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Today

People

Time and pay

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    Clock-in screen ↗

    Dashboard

    Overview

        One year together

        Getting started

          Needs attention

            Who's off

            Today and the next 7 days

              Celebrations

              Today and the next 14 days

                Hours per day

                Last 14 days

                • Regular hours
                • Overtime hours

                Labor cost by week

                Hours by employee

                This week

                • Regular hours
                • Overtime hours

                Payroll

                Hours and pay for any dates. Download a file for your payroll service, then mark the period as paid.

                  Protect payroll with two-step sign-in. A code from your phone, on top of your password.

                  Payroll

                  Download CSV

                  EmployeeRateRegular hOvertime hTotal hPayIssues

                  Tap an employee to see each day. Breaks shorter than the paid-break limit count as work time.

                  Paid pay periods

                  Once a period is marked as paid, its punches, pay rates and fix requests can't be changed until it's unlocked.

                    Who's in

                    Who is working, on a break or clocked out right now.

                      EmployeeStatusSinceLast punch

                      Announcements

                      News and reminders your team sees when they clock in or out, and on their phone.

                        No announcements yet. Post opening hours, a reminder or good news. Your team sees it when they clock in or out.

                        Attendance

                        Hours, being on time and showing up. A starting point for a conversation, not a judgment.

                          Your team

                          Tap a store to see only its people. Tap a person for their details.

                          On time, week by week

                          Share of scheduled shifts started on time (no-shows count as not on time). Grey: nothing scheduled.

                          Hours per week

                          Week by week

                          Schedule

                          Plan the week. Drafts stay hidden until you Publish.

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                            Shift changes to approve

                              Draft: only you see it until you press Publish. Published: on the employee's phone. ▨ Time off (dashed: waiting for an answer). ★ Birthday or work anniversary. Tap an empty day to add a shift. Drag a shift to move it; hold Option/Alt as you drop to copy it. Press and hold a shift, then drag it to move it.

                              Draft: only you see it until you press Publish. Published: on the employee's phone. ▨ Time off (dashed: waiting for an answer). ★ Birthday or work anniversary. Click a day or a shift to see the whole day.Tap a day to see or select its shifts.

                                Some shifts weren't added

                                  Keyboard shortcuts

                                  KeysWhat it does
                                  Ctrl + K or /Find anything: a page, a setting, an action or a person (on every page)
                                  ← → ↑ ↓Move between days and people
                                  Enter or NOn an empty day: add a shift. Enter on a day with shifts: go to its shifts
                                  SpaceSelect or unselect the shift you're on
                                  Ctrl-clickSelect or unselect a shift
                                  Shift-click or Shift + arrowsSelect every shift between two days
                                  Ctrl + ASelect every shift this week (or this month)
                                  Ctrl + CCopy the selected shifts
                                  Ctrl + XMove the selected shifts: they go where you paste
                                  Ctrl + VPaste on the day you're on (also in another week)
                                  DeleteDelete the selected shifts
                                  Ctrl + ZUndo the last change
                                  Alt while droppingCopy instead of move
                                  EscClear the selection, then stop pasting
                                  Page Up Page DownPrevious or next week (or month)
                                  Space EnterMonth: Space picks a whole day. Enter goes into it.

                                  Repeat this week

                                  Add a shift

                                  Repeat this shift

                                  Same times on:

                                  Adds drafts with the same times for the same person. Days they're off or already working are skipped.

                                  Schedule filters

                                  Time off

                                  Vacations, sick days and other time away. Approve requests and see who's off.

                                    Waiting for an answer

                                      All time off

                                        EmployeeTypeDatesAmountStatus

                                        Grey dot: someone is off. Amber ring: waiting for an answer. Tap a day to see who.

                                        Approve time off

                                          Their shifts

                                          Decline time off

                                          Shifts that were made open stay open.

                                          Add time off

                                          How much of the day?

                                          Their shifts

                                          Saved as approved.

                                            Time off filters

                                            Documents

                                            Payslips, contracts and other files for your team. Folders only organise files: who sees a file is set on each file.

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                                              Folders

                                                Drop files to upload them here

                                                Files

                                                  Open Download

                                                  Who is it for?

                                                  Tags

                                                  Tags help you find files. They don't change who sees them.

                                                  Part of a payslip batch.

                                                  Saved in

                                                  More options

                                                  Activity

                                                      Upload

                                                        Checking the file…

                                                        Save in

                                                          Tags (optional)

                                                          Tags help you find files. They don't change who sees them.

