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Late/Early Tracking

Early/Late indicators in TimePilot Central 5 don't affect employees' hourly total; they're only a guide for supervisors.

What's Late/Early Tracking?

This function will label certain transactions in TimePilot Central with one of the following terms: Early, Late, OnTime, Unscheduled or OK. The terms appear in the "OnTime" column, and allow a supervisor to see at a glance which employees started or ended work early or late, or worked when they were not scheduled. The employee's work hours aren't affected; it's simply a notification for supervisors. Supervisors can change the label to "OK" when they modify a transaction. For instance, a supervisor might remove the "Late" label from a transaction posted by an employee who had permission to arrive late. The setup screen allows you to set the number of minutes of leeway for each term.

Early/Late is set up when you set up or edit a shift and is applied to employees in their Employee Profiles. To set up Early/Late, follow these instructions:

1. Click the "Setup" tab, then click the "Shift" tab.
2. Choose the appropriate action, either "Add a Shift Schedule" or "Edit a Shift Schedule." If you want to edit an existing shift schedule, click on the name of the schedule first, then the "Edit a Shift Schedule" button.
3. When the "Add a Shift Schedule" box appears, click the "Early/Late" link.
4. Here you can set the number of minutes that have to pass before the Early, Late, Unscheduled or OK label appears in the Transaction List. If you want to be alerted to employees clocking in early or late at any time, you'd check all the boxes in each group and set the number of minutes that must pass.
5. Click Save and close the Shift Setup box.
6. Now open the Employee Profile of the worker who you want to track. (TimePilot Central > Setup > Employee Setup, then click on the name of the employee and "Edit."
7. 8. On the screen that appears, enter a check in the "Enable Late/Early Tracking" box, click Save and close the Profile Setup box. See the example below for how to use this feature.

Example

Let's say you want to see which employees are arriving more than 5 minutes late at the start of their shift and leaving more than 5 minutes early at the end of their shift.

1. First, click the checkbox next to "IN Late" in Shift Transactions and set the Late Time in Minutes to 5.
2. Next, click the checkbox next to "OUT Early" and sent the Early Time in Minutes to 5.
3. Click Save.
4. Now turn on Early/Late monitoring for the employees you want to monitor by going to their profile (Setup > Profile Setup > Click on a name and click "Edit a Profile") and checking the "Enable Early/Late Tracking" box.
5. You'll see the word "Late" in the TimePilot Central OnTime column if those employees clock in more than 5 minutes late or leave more than 5 minutes early.
6. Can't see the OnTime column? Here's what to do:
   1. Click the "View Options" Quick Button (shown at right) at the top of the Transactions screen.
   2. In the pop-up box that appears, check the box next to "Late/Early"
   3. Click "Save."