How do I prevent an employee from clocking in before their shift?

As an employer, it is important to ensure that your employees are punctual and adhere to their schedules, CloudPunch's Lockout and Shifts policies can help. With these policies, you can create and assign a lockout policy that prevents employees from punching in before or after their scheduled shift.

Configure lockouts:

1. Log into your CloudPunch web portal.
2. Click on Policies in the side menu.
3. Go to the Lockout and Shift section.
4. Select the Lockout and Shift policy assigned to the users you want to restrict or create a new policy.
5. Select the toggle switch for each day that will have a Lockout enabled or use the Set Lockouts option to apply lockouts to multiple days at once (such as all weekdays).
6. Enter the Lockout Before and the Lockout After times. 
7. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click Save. 

After updating the policy, you can assign it to specific users or departments based on your needs. To learn how to assign the policy, refer to this article.