For municipal courts

Court office attendance and timesheets, approved and exported.

Clerks and court staff clock in at the office computer or tablet. Hours add up on their own, a supervisor approves the period, and payroll gets one file.

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.

11% of timesheets never approved

Denver's auditor found timesheets paid with no supervisor approval on record.

Source: Colorado Politics (opens in a new tab)

Overtime nobody authorized

Philadelphia's controller found 39 employees across eight departments logged overtime that was not properly authorized.

Source: Philadelphia City Controller (opens in a new tab)

The know-how leaves with the clerk

North Carolina towns with high finance turnover lost the payroll knowledge with the person. In Bethel, Alaska, a staffing gap ended in a missed payday.

Source: Carolina Public Press, KYUK (opens in a new tab)

What Kloqk does about it

  • Supervisor sign-off

    Pro

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

  • Closed pay periods

    Pro

    Close the period before payroll. Nothing changes after that unless someone reopens it, and the reopen is recorded.

  • Every edit has a name on it

    Free

    A changed punch keeps the old time, the new time, who changed it and why.

  • One payroll file

    Free

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

  • FMLA leave tracked

    Pro

    Eligibility by the 12-month and 1,250-hour tests, the 12-week balance and each case's certification status.

  • Single sign-on and two-factor

    Premium

    Sign in through your city's SAML or OIDC provider. Two-factor sign-in is on every plan.

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 staff member working at a laptop in a city office

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.

Start with the court office this pay period and compare it with paper.