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PTPlain Timesheets

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  1. What a timesheet records and why

    What information goes on a timesheet, who uses it, and what it feeds into, with pointers to official record-keeping rules.

  2. Timesheets and time clocks: how they differ

    A timesheet is the record of hours; a time clock is one way of capturing start and end times. Here's how the two fit together.

  3. Ways staff clock in: app, kiosk, web and card

    The common clock-in methods in time software, how each works, and what each asks of staff and of whoever runs it.

  4. How timesheet approval works

    Who checks submitted hours in time software, what approving or rejecting does, and how a disagreement gets sorted out.

  5. Rounding, breaks and unpaid time in time software

    How rounding and break settings change the hours counted, with a US federal rule on rounding and rest periods and a maker's help page.

  6. How timesheet hours reach payroll

    How approved hours move from time software into a pay run, by export file or direct link, and what to check before pay is processed.

  7. Missed punches and fixing wrong entries

    What to do when someone forgets to clock in or out, how software lets you correct entries, and how changes stay on record.