How attendance clocking works
Employees clock in and out in whatever way suits them: from the mobile app (with optional geofencing that confirms they are at the workplace), from the browser for office staff, or from a physical terminal at the site for production or retail teams. Each punch is recorded with a timestamp and, optionally, location, forming the attendance register. The system derives actual worked hours from these punches, with no manual calculation by the employee or manager.
Regular, overtime and night hours — computed correctly
Working-time rules set a normal daily and weekly duration, a maximum average weekly limit over a reference period and minimum daily and weekly rest; overtime is compensated as the law or your contracts provide, and night work or work on rest days and public holidays may have its own regime. 4mystaff applies the rules you configure to each employee’s timesheet: it separates regular from overtime hours, identifies night work and flags limit overruns — so the monthly hours report is correct from the start.
Shift planning and matching against actual attendance
For teams working in shifts (retail, hospitality, manufacturing, healthcare), you plan shifts visually on a calendar: assign employees to shifts, check coverage on each interval and avoid overlaps. Then you match the plan against actual attendance — you see at once who showed up for the scheduled shift, who was late and where a coverage gap appeared. This plan-vs-actual comparison is exactly what spreadsheet timesheets lack, and what makes the difference at a correct month-end close.
Exceptions, approval and the monthly report
Before closing the month, the manager reviews the exception list — late arrivals, unjustified absences, schedule overruns — and resolves them: approves overtime, links an absence to a leave request, corrects a missed punch (with the reason recorded). After approval, the timesheet becomes the reference for the month: you export the monthly hours report — regular and overtime hours — to share with your accountant. No more double entry and fewer disputes over hours.