Timecards
Reduce waste, improve compliance, and increase accountability
Use timecard tools that are easy to use for everyone on the jobsite. Track time accurately, log tasks effortlessly, and streamline payroll while ensuring compliance and accountability.
Not just a payroll tool—a transformative workforce tool to elevate your construction operations
If you aren’t new to digital timecards, you already know how impactful they can be in reducing waste and improving payroll efficiency. But digital timecards can be more than just a payroll tool. If developed with your workforce in mind, they can elevate almost every aspect of your construction operation—helping improve efficiency and reduce risk across labor planning, scheduling, field operations, safety, HR, and much more.
At Zurel, digital timecards aren’t just a payroll tool. They’re designed to be a transformative part of your construction operations—built to help you boost efficiency and reduce risk across the jobsite and beyond.
Key timecard features – everything from essentials to transformative for your construction operation and management
GPS & Location
Capture time with location data to improve transparency, accuracy, and accountability.
Approvals & Audit Trails
Review, approve, and track changes with digital signatures and full audit history.
Time Tracking
Easily log time with mobile and kiosk options while ensuring approval workflows for accuracy
Clock in and out with a smartphone, use a shared kiosk on-site, or log time for your crew as a supervisor. Enter or update time manually to capture missed punches or make corrections as needed.
Key Capabilities:
Mobile App
Punch in and out using a crew member’s or supervisor’s smartphone.
Kiosk Mode
Log time through a shared device at the jobsite.
Supervisor Entry
Let supervisors log time in bulk for the entire crew.
Manual Entry or Edits
Log time manually using a smartphone or desktop computer.
Task & Cost Code Logging
Assign time to the right jobs and tasks for better job costing and accountability
Log hours against specific jobs and cost codes from the moment work starts—or adjust them later. Track shifts with multiple tasks, capture task changes while punched in, and keep your labor data accurate from the field or office.
Key Capabilities:
Assign at Punch In
Optionally select job and cost code when punching in
Punch Task Change
Record task changes in real time while still punched in.
Multi-Task Logging
Split a single shift across multiple tasks or cost codes.
Manual Entry or Edits
Assign or update job and cost codes manually when needed.
GPS & Location
Capture time with location data to improve transparency, accuracy, and accountability
Use GPS to confirm where time is being logged. Capture locations at punch in/out, task changes, and meal breaks—and compare timecard activity locations with your jobsites.
Key Capabilities:
Punch Location
Record the GPS location when employees punch in or out.
Task Change Location
Capture where a task change happens during a shift.
Meal Break Location
Track the location where meal breaks begin.
Compare with Jobsite Location
Compare timecard activity locations with expected jobsite locations.
Alerts & Notifications
Stay informed and act quickly with built-in alerts and reminders
Keep crews and supervisors in the loop with real-time notifications for approvals, shift timing, and compliance issues. Trigger alerts and prompts that help workers stay on schedule and complete required tasks without delay.
Key Capabilities:
Approval Reminders
Alert supervisors about pending timecard approvals.
Meal & Shift Alerts
Notify crews when they are approaching meal time or the end of their 8-hour shift.
Compliance Flags
Flag meal break violations and overtime hours for review
Task Reminders
Prompt employees about pending tasks—such as safety training—when they punch in.
Approvals & Audit Trails
Build accountability into every timecard with approval workflows and audit trails
Create a reliable timecard review process with customizable approval rules and complete change history. Collect employee and supervisor signatures, track edits with required notes, and ensure every update is properly reviewed.
Key Capabilities:
Customizable Approval Workflows
Set up different approval paths for different categories of employees.
Employee & Supervisor Signatures
Require digital sign-off from both the worker and the supervisor.
Edit Notes & Re-Approval
Prompt users to add notes for edits and route changes through re-approval.
Audit Logs
Maintain a detailed history of punch-ins, changes, and approvals.
Payroll Data
Export clean, accurate time data—tailored for your payroll workflow
Export the exact data your payroll team needs—whether it’s hours, wages, or benefits. Support multiple rate tables and employee classifications to automate wage calculations and reduce manual effort.
Key Capabilities:
Custom & 3rd Party Export Formats
Export data in formats tailored to your accounting system or payroll provider.
Export Hours, Wages & Benefits
Generate exports that include just hours—or full wage and benefit breakdowns.
Rate Tables
Apply multiple rate tables with job-specific wage and benefit rates.
Employee Classification
Assign classifications that link employees to the correct rates and benefits.
Reports & Insights
Turn timecard data into job-ready reports and workforce insights
Track labor costs, monitor crew performance, and keep your projects on budget using real-time data from the field. Generate reports that help you manage payroll, productivity, and workforce planning with confidence.
Key Capabilities:
Labor Cost Reports
Track job costs by worker, task, or project in real time.
Payroll Summaries
Generate payroll-ready reports by day, week, or pay period.
Productivity Tracking
Compare budgeted vs. actual hours for jobs and tasks.
Supervisor Dashboard
See who’s working, where, and on what—at a glance.
Transformation
Transform your construction operations by leveraging your timecard data seamlessly
Tap into built-in connections across Zurel to reduce redundancy, improve accuracy, lower risk, and streamline your entire workflow. Use timecard data to enhance your daily reports, safety tools, crew management, and more.
Key Capabilities:
Daily Report Integration
Automatically include approved time entries in your daily jobsite reports.
Safety Training Sync
Make sure everyone who is working doesn’t miss their safety toolbox training.
Hazard Analysis Link
Improve crew participation in and review of hazard analysis.
Crew Management
Organize crews, schedule tasks, and track field operations using logged hours.
Ease of Use
Make timekeeping effortless with tools your crew will actually use
Empower your team with a system that’s simple to learn and easy to use—whether they’re in the field or at the office. Zurel Timecards are designed to fit how crews work, so adoption is fast and usage is consistent.
Key Capabilities:
Intuitive Mobile App
Log time quickly with a clean, user-friendly interface built for field conditions.
English & Spanish Support
Let your crew interact with the app in the language they’re most comfortable using.
Self-Explanatory Workflow
Guide users through their tasks with simple, logical flows that require little to no training.
Smart Suggestions
Speed up entries with job and task values pre-filled based on past usage.
Real results from contractors who made the switch
Key benefits of Zurel timecards that elevate efficiency and reduce risk in construction operations
Streamline payroll, reduce delays, and free up time by eliminating redundant entry and inefficient workflows. Improve compliance and reduce risk with built-in audit trails, alerts, and approval rules that keep your data accurate and accountable.
Get real-time visibility into labor costs and crew performance to make faster, more informed decisions. And with intuitive tools designed for the field, increase adoption and usage across your crew—without needing constant support or training.
Reduce waste and improve efficiency
Eliminate duplicate entry, streamline workflows, and speed up payroll processing.
Strengthen compliance and reduce risk
Catch potential issues early with alerts, approvals, and audit trails.
Increase visibility and accountability
Track productivity, job costs, and crew activity with real-time, job-ready insights.
Boost adoption and usage
Rely on a simple mobile app with English/Spanish support and self-guided workflows that crews enjoy using.
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