Raken Time Clock lets every field employee capture their own time directly from the Raken mobile app — no supervisor needed. Once enabled, workers clock in and out on their own device, and all entries flow automatically into the Time tab and daily report. Time Clock reduces timecard errors, eliminates buddy punching, and frees supervisors to focus on the work.

To use Raken Time Clock:

All clock entries sync in real time to the Time tab and daily report.

Time Clock is part of Time Cards, which require the Performance Plan, plus the Time Clock add-on on top of that. Not available on Basic.

Log in to the Raken web app. Click Company in the left navigation, then click Time settings > Policies. Click Edit policy. In the Settings section under Time tracking, toggle on Employee time clock. Click Save & finish.

Click Directory in the left navigation, then click Employees. Click + Employee and assign the Project Worker role. Click Save — the employee receives an invitation to create their Raken account.

To upgrade an existing worker: find them in the employee list, click their name, update their role to Project Worker, and save. To disable Time Clock for a specific employee without changing their role: click the ellipsis (...) next to their name and select Disable time clock.

Workers tap Time in the bottom navigation bar.

Tap Select Project and choose the project.

Tap the green Clock In button. If Photo ID or Clock in questions are enabled in the policy, the employee is prompted before the clock-in is confirmed. If equipment and/or classification selection is enabled for the policy, the employee also selects those at this point — see "Equipment and Classification at Clock-In" below.

While clocked in, tap Take break to start a break. Tap End break to resume. Break types are determined by the employee's Time Policy.

If the policy has Enforce break lockout turned on for that break type, the End break button stays disabled until the break's minimum duration has elapsed — the employee sees a message explaining how much longer they need to wait and to contact their supervisor if they need to clock in sooner. A supervisor can override this from Supervisor Clock. See How to Create Breaks for Time Policies in Raken for full details on break lockout and Break Alerts.

Tap the ellipsis (...) menu and select Switch. Choose the new project, cost code, classification, or equipment — Raken automatically splits the time entry at the point of the switch, closing the current segment and opening a new one. Switch is for recording a genuine change partway through the punch; if a value was simply entered wrong from the start, use Edit instead (see "Editing an Active Punch" below) so no split is created.

Tap the red Clock Out button. If Photo ID or Clock out questions are enabled, the employee is prompted before clock-out is confirmed.

Supervisors can enable equipment and classification capture right at clock-in for Time Clock, Kiosk, and Supervisor Clock — not just on supervisor-entered time cards.

Supervisors can now fix the cost code, classification, or equipment on a punch that's still open — without clocking the employee out and back in, and without creating a split. From Time > Clock (web) or the Clock tab (mobile), select the active entry and choose Edit.

The Clock view on web now also shows the current cost code, classification, and equipment for every active punch at a glance, without opening each entry individually.

From the Time tab, supervisors can manage clock events for their entire crew. Tap Time in the bottom navigation, then tap the Clock tab. Each crew member shows their current status and hours for the day. Tap the ellipsis (...) next to any employee to take action.

Available actions: Clock in · Take break · End break · Switch (project/cost code/classification/equipment) · Edit (active punch) · Clock out

Each action opens with the time field pre-filled to the current moment — tap the field to pick a different time instead, for example to log a punch that should have happened earlier. There's no longer a separate "at" option for each action; picking the time is built into the single action itself.

Supervisors can also bulk clock in or out their entire crew using the ellipsis (...) at the top of the screen. Equipment selection and active-punch Edit are not available on multi-employee (bulk) Supervisor Clock entries — cost code and classification still are.

If a worker's break is subject to Enforce break lockout, Supervisor Clock is the only way to end that break early. The supervisor will see a warning that this breaks compliance before they can confirm.

Click Time in the left navigation, then click Clock. The Clock page shows all employees with their current status, project, crew, clock-in time, current cost code/classification/equipment, and live hours for the day. Click the ellipsis (...) next to any employee to clock them in, out, or make a correction.

For full details, see How to Manage Clock Status on the Web.

Raken's AI Photo ID captures an image at clock-in and/or clock-out and matches it against the employee's profile to prevent buddy punching. Mismatches are flagged in Time > Review > Photo ID. See Raken Photo ID.

Custom questions can be assigned to clock-in and clock-out events to capture compliance information — such as safety checks. Responses are reviewed in Time > Review > Clock questions. See Clock In & Clock Out Questions.

Flags employees who clock in or out outside the project radius, sends location-based reminders, or prevents clock-in when off-site. Configured in the Time Policy Settings section. See Time Clock Geolocation Verification and Reporting.

Hard-blocks an early clock-in from a short break at Time Clock until the break's minimum duration has elapsed. Configured per break type in the Time Policy's Breaks section. See How to Create Breaks for Time Policies in Raken.

No. Time Clock is part of Time Cards, which require the Performance Plan, and it additionally needs the Time Clock add-on enabled. Basic plan accounts have neither, they use Work Logs instead.

The worker must have the Project Worker role and Time Clock must be enabled in their assigned Time Policy. Confirm in Directory > Employees (role) and Company > Time settings > Policies (Time Clock toggle). Also confirm the account is on the Performance Plan with the Time Clock add-on active.

Yes. From Time > Clock on the web or the Clock tab on mobile, click the ellipsis (...) next to the employee and select Clock out. On mobile, the time field is pre-filled to the current moment — tap it to enter the correct time instead, then save.

A Worker has no Raken login — their time is entered by a supervisor. A Project Worker has a limited Raken login (My Time and Schedule only) and can clock in and out on their own device using Time Clock.

Yes. All entries sync in real time to the Time tab and daily report — as long as the employee has an active signal.

Yes. Both can be enabled simultaneously in the same Time Policy. All entries appear together in the Time tab and daily report.

No. Time Clock requires an active connection. For offline time entry, use Daily Logs > Time Cards on mobile.

Check the exact minimum duration configured on that break type in the Time Policy — break lockout uses that value, and it may be longer than expected. If the worker genuinely needs to clock in early, a supervisor can override via Supervisor Clock.

These fields are opt-in per Time Policy under Settings > Production. Confirm Allow employees to select classifications and/or Allow employees to select equipment and its cost code are turned on for the employee's specific policy — policies are company-level, so a different crew on a different policy needs the same toggles set separately. Equipment additionally requires Equipment Tracking to be enabled first at Company > Time Settings > Advanced.

Switch records a genuine change partway through the shift and creates a new, separate entry (a split). Edit corrects something that was wrong from the very start of the punch and makes no split — it just updates the current entry. Switching twice in quick succession still creates two entries; there's no merge window, so use Edit instead if you're correcting a mistake rather than recording a real change.

Edit is gated by the same policy toggles that control clock-in selection. If none of cost code, classification, or equipment selection is enabled for that policy, the Edit option won't appear at all. It's also not available for multi-employee (bulk) Supervisor Clock entries — only single-employee punches.

They've been folded into the base action. Clock in, Take break, End break, and Clock out each now open with the time pre-filled to the current moment — tap the time field to pick a different one instead of using a separate "at" option. The result is the same; there's just one entry point per action instead of two.

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