Tempus Central

Start by putting your attendance rules to work, not on paper. In Tempus Central, an admin imports people from a spreadsheet or HRIS, maps locations, and connects devices in minutes. Pick a template for working hours, then fine‑tune grace time, breaks, weekly offs, and holiday calendars. Add rules for night shifts that span midnight, overtime multipliers, and rounding so payroll math is consistent. Assign rosters by team or site, preview policy impact in a sandbox, and run a dry run for a past week to confirm totals match expectations before you go live.

Once set, employees clock in through biometric terminals, a web widget, or the mobile app with GPS and optional geofencing. Kiosk mode supports shared tablets at gates. If someone forgets to punch, they submit a regularization request with notes and attachments; supervisors approve from their inbox with one tap. Auto‑reminders nudge late approvers. Shift swaps and on‑duty tags are tracked with audit trails. A live board shows who is in, out, late, or on break across sites, with device health alerts so you catch a down reader before it causes queues.

Schedulers plan weeks in advance using reusable patterns and bulk actions. Copy last week, rotate shifts, or drag to fill gaps when a colleague is on leave. Tag attendance with job codes or cost centers for project billing. Field teams can be restricted to clock only within a geofence, with offline capture that syncs when the network returns. Managers watch trend cards for attendance rate, late arrivals by branch, overtime spikes, and missing punches by device. Reports arrive on schedule to inboxes as CSV or Excel, and saved views let you filter by plant, contractor type, or department without rebuilding queries.

At period close, run validations to flag anomalies, freeze the window, and lock edits. Tempus Central calculates payable hours across midnight, applies policy‑based OT, and separates unpaid breaks. Export summaries and detailed line items to your payroll system or push them via API. Single sign‑on keeps access simple; role‑based permissions and IP controls keep it safe. Every change is traceable for audits, and data retention rules help you meet compliance needs. Rolling out to more sites is straightforward: clone policies, link devices, assign teams, and you are ready for the next location.