Clocking in and out

If your employer tracks your working time in Cadre, you clock in when you start work and clock out when you finish. Cadre turns your clock record into a timesheet for each day, and your manager approves it.

Who can clock in and out for themselves: every member, for themselves.

Open the menu and select Work → Time. If you manage people, your own clock is on the My time tab.

Clock in

Select Clock in.
If you could be working at more than one place, choose where you are under Where are you working?
Your phone may ask to share your location. Allow it. (See Why Cadre asks for your location.)
Cadre checks where you are and shows you the result, for example Verified.
Select Confirm clock-in. (On a remote day there is nothing to check, so Cadre clocks you in straight away.)

The screen then shows Clocked in since and the time. Each clock-in and clock-out appears under Today, with where you were.

The Time page on a phone, with the Clock in button, today's roster, this week's hours and your timesheets

Clock out

Select Clock out, then Confirm clock-out. It works the same way as clocking in.

The time recorded comes from Cadre’s clock, not your phone’s, so changing the time on your phone changes nothing.

Why Cadre asks for your location

When you press Clock in or Clock out, your browser asks to share your location once. Cadre uses it to check that you are at your work location. Your location is sent with that one clock event only.

Cadre does not track you. It never reads your location at any other time.
On a remote day, Cadre does not ask for your location at all.
Your manager and HR can see where you were when you clocked, to check your timesheet.

If you don’t allow your location, Cadre says so. It may still check whether you are on your office’s network instead.

If you are outside your work location

Cadre tells you before anything is recorded. You might see, for example, You appear to be outside your worksite, or Your location could not be verified. What happens next is your organisation’s choice:

You can still clock in. The clock event is flagged for your manager to look at.
You must give a reason. Type it under Why can’t this be verified? Your manager sees it with your timesheet.
You can’t clock in there. The screen says Nothing was recorded. If you are working, speak to your manager or HR.

You can always select Cancel instead, and nothing is recorded.

Hybrid and remote days

Some people work from the office on some days and from home on others. The Time page tells you which kind of day it is, for example Hybrid: a remote day today.

On an office day, Cadre checks your location as above. On a remote day it doesn’t. Your manager or HR sets your usual office days, and can change them for a particular week.

If you log hours instead

Some people enter their hours for each day instead of clocking in. If this is you, the Time page shows Log hours.

Use the arrows to choose the week.
Type your hours for each day. Use decimals for part hours: 7.5 is seven and a half hours.
Add a note if you want to.
Select Save hours.

You can’t log more than 24 hours in a day, or log hours for a day in the future. A day you were on approved leave, or a day already sent for approval or approved, can’t be changed: Cadre shows why beside it.

The Log hours form, with hours and a note for each day of the week

Your timesheets

My timesheets shows the last two weeks. For each day it shows:

Worked: your working time after unpaid breaks, as Cadre calculated it.
Late and Overtime.
Flags, such as Missed clock-out or Outside the site area, when something needs your manager’s attention.
Status: whether your manager has approved it.

Cadre builds your timesheets every night from your roster and your clock record. You don’t need to send them. Your manager approves or rejects each day. If a day is rejected, their comment is shown under it.

Explain a flag

If you clock in late, leave early, miss a clock-in or clock-out, or are absent without leave, Cadre flags it for your manager. You may get a notification asking you what happened.

Open My time. Under Tell your manager what happened, each flag is written out, for example You clocked in 47 minutes late on Mon, 29 Sept.
Choose a reason, such as Staff bus, and add a few words if you want to.
Select Send.

Your manager sees your explanation when they decide whether to excuse the flag or count it. You can leave it, but a flag without a reason may count on your record. Your recent flags shows the last 90 days and what was decided.