Workstem supports four clock in/out methods, and you can choose multiple clock in/out methods to use at the same time.

1. GPS

2. Bluetooth

3. Facial Recognition

4. QR Code

To make sure your staff can clock in/out on their smartphones successfully, we suggest you to set up according to the following procedure:

Check your Work Locations — make sure you have added all working locations. If you have not finished this step, please refer to this guide: How to Add Work Location

Set up the Attendance Rules for every Working Location.

Assign the working location to your staff. There are two ways:
1. If the employee only has one fixed working location, you can set the clock in/out location in staff information.
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Under People > Select Employee > Employment & Payroll Information > Click [Change], and then add the Working Location for the staff

2. If the employee works in many different locations, we recommend you to use our "Scheduling" feature to assign working locations based on shifts.

Under "Schedule" > Schedule > Select employee > Add a new shift and assign the working location. You can create multiple shifts in one day with different locations per shift.

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The Working Location assigned in a shift has a higher priority than the location assigned in employees' profiles.

For Example:

Employee A usually works in Location #1 (The work location assigned to the staff in Employee Profiles.). One day he is arranged to work in Location #2 (The work location assigned to his/her shift in Schedule.) In this scenario, only when the employee clocked in/out from Location #2 will his/her attendance be recorded as valid and be included in attendance calculation.

Test Clock In/Out Function

Login in to the Workstem One App> Choose the date to clock in/out > Tap [Clock In] or [Clock Out] > Check the clock in/out status

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When you use the App for the first time, there will be a popup asking you to authorise Workstem to use your location for attendance tracking purposes, choose "Allow While Using App".

If you authorised Workstem already, the GPS icon will light up in green when you tap the horizontal line " —— " below.

If you successfully clocked in/out, the record will show "GPS" on the upper right hand corner.

If you see "Out of Range" and a map pops up, that means your current location does not match with your assigned working location. If you are indeed in the assigned working location and the notice still pops up, you may need to adjust and expand the GPS range for that Working Location.

You can add a note and continue by pressing [Clock In/Out], notice that you will see a "Success" tip but this record will be marked as "Field Work" and will not be included in attendance calculations.

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"Field Work" also means the system will not consider this record as valid for attendance purposes:

After you successfully tested yourself, you can then train your staff to clock in/out using GPS.

To make sure your employees can use their smartphones to clock in/out with Bluetooth accurately, we suggest you to set up according to the following steps:

First, you have to purchase a Bluetooth beacon. Workstem currently does not support beacons from other suppliers. Please visit our official Workstem Online Store and refer to this Bluetooth Beacon Buying Guide.

Once you receive the Bluetooth beacon, you will notice a label with:

Please copy these information into the system accordingly. There are 2 methods to add a Bluetooth beacon to your account.

Under "Company" > Device > Click [+ New] > Device Type Select [BLUETOOTH] > Input Device Name, Major, Minor, and Device ID, click [Save].

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Major, Minor, and Device ID are very important. Please fill in according to the information provided.

In the Workstem One App, tap into [More] > [Bluetooth Device] > Add Bluetooth Device > Scan the QR Code on the leaflet included with the Bluetooth beacon shipment (Major, Minor, and Device ID will be auto-filled) > input [Device Name], press [Save].

If you want to limit the GPS places for the Bluetooth beacon, please choose "Yes" for "Restrict Attendance Location" and select the work locations that the Bluetooth beacon can be used in. After you finish these settings, the employees can clock in/out successfully only at the chosen work locations.

Notice⚠️: You need to set up the punching location in the system before it can be displayed in the list on the page. To add the punching location, please refer to Add Work Location. After setting up the Bluetooth device and the corresponding location, only employees who work in that location can clock in and out through this Bluetooth device.

If you need to use Bluetooth clock in/out in flexible work locations such as exhibition centres and pop-up stores, you can choose "No" for "Restrict Attendance Location". With this setting, employees can clock in/out successfully as long as they're near the bluetooth beacon.