                                                          More options

                                                          PagesPersonHow we found them

                                                          Preview

                                                          The payslips they already have

                                                          Each payslip goes only to its person. Only they and people with Full access or Admin can see it; store managers never see payslips.

                                                          The file is read on this computer. Each person's pages are sent only to them. Text PDFs only (not scans), up to 40 MB and 400 pages.

                                                          People are found by their ID number on payslips, Payroll ID or name. Add your business tax ID in Settings › Business, so your company number isn't mistaken for a person.

                                                              Encrypted when saved. How we protect files

                                                              Move to…

                                                              Moving doesn’t change who sees it.

                                                                Stores

                                                                Each store has its own address, allowed distance and clock-in devices. People clock in with the QR code on their store's device.

                                                                  More

                                                                  More ways to set up a device

                                                                  On the device itself: sign in to this dashboard on the device, open Stores and tap Use this device on its store. You'll be signed out of the dashboard there, so employees can't open it.

                                                                  One-time link: text it to someone at the store to open on the device. It works once, within 24 hours, and only inside that store.

                                                                  Lost or stolen device? Sign out every device. Each one then has to be set up again.

                                                                  Add a device

                                                                  On the device, open . It shows a code: type it here.

                                                                  Device

                                                                  Moving it to another store: its location is checked again there.

                                                                  Add a store

                                                                  Find the address, or use this device's location while you're at the store, to see it on the map.

                                                                  Enter coordinates instead

                                                                  "Use this device's location" only while standing inside the store.

                                                                  Employees

                                                                  Everyone who clocks in, by store.

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                                                                    NameJobHome storeHourly rate Status

                                                                    Change pay rate

                                                                    Shifts before this date keep the old rate. Pick today for a change that starts now.

                                                                      Edit employee

                                                                      Optional. Only used to send payslips to the right person. Managers never see it.

                                                                      Birthday

                                                                      Month and day only. They can change or remove it on their phone.

                                                                      For work anniversaries.

                                                                      Where they're listed. They can always clock in here.

                                                                      Can also clock in at

                                                                      Clocking in anywhere else gets flagged in Payroll, or refused (Settings → Clocking in).

                                                                      On their phone they can

                                                                      Documents

                                                                      Phone calendar

                                                                      Their shifts are in their phone's calendar through a private link. Reset it if their phone is lost or the calendar is shared with someone who shouldn't see it.

                                                                      Dashboard access

                                                                      Send this link to them. They choose a sign-in name and password. It works once, for 48 hours.

                                                                      Add an employee

                                                                      Leave the PIN empty to send them a link: they choose their own PIN on their phone. Employees can also sign themselves up at the store by scanning the QR code.

                                                                      Send them their link

                                                                      Send them this link to choose their PIN. It works once, for 7 days.

                                                                      Text it Email it

                                                                      Import from a spreadsheet

                                                                      Save your list as CSV (Excel or Google Sheets: File → Download → CSV) with columns name, phone and, if you like, rate and store. Everyone gets a link to choose their own PIN.

                                                                      or paste it below

                                                                      Filter employees

                                                                      Fix punches

                                                                      See anyone's punches, correct a time, or add one they forgot. Every change is saved in History.

                                                                        Changed by employees

                                                                        People you allowed to fix their own times. It already counts; the first recorded time is kept on each punch.

                                                                          Requests from employees

                                                                          Approving adds or changes the punches for them, all at once. Both steps are saved in History.

                                                                            Date & timeTypeHowDistance

                                                                            Add a missing punch

                                                                            Show punches

                                                                            History

                                                                            Every change to your records: who made it (in the dashboard or on a phone), when and why.

                                                                              WhenByWhatEmployeeDetailsReason
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                                                                              Settings

                                                                              Rules and lists for your whole business. Each section saves on its own. Store addresses and devices are in Stores.

                                                                              Can't find a setting? Use Find anything at the top of the page (or press /).

                                                                                Business

                                                                                How your business shows up for your team.

                                                                                On the clock-in screen, employees' phones and this dashboard.

                                                                                Set from where your store is. Every time, date and pay period uses it, wherever you look from.

                                                                                Set from your first store's address. Used to read phone numbers written without a country code, for the currency, and for which ID number goes on payslips.

                                                                                On this dashboard, employees' phones, the clock-in screen and emails.

                                                                                How pay and labor cost show on Payroll, Employees and the Overview. Amounts are never converted.

