Attendance and timesheets
Turn clock records into reviewed, usable hours.
Owlly connects attendance with the published schedule so managers can see exceptions, reconcile actual time and prepare approved timesheets for downstream workflows.
Available now — methods vary by deployment
Attendance review · Week of 5 May
Illustrative product viewJamie · Housekeeping
- Scheduled
- 09:00–17:00
- Clock events
- 09:04 / 17:00
- Variance: +4 min late
- Status
- review
Manager note: Traffic delay noted
Managers ask three questions
A clock-in is not the same as an approved timesheet.
Attendance records show when an employee clocked in or out. Managers still need context: Which shift was expected? Was the employee late? Was there approved overtime? Is a missing record an absence or a device issue? Owlly connects the attendance event to the scheduled shift so the review starts with more context.
How it works
- Start with the published shift.
- Capture clock-in and clock-out using the configured method.
- Compare scheduled and actual time.
- Surface missing, late, early, break or overtime exceptions.
- Review adjustments and approve the timesheet.
- Prepare approved hours for payroll exports, integrations or reports.
Capabilities
- NFC attendance workflows
- Mobile and geofence attendance workflows by deployment
- Manual corrections with appropriate access
- Scheduled-versus-actual comparison
- Late, early and missing-record exceptions
- Break information
- Overtime review
- Daily and period timesheets
- Approval states
- Audit-friendly adjustment history where configured
- Structured payroll-export inputs
Value
- Reduce manual matching between roster and clock records.
- Make exceptions visible before payroll preparation.
- Give managers a structured review queue.
- Improve consistency between operations, HR and payroll teams.
- Maintain a clearer record of adjustments and approvals.
Frequently asked questions
- What attendance methods does Owlly support?
- Owlly can support NFC and mobile/geofence attendance workflows. The exact method depends on the organisation, site and implementation scope.
- Can managers correct missing clock records?
- Appropriately authorised users can review and adjust exceptions according to the organisation's workflow and permissions.
- Does attendance automatically become payroll?
- No. Attendance should be reviewed and converted into approved timesheet information before it moves into payroll workflows.
- Can Owlly compare scheduled and worked hours?
- Yes. Connecting the attendance event to the scheduled shift allows managers to review variance between planned and actual time.