Workstem's Bluetooth beacon signal can cover 50-70 meters. You can stick it to most places in a work location, such as front desk, office table, ceiling, or doorway of the office.

If you need to use Bluetooth beacon in a temporary work location, you can carry it yourself.

Test clock in/out function via Bluetooth:

Login into Workstem One App > choose today > click [Clock In] or [Clock Out] > check your clock in/out status.

When you open the Workstem One App for the first time, it will ask you for Bluetooth access: "Workstem would like to use Bluetooth", choose "OK".

If you successfully gave Workstem One App your phone's Bluetooth permissions, the Bluetooth icon in the clock in/ out page will light up in green.

If the Bluetooth icon doesn't light up in green, it means the Bluetooth is not connected, you can click "Refresh" icon to reconnect.

If the "Please turn on Bluetooth" prompt pops up, you need to check whether your phone has turned on the "Bluetooth" permission.

If you clock in/out near a Bluetooth beacon, but "GPS" is shown in the clock-in record or it shows "Out of Range" and gets into map mode, it means you did not set the Bluetooth device correctly. You need to check if you have filled in the correct Major, Minor, and Device ID.

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After you test the clock in/out process via Bluetooth successfully, you can then train your staff.

Facial Recognition in Workstem system support every employee clock in/out without using smartphone, and this method can avoid cheating.

With just a few simple steps, you can successfully set up facial recognition.

This guide will introduce the above steps in detail.

Download WorkFace from Workstem, and you are able to check Login the App with Workstem account > click [Setting] > check [Current Device ID]

(Note: After cleaning up the background apps of the Android system, you need to log in WorkFace App again. )

Add new device by clicking [Company] > [Device] > [+ New Device]

For [Device Type], please choose "FACE".

The [Device Name] will be displayed in clock-in /out record to show you which device is used for that clock data.

Input the [Current Device ID] as seen in Workface App.

[Restrict clock in/out to physical location]:

You can upload portrait photos of employees by clicking [People] > click [+] on the upper right corner of every employee

You are able to synchronise the photo database by clicking [Company] > [Company] > [Synchronous]

After finishing the above steps, employees can use WorkFace App to clock in by face recognition on the designated devices.

There are 2 buttons in the page of clock in/out: One is for switching clock in/out mode. By clicking this button, employees can switch clock in/out mode or automatically identification mode. The other button is used for turning on or turning off clock in/out.

Similar to other clock in/out methods, we can check attendance data by clicking [Attendance] > [Attendance data]. You can clearly know what device your employees were using for clock in/out. The status of employees' attendance which is late, early leave, or normal can be detected in the system based on attendance rules and roster details .

Employees can clock in/out easily by scanning a QR Code provided by a supervisor.Only users with supervisor access can generate QR codes.

Before you start asking your employees to regularly clock in/out, you can first test the QR code clock in/out function according to the following steps:

Supervisors enter the Workstem One App, go to「More」, and click the QR Code in the upper right corner. Choose to clock in/out to regenerate the QR Code.

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Employees enter to Workstem One App homepage > clock-in, scans the supervisor's QR Code in the upper right corner. If you set up everything correctly, it will show "Success" and you can see the clock in/out record with "QR Code" status.

After you test successfully for the first time, you can start training your supervisors and staff to use it, and officially start using the QR Code clock in/out. We have prepared two articles to help your staff training.

Scenario 1: You can put a tablet at the entrance or front desk of your office/work location for daily QR Code clock in/out. To protect the privacy of the supervisor, if they don't want to use their personal accounts on the tablet, the HR can create another account without any sensitive employee details and set it as the direct supervisor of the manager.

By doing this, you can protect the privacy of the supervisor/manager while allowing employees to clock in/out on a public tablet.

Scenario 2: What if the supervisor who is responsible for generating QR Code is not available or taking a day off?

You can use [Authorisation Management] feature to give authorisation to a specific employee temporarily. This employee can generate QR Code for clock in/out. The supervisor can withdraw the authorisation when he comes back.