For water and sewer utilities

Utility hours across the plant, the office and the field.

Operators punch at the plant tablet, field crews from their phones. Call-backs are paid by your minimums, and hours can be coded to a project or a main break.

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)

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

  • On-call, call-back and differentials

    Pro

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Every site in one account

    Pro

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

  • GPS on phone punches

    Premium

    Where each phone punch was made, job sites by address, and off-site punches flagged or blocked.

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.

Start with one crew this pay period. If it does not save time, you have lost nothing.