What is a Check-in Spot for Attendance? Meaning and Example

How check-in spots are used

HR creates one check-in spot for each place where people genuinely start work: the head office in Andheri, the Thane warehouse, the Vashi branch. Employees are then allowed to punch at the spots that apply to them. A city sales team may be linked to every branch, while a storekeeper is linked to one warehouse only. A kiosk tablet at an entrance can also be tied to a spot, so that a punch made by scanning its code is known to come from that location. In ZeniaHR, punches can be limited to check-in spots, and each kiosk can be tied to one.

Check-in spot, geo-fence and office network

These three ideas are easy to mix up. A geo-fence is the technique: a virtual boundary checked against the phone's GPS. A check-in spot is the business record: the named place, its boundary and who may punch there. An allowed office network is a separate check for web punches, which accepts a punch only from the office internet connection. Many companies use the network rule for desk staff and check-in spots for app and kiosk punches.

Setting up check-in spots well

A few simple habits keep check-in spots accurate as the business changes. They also save HR from sorting out a wave of rejected punches, and angry phone calls from the floor, every time a branch or godown moves.

• Name spots the way employees speak about them, such as 'Surat branch, Ring Road'
• Set a radius that covers the gate, the parking area and the upper floors
• Review spots when a branch moves or a client contract ends
• Tell employees which spots they can use before switching the rule on

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