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Time & Attendance
Attendance Management System for Growing Companies
Clock in & clock out using iBeacons, QR codes, mobile time clock app, automatic and manual timesheet entries. Discover how our clock in clock out app simplifies attendance tracking for employees worldwide.
Timesheets
Time tracking
7 tracking methods
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Time Tracking
Have a Clearer View Of Your Team’s Performance
Easy clock in/out and breaks
Navigate your team’s attendance with ease using Calamari’s versatile tracking options. From billable hours to quick coffee breaks, you’ve got seven easy ways to clock in and out: web browser, mobile app, iBeacons, QR codes (KIOSK app), API, Slack, Microsoft Teams timesheets. As a reliable online attendance management system, we ensure both precision and convenience.
Project time tracking
Let your employees keep tabs on the time they spend on specific projects. This makes pulling detailed reports for payroll a breeze, with all the hours and project names neatly lined up. Whether you need an attendance management program to streamline customer billing or a solution to monitor project profitability you can pull detailed timesheet reports.
Abnormalities notifications
Calamari keeps a keen eye on the horizon, alerting you to any late arrivals, early outs, or no-shows. Fine-tune your team’s performance and ensure that your productivity stays on course with our intuitive attendance management software.
Time tracking in one place
Whether you’re managing full-time employees, freelancers, or part-timers, Calamari keeps all your attendance management in one place. It’s the perfect tool for quick, accurate payroll data collection – especially when your team is scattered across different shores.
Methods
Seven Different Ways to Track Time & Attendance
Slack & MS Teams
Log your time right from the app you’re using to chat with your crew. Get reminders to clock in and out, and more, without missing a beat. Use our Slack or Microsfot integration.
Web browser
Get all features, together with restrictions, to different locations (only from VPN or IP addresses from the office/home). You can collect IP addresses to avoid abuse.
Mobile App
Time tracking is always at hand and much easier with GPS through our native mobile hr app for Android or iOS. It’s the perfect solution with our geofencing feature for field workers or sales representatives to keep track of their projects from anywhere.
iBeacon
Clock in and out automatically when you're physically in the office – no more action needed! Only our employee mobile app and Bluetooth turned on.
Public API
Integrate Calamari’s employee attendance software with your company-wide systems via a public web API. Dive into the developers' documentation to explore the depths of integration possibilities.
KIOSK with QR codes and NFC
Turn any tablet or smartphone into a professional time reader and let employees clock in by scanning their QR codes or NFC. Prevent buddy punching thanks to saved employee photos on entrance and exit.
Slack
Clock-In Right from Slack
Time management with Slack
Your team members don’t even have to use a web or download a check-in app – they can clock in/out and switch between projects through a convenient Slack integration. Require some shore leave? Time-off requests can also be made directly in Slack.
Work schedule reminders
Get notified about the planned start and end of the workday. Managers can also receive notifications about all kinds of timesheet abnormalities regarding starting and ending the workday.
Adding presence records to the timesheet
Your employees can smartly add their presence records directly in Slack. The option to skip non-working days, such as holidays, weekends, or previously requested leave, ensures accuracy and speeds up the process.
Timesheet approval
Appointed managers can approve or reject entries, changes, and breaks in a timesheet.
See team availability in a channel
You can publish a channel with team attendance so that everyone can check if their colleagues are available.
Real-time clock-in notifications
Calamari sends real-time updates to a designated Slack channel, keeping the whole crew informed when someone starts, finishes, or takes a moment to rest.
Multinational
Centralized Attendance Management for Distributed Teams
Geofencing for sales representatives
Define where your employees can log their working hours – from office spaces or specyfic locations. You can restrict work locations based on legal requirements, such as GDPR compliance.
Working hours in different time zones
Easily check your team’s working hours in your own time zone, making scheduling and communication smoother. Public holidays for different countries are automatically reflected in your dashboard, so you always know who is available.
Notifications & attendance tracking
Clock-in and clock-out notifications help you stay updated on your team’s activity, while the presence list allows you to quickly check who is currently working. Calendar visibility makes it easier to schedule meetings and collaborate across time zones.
Support for several languages
Use the app in five languages: Polish, English, French, Spanish, and German.
Flexible working time policies
Customize work schedules to fit different countries and teams. Define workdays, time ranges, and required working hours. You can also set break rules and configure the timesheet approval process to match your company’s structure.
Scan QR Codes or NFC cards on Entrance to Clock In
QR terminal on iOS or Android
Turn any tablet or smartphone into a professional time reader with quick scanning. Installed at each entrance to the building, it’s a low cost solution.
Print QR Codes or use Mobile App
Easily distribute QR codes to clock in/out (no need to order cards, badges). Know when employees are in the building or office in case of an emergency.
Prevent buddy punching
The app can snap photos of team members during code scans, whether they’re entering, leaving, or taking a break. These snapshots will be visible to the manager on the timesheet, ensuring that all hands are on deck, with no funny business under the radar.
NFC Cards and Tags Support
Program NFC cards or tags through the mobile app for instant tap-and-go convenience. Perfect for high-traffic areas and employees who prefer contactless access cards.
