TIMEKEEPING

Catch compliance violations before they hit payroll.

LIFELENZ enforces break, biometric consent, and overtime rules in real time at the clock — turning every punch into an accurate, audit-ready record your payroll team can trust.

BUILT FOR THE FLOOR

From clock-in to paycheck, every hour is accounted for.

Timekeeping connects what was scheduled to what actually happened — with compliance guardrails enforced at the moment they matter, not discovered after the fact in a report.

01. Hard-stops at the clock, not the back office

The rules engine returns real-time compliance decisions to the Time Clock App the moment an employee clocks in, so violations are prevented instead of surfacing in a report after the fact.

02. BIPA-aligned biometric consent, built in

Versioned disclaimers, mandatory re-consent, and automatic inactivity-based expiry protect your business under Illinois and other state biometric privacy laws without extra paperwork.

03. Break compliance enforced automatically

Meal and rest breaks are recorded, minimum durations enforced, and waivers or attestations captured right on the device, eliminating manual entry and missed-break penalties.

04. Pay-ready records, fully traceable

Punch adjustments require employee acceptance, penalty pay calculates automatically, and only locked, approved records flow into payroll — giving every dollar a documented paper trail.

Timekeeping

Pay for the hours you actually rostered

Punch drift, missed clock-outs and avoidable premium pay erode franchise margin a few minutes at a time. Timekeeping surfaces all three while the pay period is still open.

Worked hours, against the hours you rostered

The gap between what you planned and what you paid is where franchise margin quietly goes. Here it's one number, per person, per day.

  1. Worked hours in bold, the scheduled hours beneath them.
  2. Punch drift visible per shift — not discovered in the pay run.
  3. Shifts worked with no roster behind them surface immediately.

The week's labour position, before payroll sees it

Your KPIs sit across the top of the screen, so the cost of the week is obvious before anyone edits a single punch.

  1. Labour percentage of sales, actual against forecast.
  2. Scheduled against punched — the variance in one glance.
  3. Regular and overtime hours split out.
  4. Compliance warnings with the premium pay already attached.

Premium pay, caught while it's still avoidable

Compliance warnings show the money at stake and who it belongs to, with time left to do something about it.

  1. Total cost and issue count for the week, up front.
  2. Every warning priced, by employee.
  3. Jump straight to the punch behind the number.
  4. The same warnings appear on the schedule and at payroll.

Skip the clean punches

A trading week is thousands of punches. Quick filters cut it down to the handful that genuinely need a manager — each with a count.

  1. Open — someone forgot to clock out.
  2. Needs Review — flagged for a decision.
  3. Minor — young-worker hours checked separately.
  4. Absent, Time Off, Shared and Terminated for the rest.

Fix it in seconds, on the record

Corrections take a moment and leave an audit trail — with the crew member told exactly what changed.

  1. Add or correct a punch without leaving the grid.
  2. Mark as Absent on a no-show and strip the premium with it.
  3. Employees notified through the mobile app.
  4. Edits can require the employee's consent to take effect.

Read a week of attendance at a glance

The tile tells the story. No-shows, over-runs and missing punches surface without opening anything.

  1. Solid line — clocked in and out as expected.
  2. Dotted line — no clock data; they didn't show.
  3. Line past the tile — worked longer than rostered.
  4. Red dashes — a rostered shift with no punches at all.
  5. Diagonals — marked absent.

Every disputed punch has a paper trail

Open, overlapping and adjusted punches all resolve in one panel — alongside the reason the crew member gave at the clock.

  1. Close open punches; deactivate anything that shouldn't be paid.
  2. Overlapping punches numbered and handled separately.
  3. The reason captured at the clock: late, forgot, or manager asked.
  4. Manager Authorization logged against the shift.

Close the period with confidence

When the week reconciles, approval is one click. So is reopening it, if something surfaces late.

  1. Post and Approve — status moves through to Processed.
  2. Miscellaneous pay and compliance pay reviewed separately.
  3. Dismiss or reinstate a premium before it's ever paid.
  4. Reopen a posted period the moment something changes.

See Timekeeping in action.

Talk to our team about how real-time clock enforcement and BIPA-aligned biometric consent can protect your stores from compliance risk.

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