For sanitation and collection

Collection crews clock in at the yard. Breaks and overtime add up on their own.

Drivers and helpers punch on the yard tablet with a PIN and a photo. Breaks are recorded when they are taken, and overtime is counted before payroll, not after.

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)

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)

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.

  • 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.

  • Closed pay periods

    Pro

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

  • 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.

  • 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 yard tablet up for one route crew and compare a pay period with paper.