Connecteam is the best all-in-one software to help managers and business owners track attendance for their deskless workers. It has a range of tools to help you effectively monitor hours worked and absences. Here are some of its notable features.

Turn any mobile device into a portable time clock with Connecteam. Employees can clock in and out directly from the app, including for breaks.

In addition, facial recognition software can be used to prevent buddy punching or employees clocking in for their colleagues who aren’t working.

Connecteam’s app is fully GPS enabled, meaning you can check where and when your employees have clocked in. This is a great tool if your business has multiple locations, as you can see exactly where your employees are at any time. 

Geofencing tools enable you to set up a specific job site on the map and limit clock-ins to that location. Managers can even receive alerts if an employee travels outside the usual work zone. When employees are clocked out, their location data remains completely hidden and cannot be accessed by admins or managers. 

Connecteam automatically converts clock in and out times to accurate, error-free timesheets. Managers can review and approve these in one click, and then send the timesheets off for payroll.

Connecteam integrates with major payroll platforms like QuickBooks Online and Gusto. Payroll now takes minutes instead of hours, with fewer errors and better compliance. 

Gain deep insights into your business with Connecteam’s digital reporting features. You can pull real-time reports on employee attendance, set up reports to catch negative work patterns, and create custom reports to monitor specific sites or projects. 

In addition, Connecteam can help you automate payroll processes to ensure you never miss a deadline. For example, you can automatically export timesheets and filter for specific job roles to invoice clients automatically. 

These tools help put your employee management on cruise control, allowing you to focus on taking action based on the data. 

Connecteam’s integrated shift scheduling tools simplify workplace operations and speed up schedule building. Connecteam offers automatic shift scheduling, pre-designed shift templates, drag-and-drop scheduling software, and automatic conflict checkers.

Managers can easily view employees’ PTO allowance, leave requests and availability as they schedule, ensuring compliance and limiting conflicts and errors. If employees need to swap shifts, they can send a request or you can enable open shift swapping. 

Finally, you can easily add notes, documents, instructions and even checklists to different shifts. This helps ensure everything gets done and nothing gets missed. It’s especially useful for lone workers, as well as for opening and closing shifts at job sites, restaurants, and retail stores. 

Workers can see the total number of hours they’ve worked in a pay period and how much they’ll be paid. 

Connecteam also allows team members to request PTO and leave right from their phone. Managers can then review requests and respond from the app, or open a conversation with the employee to discuss their request further. 

Finally, employees can update their own personal information, access company policies via the knowledge base, see instructions, notes and checklists associated with their shift, and more. 

With Connecteam, With Connecteam, you can create as many absence policies for different teams as you need, or one for the whole company. Your company knowledge base provides the perfect environment for storing and sharing these policies. 

Not only can you set different absence policies for different teams, but your teams can access this info remotely should they have any questions. All they have to do is open the Connecteam app.

The easy-to-access knowledge base is especially advantageous for a deskless team who may not always have access to an employee handbook or the staff filing cabinet. Policy transparency also helps build a culture of trust between employees and employers. 

Connecteam provides effective task management tools to help finish projects quickly and within budget. You can easily create or duplicate task lists, and assign tasks to teams, shifts, or individuals to maximize productivity. 

Automated and recurring tasks and checklists make repeating shifts, like open and close, even easier to manage. Plus, teams can easily open a group chat connected to a task or shift for quick discussions in the right context. 

Connecteam also offers digital training and quiz tools to help maximize employees’ workplace knowledge, and much more. 

Connecteam is completely free for businesses with 10 or fewer employees. For larger teams, plans start at just $29 per month for up to 30 employees and $0.50 for each additional employee.

Try out our 14-day free trial to see what Connecteam can do for your business. 

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