Manage Configuration Setting Staff Attendance in the Portal

Settings are used to configure the staff attendance module. There are configurations that you can use in the settings. To open the settings, you can click the “Settings” menu in the Staff Attendance section on the sidebar.


The following is an explanation of the settings:

1. First day of week
   The first day of the week setting is used to determine the first day of the week. This setting will affect the display and calculations in the Timesheet, Schedule, and Attendance Report features.
   
   
2. Break setting
   Used to manage employee break details in the system. There are break settings:
   1. Break unpaid name.
   2. Break paid name.
   3. Default break duration.

Changes to these settings will affect timesheets and schedules.

3. Auto Approve Timesheet
   This setting will affect when you create timesheets either manually or through the payflo application. When enabled, all timesheets created will automatically be approved. When disabled, newly created timesheets will automatically be waiting.
   
   
4. Schedule Default Break Type
   This setting is used to set the default value for break types. You can choose between paid and unpaid breaks. This setting affects the schedule and timesheet. 
   
   
5. Default start and default end shift time duration
   The duration are used to set the default values for the start shift time and end shift time in the schedule and timesheet features.
   
   
6. Track employee login or logout
   This setting is used to track employee logins and logouts activity. The system will automatically send a notification email after an employee logs in or out. Let's enable this setting. When this setting is enabled, an input form will appear for entering email addresses. You can add more than one email address. The email addresses you enter will receive notification emails regarding employee logins and logouts.
   
   
7. Require Photo During Attendance
   The “require photo during attendance” setting requires employees to take a photo of their face when clocking in. This setting will affect the payflo application and attendance reports website.
   
   
8. Require location access for attendance
   Require location access for attendance serves to ensure that employees are within a certain distance from their work location when clocking in. When this setting is enabled, a field will appear to fill in the maximum check-in distance. This is the furthest distance for checking in from the work location. This distance is measured in meters.