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What is buddy punch? We're not talking about punching a friend here. Buddy punch is when  an employee at work clocks in ("punches in") their friend when their friend is late to work. In the following article, we'll show how to avoid buddy punching.  By default, emplotime offers an open list on the virtual clock where the employee selects itself in order to clock in or out.  After checking the buddy punch lockout feature, the virtual clock will still display the employees open list, but, after the employee selects itself and clocks In/Out, he will be prompted to enter his 4 digit pin code.  How to activate the "Buddy Punch Lockout"? In order to activate the "Buddy Punch Lockout" feature, you will need to login to your emplotime administrator portal  and click on "Company Details", then, under additional settings check the "Buddy Punch Lockout" checkbox and click Save. From this time forward...

If you already have your Emplotime account , you already know the "Authorize Clock Here" button, which allows you to authorize or cancel the time clock within the same PC/device you're logged in. Until now, it was the only way for authorizing/canceling the virtual clock. Of course, that, in order to follow this procedure, the administrator needs to be present, and this, could be an issue in some cases where the administrator works in a location, different from the one where the clock needs to be authorized. Recently, we have introduced two interesting features which may be essentials for some companies. These features come handy when it is needed to authorize or cancel distributed time clocks. The first feature provides the possibility to remove all the clocks the company have set so far. (see the "Reset All" button in the upper image). Lets say, you have set some clocks on different locations and you want to prevent the employees of entering or clock...

The best time and attendance web application for small business has arrived.  It is not only the best but also the least expensive, having a cost of 8 us dollars per employee PER YEAR, much less than other competitors. Technologically speaking, is one of the most advanced web applications also, using advanced platforms such as Asp.net 4.5, SignalR 2.0 to provide the real time notification, Bootstrap 3 which offers a nice and top of the art UI which is also extremely user friendly.  Emplotime consists of two basic parts; The emplotime clock, where the employees report the arrival and leave.  This page is very simple. The employee has no need to log in or out. He just select his name and tap or click In or Out.  This page can be set to be used from any PC, tablet or mobile device. The administrator decides from which PC's the employees will be able of using the time clock.  The Best Web Time and Attendance for small business! Visit the EmploTi...