For parks and recreation

Regular and seasonal staff, on one time clock.

Add summer staff without paying per person. They punch on a tablet at the rec center or from their phones, see their shifts, and supervisors approve the period.

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.

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)

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)

Storm labor FEMA would not pay

FEMA denied force account labor in Charleston and Jones County, Mississippi, when timesheets did not back up the department's numbers.

Source: FEMA appeal decisions (opens in a new tab)

What Kloqk does about it

  • The schedule on every phone

    Free

    Publish the week once. Staff see their shifts, and open shifts go to whoever can take them.

  • Pay groups

    Pro

    Full-time, part-time, seasonal and sworn staff each follow their own overtime and comp rules.

  • Every site in one account

    Pro

    Each building, branch or yard has its own clock, and you see hours across all of them.

  • A photo at every punch

    Free

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

  • Supervisor sign-off

    Pro

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

  • 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.

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 parks crew at work

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 one rec center or crew on it for a pay period, seasonal staff included.