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How lateness is counted and deducted

Clockade judges lateness from the first time the timer started that day, or approved missing time that starts earlier.

The rule

Admins set it under Settings → Time & attendance → Lateness:

• Always deduct when later than a time (09:25 by default): arriving after it always counts.
• Deduct a repeat when later than an earlier time (09:20 by default): arriving between the two counts only if the person was also late on their previous working day in the same week. The week starts on Monday.
• Grace minutes decide when someone shows as late at all.

What a late arrival costs

Late minutes, from the start of the day to arrival, are turned into leave as a share of the day. For example, 30 minutes late on an 8-hour day is about 0.06 of a day. It comes out of the person's free leave first. See Leave allowance and unpaid leave.

When it happens

Each night Clockade books the previous day's late deductions by itself. Today is never judged until the day is over. Staff see every deduction explained on My attendance.

An admin can skip a deduction on Team time → Month → Needs you.

Related

• Automatic absences and short daysWhen Clockade counts a working day with no time as a day of leave, the exceptions, and how short days are handled.
• Leave allowance and unpaid leaveHow Clockade's monthly free leave works, what uses it up, when leave becomes unpaid and how it reaches payroll.
• My attendance: your day, month and requestsWhat staff see on My attendance: today's timer, the month day by day, leave used, deductions explained and requests.
• Team time: everyone's day, month and activityHow admins see the whole team live in Clockade: today's timeline, the month, what needs a decision, and CSV export.

Still stuck? Press Help inside Clockade or email support@clockade.com.