Yes, there is! You can ensure that users are unable to clock in without scheduled shifts and set up the Time Clock's Clock In Limitations to prevent employees from clocking in before their scheduled shifts. Let's understand how this works and how you can set it up!
How To Set It Up
You can prevent employees from clocking in before their scheduled shifts by following a few simple steps.
Access the Time Clock feature from the left sidebar
Click on Access clock
Click on the Settings button from the top right corner
First, navigate to the Clock in & out tab and toggle off the option "Users can clock in without scheduled shifts".
Second, navigate to the Limitations tab where you will find the Clock in limitation section with two options to choose from:
"Users can only clock in within their scheduled shifts"
"Users can clock in up to X minutes before their assigned shift starts"
Once you select which of the two options suits you best, click on Save Changes
How It Works For Users
Now that you've ensured that users can only clock in if they have a scheduled shit and you've also created a clock-in limitation, users will only be able to clock in directly from their shift for that day on the job schedulers and not from their time clocks.
If they attempt to clock in from their time clocks, the clock-in button will be greyed out and unavailable.
They will need to access their shift for that day on the job scheduler. A minute before they are allowed to clock in, a countdown timer will appear. Once the countdown ends, they will be able to clock in, as illustrated below.
*The Time Clock Limitations capability is available from the Expert plan under the Operations hub and above*
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