For fleet maintenance and the city garage

City garage hours, recorded at the punch.

Mechanics punch at the garage tablet with a PIN and a photo. Call-backs are paid by your minimums, and hours can be coded to a department's vehicles or a job.

Free to start · No contract · No purchase order for the free plan

What has gone wrong in other cities

From public audits, court settlements and FEMA appeals. Each one links to where it was reported.

$79,219 for time not worked

Tennessee's comptroller found three Chattanooga traffic signal electricians were paid for hours they did not work.

Source: Chattanoogan.com (opens in a new tab)

1,000+ overtime hours, one manager

Pinellas County's inspector general found a public works operations manager recorded more than 1,000 overtime hours in about 14 months.

Source: Bay News 9 (opens in a new tab)

Overtime math that was wrong for years

Oakland's auditor found about $1.7 million in overtime paid to Public Works and Transportation staff by a formula that did not match the rules.

Source: Local News Matters (opens in a new tab)

What Kloqk does about it

  • A photo at every punch

    Free

    Each clock-in and clock-out keeps a photo and a time, so nobody punches for a coworker.

  • Cost codes on the hours

    Pro

    Code hours to a project, grant, fund or event. One report adds them up by code and by person.

  • On-call, call-back and differentials

    Pro

    Night and weekend differentials, on-call pay and minimum call-back hours, paid by the rule.

  • Tablet only, if you want it

    Pro

    Turn off clocking in from personal phones, so staff punch only at the tablet on site.

  • Supervisor sign-off

    Pro

    Each person signs their period, a supervisor approves it, and payroll gets only approved hours.

  • One payroll file

    Free

    Hours, breaks and overtime are added up and exported for QuickBooks, ADP, Paychex, Gusto and others.

Free is free for good, with unlimited employees. Pro and Premium are priced per location, not per person, and can be billed by invoice, Net 15. See pricing

A city public works yard with work trucks

How to try it

  1. 1Create the accountTwo minutes: your name, work email and a password. The Government category is picked for you.
  2. 2Add one departmentType in names or paste a spreadsheet, each with a 4-digit PIN. Or we do it with you on a call.
  3. 3Run one pay periodPut the clock on a tablet or let staff use their phones. At the end, compare the hours with paper.

Put the garage tablet up for one pay period and compare it with paper.