User Management

Add Salaried Employees

Step-by-step instructions on how to add salaried employees.

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Change A Manager/Employee Password

Step-by-step instructions on how to change a manager or employee's password.

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Managers: What are they and how do they work?

Managers can have permissions to view or edit a sub-set of employees.

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How do I change a user's, employees, or manager's username?

Admins set the username for users. You can change this after you setup a user by visiting their profile.

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Can Managers update billing information or add new employees?

Managers are not able to access account settings and cannot update billing information.

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How do I add additional managers to my account?

A manager is an upgraded employee who can be given specific permissions over each employee.

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How to Delete an Employee, Manager, or Administrator

If you delete a user, you lose all of their past history. (Deactivate the user to keep their history)

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Upgrading an Employee to Manager and Assigning Employees

You can upgrade an employee to manager status directly from within their profile.

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Can Manager's see their assigned employees pay amount?

Managers are not able to see their assigned employees pay amount.

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How to Add New Employees

Step-by-step instructions on how to add new employees.

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How to Add Administrators

You can have an unlimited number of administrator accounts. Those accounts are free with a paid plan.

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How to Active or Deactivate Employees/Managers

Step-by-step instructions on how to activate or deactivate employees.

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Can I send messages to my employees?

With our push notification/email message feature, you can send messages to all employees or an individual one.

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Where can I see which Managers are assigned to an employee?

Here we'll explain how to determine which Manager is assigned to an employee.

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How to create groups of people to select in Buddy Punch.

Here we'll explain how to create a "group" of people.

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How do I send an email or push notification to an employee?

You can send an email or push notification to an employee from within your Buddy Punch account.

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How do I add a new employee?

If you need to add new employees, you can do so directly from within your account.

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What are the character limits and requirements for creating a new employee?

Here are the character limits and requirements for creating a new employee.

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How can admins or administrators track their own time?

They will need their own employee account.

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How do I resend the initial email or welcome email to the employee?

You can resend the welcome email right from the app.

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Can I add in total time per day, or a duration for Salary employees?

Yes, you can setup Buddy Punch where employees submit total hours per day.

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I would like to get an email notification on every punch in or out.

We provide email notifications on punches. You can turn this on or off per account.

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How To Set Time Zones On A Per-Employee Basis

Step-by-step instructions on how to set time zones on a per-employee basis

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What are Pending Approvals? How do I approve/deny them?

Employees need to request approval to make changes, create punches that are not in real-time, or request time off.

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How do I reset or change a password for an employee?

Admins can set passwords for users directly.

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What Do I Do With Terminated Staff To Stop The Employee From Logging In?

When you deactivate an employee, they can't login.

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How Do I Remove An Admin Or Administrator From My Account?

Step-by-step instructions on how to remove an administrator from an account.

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How to Manage Manual Breaks—Administrator (Web/App)

Step-by-step instructions on how to add, edit or delete a break as an Administrator from our website and mobile app.

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How to Approve or Reject a Time Card—Administrator (Web)

Step by step instructions on how to approve or reject a time card as a Administrator.

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Group Punch: How to punch in/out a group of users (Administrator)

Here we'll explain how to punch in and out a group of users using the group punch option.

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Where can I view which device was to punch in or out?

Step-by-step instructions on how to view which device and punch method your employee used.

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How to Manage Employee/Manager Work Hours—Administrator (Web)

Administrators can add, edit or delete punches as needed from our website or mobile app.

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Can I delete a punch?

Shifts can be deleted by admins or managers with "Approval" access.

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How do I edit an employee's Time Off?

Here we'll show you how to edit an employee's Time Off.

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Approving, Denying or Editing Time Off As An Administrator (Web)

Step-by-step instructions on how to approve, deny or edit time off for your assigned employees from the app.

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How do I find out the Time Off used by an employee for a specific time period?

Here are instructions on how to find out how much Time Off an employee used during a specific time period.

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Add Holiday Time To Employees

Step-by-step instructions on how to add holiday time to select or all employees at once

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Where do I manage the time off for each employee?

Time Off can be seen and managed on an employee profile.

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As a Manager or Administrator, how can I check an employees Time Off Summary in app?

Employee Time Off Summaries can be viewed by visiting the Time Off page.

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How do I edit Time Off from the app?

Here we'll explain how to edit Time Off from the time card page.

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Create Time Off & Add it to the Calendar

Step by step instructions on how to create time off types and add time off to the calendar.

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How do I delete Time Off?

To delete Time Off, you'll first need to enable the option within your Account Settings.

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How to Initiate or Review Trades & Covers—Administrator (App)

Step-by-step instructions on how to initiate or reviewing trades and covers as an Administrator.

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How to Add Work Hours for Scheduled Time—Administrator (Web)

Step-by-step instructions on how to quickly add work hours for employees for time that has been scheduled.

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