separately from regular hours.

Useful for payroll processing and compliance reporting.

Approval Settings

Require Approval Time entries must be reviewed and approved by a manager before being finalized.

This ensures accountability and prevents unauthorized time adjustments.

Time Rounding

Enable Time Rounding Rounds clock-in and clock-out times to the nearest defined interval.

Common use cases:

Round to nearest 5 minutes

Round to nearest 15 minutes

Helps standardize payroll calculations.

Break Settings

Enforce Breaks Requires employees to take breaks after working a defined number of hours.

Supports labor law compliance and wellness policies.

Default Organization Schedule

Defines standard working hours automatically applied to employees.

Enable Default Schedule Automatically creates schedules for employees on business days.

Start Time Default shift start time.

End Time Default shift end time.

Break Duration (Minutes) Default unpaid break duration.

Automatic Shift Generation

When enabled:

Shifts are automatically generated for all active employees.

Shifts apply to configured business days.

Future weeks generate automatically.

No manual shift creation required.