ClockFern1. Confirm the dates before the totals
Choose the correct pay period and workweek. Make sure you are not mixing a calendar-week report with a different payroll period. Check entries spanning midnight or a period boundary.
2. Resolve open shifts and corrections
An employee still shown as clocked in may have forgotten the last punch. Confirm the actual time; do not guess from a scheduled end time. Collect the reason for a correction and preserve the original record.
3. Check break treatment and other work
A timestamp alone does not determine whether time is paid. Review recorded breaks and any work recorded through another approved process. Have the responsible payroll professional apply the rules for your business.
4. Review the employee mapping
A name is not always a unique identifier. Verify that exported employee IDs and names map to the correct payroll accounts, especially when two people have similar names.
5. Open the exported file
Check the column names, selected period and a few manually calculated sample totals. A generic CSV may need a controlled conversion before import. Never assume that downloading a file means payroll was submitted.
6. Keep the reviewed records
Retain the source records, corrections and the version used for payroll according to your recordkeeping obligations. A backup on the same server is not a substitute for a tested independent recovery copy.
Product guidance for the current early-access pilot. Keep your existing payroll records while evaluating the workflow. Last reviewed October 17, 2026.