Create Your First Attendance Group

You've already set up positions, departments, and shifts. Now you need an Attendance Group so the rules are in place before you add employees in Step 5. The Attendance Group decides which employees follow which attendance rules.

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Step 1: Open Attendance Group settings

1. Go to settings: after signing in, click Attendance > Attendance Group (/checkWork/checkWorkGroup) in the left menu.
2. Add an attendance group: click the Add button in the top right.

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Step 2: Fill in the basics and pick the attendance type

1. Name it:
   • Attendance group name: something descriptive (e.g. "Office Full-time Staff" or "Retail Frontline").
2. Pick the attendance type (key step):
   • Rostered: employees rotate shifts or you want to assign their schedule manually — choose this.
   • Fixed: employees work the same hours every day (e.g. Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00) — choose this.
   • Flexible: employees don't need to clock in, or hours are very flexible.
   • Note: if you choose Rostered, you'll need to assign monthly calendar shifts to employees later.

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Step 3: Add employees and shifts

1. Pick the company and employees:
   • In the settings page, choose your employer.
   • You can add specific departments or specific employees to the group.
2. Bind shifts (Fixed only):
   • For Fixed, the system asks you to pick the shift for Monday through Sunday.
   • Pick the "Standard Office Hours" shift you created in the previous article from the dropdown.
3. Set clock-in rules (optional):
   • Fields marked * are required.
   • You can decide whether employees can clock in from a non-designated location, or whether photo clock-in is required.
4. Save: click Save and your first attendance group is ready.

Friction-Killer tip: If this is your first time, build the simplest possible Fixed attendance group so employees can start clocking in smoothly. Once you're comfortable with the system, build a Rostered group for the people who need rotating shifts.