                                                                                Optional. Your company's own numbers, separated by commas, so Upload payslips never mistakes them for a person.

                                                                                Logo and color

                                                                                A square PNG with a clear background looks best. It's shrunk to fit automatically.

                                                                                Used for the clock-in button, highlights and the countdown bar. Shades are adjusted so text on it always reads.

                                                                                Clock in Shift Selected Scan now

                                                                                Email alerts

                                                                                A summary every night of forgotten clock-outs, device problems and waiting requests, and an email right away if a device leaves the store.

                                                                                People with a Cronta account can also choose their own emails in Settings › Emails about your team. If you are on both, you get each email once.

                                                                                People and jobs

                                                                                Lists you use to sort your team. They show up on Employees and in each person's Edit window.

                                                                                Job titles

                                                                                Your own list, like Cashier or Shift lead. Give someone a job in their Edit window, or tick several people on Employees and use "Give them a job".

                                                                                  Time off

                                                                                  The kinds of time off your team can ask for, and how days are counted.

                                                                                  Kinds of time off

                                                                                    Not counted as days off.

                                                                                    Used to turn a few hours off into part of a day.

                                                                                    hours

                                                                                    Edit kind of time off

                                                                                    days a year

                                                                                    Off: only people with dashboard access can add it from the dashboard.

                                                                                    Messages

                                                                                    Say hello in your own words. Your team sees these on their phone and on the clock-in screen.

                                                                                    In your own words

                                                                                    Leave one as it is and your team gets Cronta's friendly line. The time they clocked in or out always shows too.

                                                                                      Your stores only. The whole business's text is set by someone with full access.

                                                                                      Announcements

                                                                                      • News and reminders On their phone and when they clock in or out

                                                                                      Friendly lines and celebrations

                                                                                      After clock-in

                                                                                      Preview

                                                                                      Empty: we use Cronta's text.

                                                                                      Preview as a worker

                                                                                      Documents

                                                                                      Who can see which files, and how much space they take.

                                                                                      What store managers can see

                                                                                      People with Full access or Admin see everything. Store managers only see people in their stores.

                                                                                      From phones, reminders, people who left

                                                                                      On the Overview, and in the daily email.

                                                                                      So they can get their last payslip. They sign in with their phone and PIN and see only their own files.

                                                                                      Storage

                                                                                      Files in Recently deleted count until they're removed for good after 30 days.

                                                                                      Rules on how long to keep payslips and contracts differ by country. Ask your accountant.

                                                                                      Dashboard access

                                                                                      Who can open this dashboard, and what they can do. Employees are in Employees.

                                                                                      Everyone has their own sign-in and two-step code. Full access can see and change everything. Admin can too, but can't add or change anyone with Full access or Admin. Store managers see their stores' people and hours (not pay) and can fix punches.

                                                                                        Runs:

                                                                                        Send this link to the new person. It works once and expires in 48 hours.

                                                                                        Clocking in

                                                                                        How and where people can clock in and out.

                                                                                        Shorter is safer; longer helps slow phones.

                                                                                        seconds

                                                                                        Phone permissions

                                                                                        Give chosen people more freedom on their phone. Pick the people in Employees → Edit, or tick several and use "Permissions".

                                                                                        Paid periods are always locked.

                                                                                        days

                                                                                        Some countries require time records that can't be changed without a trace. Here, every change keeps the original time, who changed it and why, and you can see it in Fix punches and History. Check your local rules before turning this on.

                                                                                        Schedules and attendance

                                                                                        Shift trades, and when someone counts as late.

                                                                                        Clocking in this many minutes after the shift starts is still on time.

                                                                                        minutes

                                                                                        Automatic follows the business's language (Settings › Business).

                                                                                        Pay and payroll

                                                                                        Pay periods, overtime and breaks, and the file for your payroll service.

                                                                                        Every-two-weeks periods repeat from this date.

                                                                                        Weekly overtime is counted from this day.

                                                                                        Overtime and breaks

                                                                                        State rules are picked on each store, in Stores.

                                                                                        Hours in one workweek. US federal law: 40. Daily overtime and double time follow each store's state.

                                                                                        Hours in one workweek (it starts on the day set above).

                                                                                        hours a week

                                                                                        Leave empty if only the weekly limit applies.

                                                                                        hours a day

                                                                                        1.5 = time and a half. 1 = counted, not paid extra.

                                                                                        × the normal rate
                                                                                        Overtime pays

                                                                                        1.5× (US federal rule)

                                                                                        Breaks shorter than this are paid (US federal rule: under 20 minutes).

