Time and Attendance

This section covers the input side of payroll: recording work time, reviewing it, approving it, and fixing problems before hours turn into earnings.

Use it when the main question is how worked time gets from an employee or a clock into the payroll run.

Start Here

• Time Entry explains how time first gets recorded for payroll use.
• Timesheet explains the summarized record of hours and work time submitted for a pay period.
• Timecard explains the punch-based or clock-based record payroll reviews before using hours.

Review and Control Steps

• Timesheet Approval explains the control step that clears time for the current payroll run.
• Timekeeping Exception explains the broader category of time-record issues that need follow-up.
• Missed Punch explains one of the most common exceptions that can delay or distort pay.

How This Section Helps

• Employees can understand why missing or late time affects the paycheck they receive.
• Managers can see where approval and exception handling fit before payroll cutoff.
• Payroll staff can connect timekeeping records to later steps like payroll import, calculation, and adjustment.

In this section

• Missed Punch
  Missing clock-in or clock-out entry that leaves hours incomplete and can delay approval or distort payroll results.
• Time Entry
  Process of recording work time or leave data so payroll has usable inputs before approval, cutoff, and pay calculation.
• Timecard
  Punch-based time record payroll uses to review start times, end times, and total hours before pay is calculated.
• Timekeeping Exception
  Unresolved issue in a time record that must be reviewed before payroll can trust the hours in the current run.
• Timesheet
  Record of hours, leave, or work time submitted for a pay period before payroll calculates earnings.
• Timesheet Approval
  Control step that confirms submitted hours are reviewed and ready for the current payroll run before cutoff.