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See who turned up. Beside the plan.

Employee attendance tracking for small shift teams. Staff clock in from their own phones, and you see who’s in, who’s late and what’s missing beside the plan, while the day is still easy to explain.

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Tuesday 15 September at The Anchor, from 06:00 to 16:50. Each person’s planned shift fills in from their clock record as the day goes by. Emma clocks in at 06:56 for her 07:00 start and out at 15:04. Tom is due at 09:00 and clocks in at 09:14, fourteen minutes late. Lucy clocks in at 09:58 for 10:00 to 16:00, but hasn’t clocked out by 16:50, so she is flagged as a missed clock-out. Raj clocks in at 11:55 for his 12:00 start.

Every clock-in fills the shift it belongs to. Tom’s late start and Lucy’s missed clock-out show up as they happen.

One clock-in. Both sides of it.

Follow Lucy’s Tuesday down the page. Her phone on one side, your Team today on the other, and the time moving as you read.

  1. Lucy clocks in

    From her own phone.

    No shared terminal, nothing to install. Lucy opens Weekola, sees today’s shift and taps Clock in. If you turn on location checks for a branch, the tap is checked against it, and that’s all: it never follows anyone.

  2. You see it

    Beside the plan.

    Her clock-in lands against her published 10:00 start, so early, on time or late reads at a glance. Without Rota it’s still recorded, just without the plan beside it.

    Rota software
  3. All day

    Who’s in, right now.

    Team today shows who’s in and since when, and who’s still to come. Breaks come off automatically, the way you’ve set them, so nobody has to clock them.

  4. The odd one

    It finds you.

    Lucy’s shift ended at 16:00 and she’s still clocked in. It shows as a missed clock-out today, while it’s easy to explain, not at the end of the month.

Lucy’s Tuesday. At 09:56 her phone shows today’s 10:00 to 16:00 barista shift and a Clock in button. At 09:58 she clocks in, and the manager’s Team today shows her clocked in beside Emma and Tom. At 14:30 all four are working, Raj since 11:55. At 16:40 Emma has clocked out, and Lucy is still clocked in forty minutes after her shift ended, so Team today shows her as a missed clock-out.

Weekola Brain

Ask about the day. Fix it in a sentence.

Say what happened. Weekola finds the record, checks the time against the shift and prepares the correction for you to confirm, marked as yours.

  • “Who’s in right now?”
  • “Who’s been late this month?”
See everything you can ask
Sarah tells Weekola Brain: “Lucy forgot to clock out. She left at 4.” It is 16:52 and Lucy has been clocked in since 09:58, so her record runs on past her 16:00 finish. The assistant finds her open clock-in and prepares one correction: clock her out at 16:00, the end of her published shift. Once Sarah confirms, Lucy’s record ends at 16:00, marked as a manager correction and ready for review.

Nothing changes until you confirm.

Lucy clocked out at 16:00 · Manager corrected · Ready for review

Every shift, as it happened.

The plan comes from the rota, the record from the clock, and the hours go on to timesheets for payroll. One shift, three hands, nobody typing it twice.

Location checks are optional. Turn them on per branch and each clock-in and clock-out is checked against it at that moment. It is never continuous tracking.

Emma’s Tuesday shift, from the plan to payroll. Planned on the rota for 07:00 to 15:00. Recorded by the clock from 06:56 to 15:04. Worked 7h 34m: counted from her 07:00 start, with a 30 minute break taken off, ready to review in timesheets.

Before you track attendance.

Short answers about clocking, exceptions and what happens to the hours.

Can staff clock in from mobile?

Yes. Staff can clock in and out through Weekola in a mobile browser, without a shared terminal or downloaded app.

How do I see late starts and missed clock-outs?

Each clock record sits against the published shift, so a late start shows as distance on the day. A session still open after the shift has ended is flagged as a missed clock-out, and missed clock-ins are flagged too, so you can sort them out the same day.

Is location tracking always on?

No. Location checks are optional and set per branch. When they're on, Weekola checks each clock-in and clock-out against the branch at that moment. It never tracks anyone in between.

How are breaks handled?

Set a break length for shifts or a default for the branch, and it comes off worked time automatically. Unusual deductions are flagged for review.

Can I fix a missed clock-out by just asking?

Yes. Tell Weekola “Lucy forgot to clock out. She left at 4.” It finds her open clock-in, checks the time against her shift and prepares the correction for you to confirm, marked as a manager correction.

Does attendance tracking work without the rota module?

Yes. Attendance is available as a standalone module. Adding Rota provides planned-shift context beside the clock records.

Can managers review attendance before payroll?

Yes. Managers can review attendance exceptions and worked records before they feed into Timesheets.

Know who turned up. While it still matters.

Attendance is £7/month for your whole team. Add Timesheets and the same records become payroll-ready hours: £16/month together.

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