Punctuality and flags
Cadre flags a day that needs a decision: a late arrival, leaving early, a missed clock-in or clock-out, an absence without leave, or a clock outside the site. These settings decide what is flagged, whether the person is asked to explain, when a pattern is raised with their manager, and what probation reviews show.
Who can set the punctuality rules: Owner, HR admin.
The settings start with sensible values. They are a starting point, not a rule: change them to match your own policy. A change applies from then on. Flags already raised keep their decisions.
Before you start
Section titled “Before you start”Open Time from the Work menu and choose the Settings tab. Punctuality and flags is below the Attendance rules.
Lateness
Section titled “Lateness”- The grace period is set on each shift, not here: a clock-in within the shift’s grace is on time. See Rosters and shifts.
- Flag late arrivals after (minutes): a late arrival is flagged for a decision when it is later than this, counted from the shift’s start. It starts at 15 minutes. Lateness beyond the grace but under this still counts in the figures and the Attendance and punctuality report, but needs no decision. At or below the grace, every late arrival is flagged.
- Flag leaving early after (minutes): the same for leaving before the shift’s end, beyond its early-leave grace.
- Ask the person to explain: the person is asked in the app when a flag is raised on their day. Their answer is kept with the flag.
Missed clocks and absence
Section titled “Missed clocks and absence”- Flag missed clock-ins and clock-outs. A clock-in that is never closed counts as in progress until 4 hours after the shift’s end. After that it is a missed clock-out, and it adds no hours worked until the clock record is corrected. A clock-out with no clock-in is a missed clock-in.
- Flag absence without leave: a rostered day with no clock and no approved leave.
- Flag clocks outside the site or unverified. See Work locations and verification.
Excuse reasons
Section titled “Excuse reasons”When a flag is excused, the person deciding chooses one of these reasons, so the reasons can be counted later.
- Type a reason in Add a reason and select Add, or press Enter.
- To remove a reason, select the cross beside it.
- Select Save.
Keep between 1 and 20 reasons. The same reason can’t be listed twice.
Patterns that need a conversation
Section titled “Patterns that need a conversation”A pattern is a number of counted flags within a number of days, for example 3 late arrivals in 30 days. An excused flag doesn’t count towards a pattern.
- Repeatedly late
- Repeatedly didn’t clock out
- Absent without leave
Set a count of 0 to turn a pattern off. The window is between 1 and 366 days.
Tell the person’s manager sends the manager a notification when someone matches a pattern. The rest of the team is never told.
Probation
Section titled “Probation”- Show attendance in probation reviews: the reviewer and HR see the person’s attendance for the probation period, month by month. See Probation.
- Warn HR before the decision when on time is below (%): HR sees a warning before deciding the outcome when the person’s on time share is below this. It starts at 85%. Set 0 to turn the warning off.
Save your changes
Section titled “Save your changes”Select Save. Undo changes puts back what was last saved. If Cadre can’t accept a value, the reason appears above the buttons and nothing is saved.