User Management

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 can I delete or remove an employee, manager, or user?

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

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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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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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Adding New Employees

Go to the Employees top navigation to add new employees. Only administrators can add new employees.

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Adding Administrators or Updating Their Information

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

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Deactivating or Activating Employees

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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Can we set different time zones for different employees?

Each employee can be setup with a unique time zone.

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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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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 reset or change a password for an employee?

Admins can set passwords for users directly.

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How do I remove an admin or administrator from my account?

You cannot be logged into an admin account to remove it. Make sure to login from a different account.

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Add, Edit, or Delete Breaks As An 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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Approving or Rejecting a Time Card (Administrator)

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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Enabling or Disabling Employee Edits

Step-by-step instructions on how to enable or disable employee edits.

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

If you'd like to view which device your employee used when they punched in or out, you can do this by visiting their time card.

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I'd like an employee to be punched in for a certain amount of time before they can punch out.

Here we'll explain how to restrict how frequently an employee can punch time.

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I'd like an employee to be punched out for a certain amount of time before they can punch in.

Here we'll explain how to restrict how frequently an employee can punch time.

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Adding, Editing, or Deleting Punches as an Administrator or Manager.

Step by step instructions on how to add, edit, or delete punches as an Administrator or Manager.

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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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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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Automatic Punch Out Feature

Automatic punch outs can occur after an employee has worked a certain amount of hours and minutes or at the end of their shift.

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Initiating/Reviewing Trades & Covers as an Administrator (App)

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

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