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- How do I set up Cronta for my business?Add your store, a clock-in device and your people, then choose how often you pay. Getting started on the Overview walks you through it.
- How do I set up a clock-in device at my store?Open the clock-in screen on a tablet, phone or computer at the store, then type the code it shows into Add a device on the Stores page.
- How do I add an employee?Press Add employee on the Employees page, or let people sign themselves up by scanning the QR code at the store.
- How do I build and publish a schedule?Click a day on the Schedule to add a shift, then press Publish. Your team sees only published shifts.
- What should I do in my first week?Once setup is done, Your first week on the Overview suggests five things to try, and ticks each one when it happens.
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Get startedSet up your business and get through your first week.3 articles
PeopleAdd, change and organise your team.5 articles
Clocking inDevices, QR codes, PINs and fixing times.6 articles
SchedulesPlan shifts and share them with your team.4 articles
Time offRequests, answers, kinds of time off and allowances.2 articles
Pay and payrollHours, overtime, fixes and the file for your payroll.4 articles
DocumentsPayslips, contracts and other files for your team.1 article
Settings and emailsThe rules of your business and the emails you get.2 articles
For employeesClocking in, your shifts and your time off, on your phone.4 articles
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- How do I add an employee?Press Add employee on the Employees page, or let people sign themselves up by scanning the QR code at the store.
- How do I export payroll?Open Payroll, pick the dates, check anyone flagged, then download the file and give it to your payroll service or accountant.
- What if someone forgot to clock out?Who’s in flags people who forgot to clock out. Add the missing time in Fix punches, or let them fix it from their phone.
- How do I build and publish a schedule?Click a day on the Schedule to add a shift, then press Publish. Your team sees only published shifts.
- How do I approve or decline time off?Requests from phones wait at the top of the Time off page. Press Approve or Decline, and choose what happens to their shifts.
- How can employees fix their own times?Give chosen people Edit my times. They change or delete a whole shift in My shifts on their phone, with a reason, and you get an alert.
- How do I set overtime and break rules?In Settings, under Pay and payroll, set when overtime starts, what it pays, which breaks are paid, and a break reminder.
- How do I fix a wrong or forgotten time?Open My shifts on the Clock tab. Tap a shift to fix it or ask to delete it, or press Add a shift for one you forgot.
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