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Time Entries is where you review the hours your employees logged and get them ready for payroll. From here you approve good entries, fix mistakes, reject bad ones, and clean up shifts where someone forgot to clock out.
Time entries

The Time Entries page

Open Time Entries from the sidebar. Four cards summarize the current view: Total Entries, Approved, Pending, and Stuck Entries (with an “All good” or “Need attention” status). The table shows Employee, Company, Clock In, Clock Out, Hours, Breaks, and Status for each entry.

Status badges

BadgeMeaning
ApprovedReviewed and ready for payroll
PendingAwaiting your review
RejectedMarked as not valid
ActiveCurrently clocked in (no clock-out yet)
Stuck (Xh Ym)Clocked in more than 8 hours with no clock-out

Filters

Narrow the list with the Company dropdown, the Status filter (All Entries, Stuck (>8h), Active (Normal), Completed), the Breaks filter (Has Breaks / No Breaks), and a Start Date / End Date range, then click Search.
The dashboard’s stuck-entry View All and Review links open this page pre-filtered, so you can go straight from an alert to the entry that needs fixing.

Approve or reject an entry

Open the (more) menu on any row:
  • Approve — marks the entry approved (available once the entry has a clock-out and isn’t already approved).
  • Reject — opens a Reject Time Entry? confirmation showing the clock-in, clock-out, and hours. Confirm to mark it rejected; you can change the status again later if needed.

Edit an entry

Choose Edit Entry to open the Edit Time Entry dialog. You can adjust:
  • Clock Out time
  • Break (minutes)
  • Employee Notes and Admin Notes (admin notes are internal and not shown to the employee)
The Clock In time can’t be modified. Break records created by the employee are shown for reference but are managed by the employee. Saving an edit recalculates regular and overtime hours and marks the entry as edited by an admin.

Force clock-out (forgotten clock-outs)

When an employee forgets to clock out, their shift stays open and shows as Stuck. Resolve it with Force Clock Out:
1

Open the action

From the entry’s menu, choose Force Clock Out (shown only for entries with no clock-out).
2

Review the shift

The dialog shows the clock-in time and elapsed duration, and warns that the employee will be clocked out at the current time and the entry marked as edited by admin.
3

Add a note (optional)

Add an Admin Notes comment, for example “Employee forgot to clock out.”
4

Confirm

Click Force Clock Out. PayPunch sets the clock-out, recalculates hours, and stamps an admin note on the entry.

Breaks at a glance

Below the table, break analytics cards summarize Total Break Time, Avg Break/Shift, Paid Breaks, and Unpaid Breaks so you can spot unusual patterns across the filtered entries.
You can’t edit or force-clock-out an entry whose pay period is locked, or one that has already been exported to QuickBooks. Unlock the period first (a SUPER_ADMIN action) — see Pay Periods & Locking.