Schedule tab and Time Clock

Feature: Scheduling and time clock. If your company does not use InstaNotified for scheduling, the Schedule tab is hidden and clocking in and out is not used.

The Schedule tab lists your upcoming shifts for the next 7 days and your five most recent past shifts. Each card shows the site, date, start and end time, meal break and any notes from the scheduler.

5.1 Clocking in

1. Find the shift on the Schedule tab. The button Clock In to This Shift appears a set number of minutes before the start time — the site's Early clock-in window, which your company sets in the portal (15 minutes unless they changed it). Before that the card reads Clock in opens 15 min before shift and Clock in opens in {n} min (or {h}h {m}m); if your site uses a different window the server enforces it and tells you how many minutes to wait.
2. If your site requires a uniform photo, the camera opens first for the Front photo. You are then asked Add Back photo?, Add Left Side photo? and Add Right Side photo? — tap Take Photo or Skip for each. Where the front photo is mandatory, skipping it stops the clock-in with Uniform photo required. The photos are scored by the company's AI uniform check after you clock in.
3. The app captures your GPS position and checks it against the site's geofence (inside the fence, or within the grace distance your company allows outside it). On success you see Clocked In; if the position could not be confirmed the message reads Clocked in (GPS location could not be verified) — the clock-in still goes through, but the punch is flagged for your supervisor to review, so keep location on and move to open sky when you can. Some companies lock clock-in to the site instead: then an off-site punch is refused with Not at your site — You must be within {N} m of the {site} geofence to clock in. Your current location is {M} m outside it. — and a punch with location turned off is refused with Location is required to clock in at {site}. A fix worse than 250 m is refused with Location too imprecise. Nothing is recorded as worked time until you clock in from on site; your company can see the refused attempts.
4. You are now on duty. The Time Clock card at the top of the Schedule tab shows the current site and elapsed time, and the Home tab's duty card turns green.

CLOCK IN / CLOCK OUT on the Home tab simply takes you to the Schedule tab, where you pick the shift.

5.2 Clocking out

Tap Clock Out Now on the Time Clock card. Your position is recorded again and the confirmation shows Total time: {hours} hours. If you forget, the Time Clock card warns ⚠️ Your shift has ended — Don't forget to clock out!, the shift appears under past shifts with a Still clocked in - Tap to Clock Out button, and the site's Auto clock-out after setting (12 hours unless changed) eventually clocks you out automatically.

5.3 What the app does not do

Shifts are assigned by your scheduler. The app does not offer shift bidding, accepting or declining a shift, or swapping shifts with a colleague — talk to your supervisor or use REQUEST CALL OFF if you cannot work. Your availability preferences (section 11.4) help the scheduler avoid assigning you when you cannot work.

A shift's confirmed status is set by your manager in the portal when they have confirmed coverage with you or the customer; there is nothing to accept or confirm in the app. Clocking in marks the shift as started.