Yes, you can prevent an employee from clocking out from outside a geofence with the Auto Clock-Out capability.
Enabling this feature automatically clocks out employees the moment they leave your designated worksites. Connecteam's geofence feature allows you to restrict employee clock-ins and clock-outs to a designated workplace, ensuring they can only clock in and out at a certain location.
💡 Important: It doesn’t matter how a user clocks in — whether through the mobile app or using NFC. If they exit the geofence, they will be automatically clocked out as long as Auto Clock-Out from geofence is enabled in the settings and location services are active.
How to Enable Auto Clock-Out and Set Up a Geofence
Configuring Location Tracking settings
To prevent employees from staying clocked in outside a geofence, follow these steps:
Open the Time Clock from the left sidebar.
Select the relevant Time Clock.
Click Settings in the top right corner.
Select the Location Tracking tab.
Choose one of the following options:
Clock in & out and enable Users must enable location sharing to clock in & out
Breadcrumbs (live tracking)
Adding the Geofence
After enabling geolocation, create a geofence and define the behavior when employees leave:
Go to the Geofences tab.
Click Add Fence.
Enter the Site Name.
Enter the Site Address.
Set the Fence Size.
Assign Available Jobs.
Select what happens when a clocked-in user leaves the geofence:
Do nothing
Send A Reminder to Clock Out
Automatically clock them out
Click Save
To read more about how to create a Geofence, click here.
If you select Automatically clock them out, users will be auto clocked out when they leave the site, provided their location services are enabled.
*Auto-clock out from Geo fence is available from our Operations Hub Expert Plan*
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