                                                                                        Breaks shorter than this count as paid work time. 0 = every break is unpaid.

                                                                                        minutes
                                                                                        hours of work, minutes

                                                                                        Meal-break reminders follow each store's state. Where a state has none, people are reminded after 5 hours.

                                                                                        These are your settings, not legal advice. Check the rules for your business with your accountant or adviser.

                                                                                        Suggested values

                                                                                          Common starting points, not the law where you are. Check with your accountant or adviser.

                                                                                          Payroll service

                                                                                          Payroll can download a file your payroll service imports, so you don't type hours in by hand.

                                                                                          Payroll downloads a spreadsheet: hours and pay for each person, and every shift. Give it to your accountant or import it into your payroll software.

                                                                                            Plan and billing

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                                                                                            Plans

                                                                                            Pay per active person. Every plan has clocking, schedules, time off and timesheets.

                                                                                            Only active people count. Turning someone off lowers the next bill. Cancel any time. Compare every feature

                                                                                            Thank you.

                                                                                            Your support helps us keep Cronta simple and fair for small businesses. We're a small team, and we read every message. This one means a lot to us.

                                                                                            Stripe is emailing your receipt. We'll also send you a short note from us.

                                                                                            The Cronta team

                                                                                            The Cronta team

                                                                                            Records and privacy

                                                                                            Your own copy of everything, and what employees are told about the time clock.

                                                                                            Backup

                                                                                            Download your records (employees, stores, punches, pay rates, paid periods, the schedule, requests, time off, messages and History) as one file. Keep it somewhere safe, like Google Drive. PINs and passwords are never included. Do this every pay day. Files themselves aren't in this download. Open them in Documents. It's your own copy to keep: it can't be loaded back into the app.

                                                                                            Download full backup

                                                                                            Employee notice

                                                                                            A plain-language notice of what the time clock records (punch times and location at the moment of punching) and why. Employees confirm they've read it when they sign up. Print it and post it next to the device.

                                                                                            Open the notice ↗

                                                                                            Emails about your team

                                                                                            Choose which emails about your business you get. Account and security emails always come.

                                                                                            More

                                                                                              Your account

                                                                                              Your email, password, two-step sign-in and the devices you're signed in on.

                                                                                              Email

                                                                                              For password resets and important account notices. We never share it.

                                                                                              Two-step sign-in

                                                                                              Ask for a 6-digit code from an authenticator app (Google Authenticator, Authy, Apple Passwords) after your password. You sign in again every 12 hours, or every 30 days on a device you choose to remember.

                                                                                              1. Open your authenticator app and add an account by scanning this code.
                                                                                              2. Type the 6-digit code it shows, then press Turn on.

                                                                                              Can't scan? Enter this key in the app:

                                                                                              Save these backup codes now. Each one works once if you lose your phone. You won't see them again.

                                                                                                Change your password

                                                                                                Signed-in devices

                                                                                                Every phone and computer signed in to this dashboard. Sign out anything you don't recognize, then change your password.

                                                                                                  · · Changelog ↗

                                                                                                  Emails about your team

                                                                                                  If you are a Store manager, you only hear about your own stores' people.

                                                                                                  Your address is also on your business's alert list. Choosing here replaces that for you, so you get each email once.

                                                                                                  Emails to your team

                                                                                                  You choose to send these, so you are responsible for them under privacy law, and Cronta sends them for you. We never put pay amounts, document titles or time-off reasons in these emails. Please tell your team before you switch this on.

                                                                                                  A line you can share: "You can add your email in Cronta, under Me, to get notices from us about your schedule, shift swaps and time off. It's optional. If you don't add one, nothing changes."

                                                                                                  Change email

                                                                                                  We'll send a link to the new address. Your email changes when you open it.

                                                                                                  Reset their password

                                                                                                  Confirm it's you first.

                                                                                                  Give them this link in person or by a message only they read. It works once, for 24 hours.

                                                                                                  Change role

                                                                                                  Runs:

                                                                                                  They're signed out so the change applies right away.

                                                                                                  New announcement

                                                                                                    When it shows

                                                                                                    Also shows on the store clock-in screen right after their PIN, where others nearby may see it. Keep private matters out.

                                                                                                    It's always in News on their phone. Once they tap Got it, it stops showing when they clock in or out.

                                                                                                    The last day is included, in your business's time zone.

                                                                                                    Changes show right away. Anyone who already tapped Got it keeps it as read.