Project and location tracking
Employees can assign their time to specific projects or work locations directly from the KIOSK terminal, providing detailed insights for billing and productivity analysis.
Geofencing
Geofencing in Attendance Tracking
Defining work areas
Set up virtual boundaries around work locations to ensure employees can clock in only within designated zones. This guarantees accurate time tracking and prevents unauthorized check-ins.
Automatic reminders based on location
When employees enter a zone, they receive an automatic reminder to clock in. With the Calamari mobile app, they have quick access to time tracking and a full overview of their work hours—always at their fingertips.
Accurate time tracking without manual input
Minimize time tracking errors. Geofencing verifies employees’ physical presence and prevents false check-ins by restricting time registration to designated locations.
Perfect for remote teams and multiple locations
Monitor attendance in real time, no matter where your employees work. Gain full visibility and ensure everyone is where they need to be.
Organize Team Timesheets
Models
Flexible Time & Attendance
Real-time clock-in
Capture precise attendance data as it happens. Perfect for organizations requiring accurate timestamps and location verification. Our real-time tracking provides immediate visibility into team presence. Employees can clock in/out via six different methods (mobile app, QR codes, browser, slack, teams, mobile app) while managers gain instant access to attendance patterns, helping maintain operational efficiency and compliance.
Employee-managed timesheets
Trust your team with timesheet management in environments where flexibility matters most. This approach empowers employees to record their hours at their convenience while maintaining transparency. Ideal for professional service firms, creative agencies, and teams with flexible schedules, it balances accountability with autonomy, reducing administrative burden while preserving accurate time records.
Hybrid approach
Combine both methods to accommodate diverse team needs across your organization. Apply real-time tracking where precise attendance matters, while allowing timesheet self-management for teams with more flexible arrangements. This tailored approach ensures each department follows the most appropriate procedure while maintaining consistent data across your entire company.
Timesheet
Manage Timesheets with Ease
See attendance from different perspectives
Check out your team’s attendance tracker with a customizable calendar view. Filter by shifts, hours, overtime, flextime, or specific projects – see it your way!
Manual timesheet correction
Employees can tweak their entries easily, and managers get notified right away. Approve or reject with just a tap. Plus, Calamari logs every update, so you never lose track.
Approval flows
Assign managers to handle approvals easily. Calamari supports a flexible, multi-level process, and you can even automate approvals for certain team members.
Easy filtering and raporting
Search for the presence of specific employees or attendance from given periods. Create automatic attendance lists and timesheets to export data for payroll.
Archived data
You can store and view former employee data, their time records, leave requests, business trips, documents, and sick leaves for free - according to your organization's needs.
Reports
Comprehensive Reports
Timesheet
Gain complete insight into work hours and employee absences. Use filters like date range, department, or contract type to focus on relevant data. Export to Excel or integrate seamlessly with payroll systems.
Activities
Track activities – from work to breaks and projects. Detailed data on start/end times, GPS locations, and terminals help you analyze team efficiency.
Abnormalities
Identify abnormalities like lateness, short hours, or work on days off. Filters make it easy to pinpoint specific issues and archived data. An ideal tool for eliminating errors in time tracking and identifying attendance irregularities.
Presence list
Get a quick overview of employee attendance. Group data by yourself, your company, or your subordinates.
Projects
Track time spent on projects. With filters and detailed data, such as total hours per project, you can quickly prepare reports for internal billing or client invoicing.
Timesheet details
Customize the report to your needs by selecting the information most relevant to time tracking. Include data on leaves, projects, breaks, holidays, or reported work hours to create a report that perfectly meets your requirements.
Mobile App
Time & Attendance with Mobile App for Employees & Managers
Native Android & iOS apps
Get a high-quality mobile app that has all the necessary features you will need on the go.
Manage timesheets from your phone
Employees can manage their timesheets and managers can accept or reject changes quickly from their phones. Everyone can see their limits and outstanding requests.
Copy timesheets entries for the entire week
Everyone can copy a timesheet for convenient completion of timesheet entries.
Notifications & alerts
Keep track of when your determined starting and ending work hours are to maintain a work-life balance. Managers can receive reminders about late arrivals, absences, and awaiting approvals in the timesheet for closing the month.
Growing Companies Attracted by Simplicity
The tool is extremely convenient and helpful since our company's offices are spread around different locations. We can instantly know who is out of the office and who is present thanks to the Slack integration.
Michał Sadowski
Nothing but positive feedback
In the 2+ years our company has used Calamari, we have heard nothing but positive feedback from employees and managers.
Parker Ramsdell
Crucial integrations
Integration with Slack and G Suite was crucial for us. Calamari turned out to be a great solution that allowed us to make the process more agreeable and helped both Employees and Team Leaders better plan their work!
Karolina Latos
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“In the 2+ years our company has used Calamari, we have heard nothing but positive feedback from employees and managers.”
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Time & Attendance
Time & Attendance Features
Presence overview
Different methods to track time
Time tracking abnormalities
Time project tracking
Timesheet approvals
Time clock app
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