# Track time

Once a shift is in the past, it becomes a row on the timesheet. From there the hours are **confirmed** (recorded and signed off as correct) and then **approved** for payroll. Depending on your company's mode, the employee confirms their own hours first, a manager does both, or {{ app_name }} records and approves the hours on its own — see {doc}`timesheet/how-confirmation-works`.

The timesheet is the centre of this category. Breaks are governed by break rules (configured elsewhere), and day-by-day attendance — late arrivals, missed clock-outs, no-shows — lives in the Attendance report.

Staff can clock in from their own phones, or from a shared tablet at each location if they don't sign into {{ app_name }} on personal devices — see {doc}`kiosk/index`. You decide which of the two is allowed, company-wide and per location, in {doc}`where-people-can-clock-in`. And when someone forgets to clock out, {{ app_name }} asks them first and only closes the entry itself as a last resort — see {doc}`when-someone-forgets-to-clock-out`.

```{note}
The timesheet is primarily a manager surface, and managers see every finished shift in their locations. Shift workers see only their **own** finished shifts there, where they can confirm their hours but not approve. Most workers confirm without opening it at all — clocking out at the kiosk is their confirmation.
```

```{toctree}
:maxdepth: 1
:hidden:

timesheet/index
kiosk/index
where-people-can-clock-in
when-someone-forgets-to-clock-out
set-up-automatic-clock-out
breaks
attendance
```