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The Time Clock program provides a means by which employees can clock In and Out. The program will then total an employee’s hours for any given date interval and calculate wages based upon regular hourly wages and overtime wages. In addition the Time Clock program displays who’s in, who’s out, who’s on break, and who’s at lunch. For those employees that are out, you can see why they are out, and when they are expected back.

The Time Clock Screen
The main Time Clock screen consists of the employees list box (at the top of the screen), a clock showing the current time, various Clock In and Out buttons, and various other controls that will all be discussed in this section.

Green and Red Dot
The Time Clock main screen displays all the office employees in its main window. If an employee is currently “In”, the colored dot to the far left of the employee’s name is colored green. If the employee is currently “Out”, the dot will be colored red.

Status
To the immediate left of the employee’s name is the employee’s current Status column. The Status is changed by the five Clock In and Out buttons that will be discussed shortly. There are five status descriptions, 3 are for In Status, and 2 are for Out Status. These are:

"In" Status
In (green)
Break (magenta)
Busy (yellow)

"Out" Status
Out (red)
Lunch (blue)

The three In Status settings all indicate the employee is in and wage hours are calculating. The In status is simply In, here and available to work. The Break status indicates the employee is on a break. The Time Clock program does not consider Breaks as clocking out. The Busy status indicates that the employee is clocked In but is currently busy and not available for regular assignments. For example, the employee may have been told to clean the stock room, or run an errand, etc.