Sound Familiar?
- Hourly techs, front desk, and kennel staff
- Long and overnight shifts
- Accurate overtime and breaks
How Kloqk Helps
Front-desk Kiosk
Staff punch with a PIN between patients.
Break & Overtime Accuracy
Paid/unpaid breaks and overtime calculated for you.
Free to Start
Unlimited staff, no contract.
Free, With Everything You Need
- Unlimited employees on the free plan
- Kiosk PIN punch + mobile punch with GPS
- Webcam photo at clock-in (buddy-punch prevention)
- FLSA & state overtime + break rules
- One-click payroll exports (QuickBooks, Gusto, ADP…)
- Live who's-in board and timesheet approvals
Clinic Timekeeping Between Patients and Emergencies
Vet clinics blend front desk, techs, and kennel staff across long days that routinely run over — an emergency at 5:50 PM doesn't care about the schedule. Exact punches capture the real end of the day, so the overtime that emergencies create gets paid (and seen by the practice manager while the week can still be rebalanced).
Kennel shifts on weekends and holidays often run solo; phone punches with timestamps cover hours nobody else witnesses.
On-call and After-Hours Time
If a tech must stay at the clinic for an overnight patient, that's paid time. If they're on call from home with freedom to live normally, it usually isn't — until the phone rings, and the call-in hours start. Recording those call-ins as punches keeps after-hours pay accurate.
Veterinary Clinics Time Tracking: Frequently Asked Questions
How do vet clinics track tech hours?
Front-desk kiosk punches between patients, with phone punch for solo kennel shifts. Exact times capture the overruns emergencies cause.
Is on-call time paid for vet techs?
Restricted on-call (required to stay on premises) is paid; unrestricted on-call from home generally isn't, but actual call-in time always is.
Do veterinary employees get overtime?
Non-exempt staff — techs, assistants, front desk, kennel — earn 1.5× past 40 hours per week. Licensed DVMs are often exempt professionals.
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