Tracking time

Setting up geo-fenced worksites

Lock clock-in to specific job-site locations. Get warnings (or hard blocks) when someone punches outside the geo-fence.

What worksites are

A worksite is a named location with a GPS coordinate and a radius. For an employee with geofencing turned on, Clox checks their phone's GPS at clock-in: if they're outside every worksite they're assigned to, the punch is blocked. Employees without geofencing can clock in from anywhere.

Creating a worksite

Go to Worksites (manager view)
Click + Add worksite
Name it (e.g., "Hendrix Job", "Anderson Residence")
Pick the location on the map (or tap Use my location to drop the pin where you're standing)
Set the radius with the slider (200m by default; tighten or widen it to fit the site)
Save

Start generous. The 200m default covers most single sites; large commercial lots or job sites with parking may want more. Tighten it later if you see false positives.

Assigning crew members

Crews can be assigned to specific worksites, meaning they can clock in there but nowhere else. Useful when you have rotating crews on dedicated sites.

Open the worksite
Add team members from your roster
Anyone not assigned can't clock in from this worksite

Turning geofencing on

Geofencing is set per employee, not org-wide. On the Team page, tap an employee to open their edit panel. Under Worksites, keep Enforce geofence at clock-in on (it's on by default) and check the worksites they're allowed to use. With it on, they can only clock in while inside one of those worksites. Otherwise the punch is blocked with a message to get on-site. Turn the toggle off for a roaming worker who should clock in from anywhere.

If a geofenced punch goes through but the phone's GPS fix is too coarse to trust, Clox allows it and flags it for review rather than silently trusting a bad location.

GPS permission

Geofencing needs location permission on the employee's phone, in the app or in the browser if they clock in from a computer. If they decline, a geofenced employee can't prove they're on-site, so clock-in is blocked until they allow it. Employees without geofencing enforced aren't affected.

Geofenced punches and proof of presence

When you enforce a geofence, the captured GPS, time, and any selfie become part of a tamper-evident record for that punch. From Reports you can export a Proof of presence file that a client or auditor can verify themselves at getclox.com/verify. To be clear about what this proves: it makes the record impossible to quietly edit or reorder after the fact. It does not make the GPS unspoofable. The location is still read from the worker's phone, so treat the geofence as a strong deterrent and use the proof export when you need a record an outside party can check. See the proof-of-presence article.