Attendance for restaurants
Attendance and shifts from preparation through to close.
Schedule kitchen, floor, bar and delivery teams around each service period, handle last-minute replacements, and keep two work periods on the same working day.
At a glance
- By service period
- Preparation, lunch, dinner and close covered clearly.
- Last-minute changes
- Notify replacements and update the schedule once.
- Two work periods
- Morning and evening hours remain on one working day.
A schedule that follows the rhythm of service.
Restaurant staffing rises and falls through the day. Attendance connects the published schedule with who actually arrived for preparation, service, delivery and closing work.
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Schedule by team and service period
Plan kitchen, floor, bar, delivery and cleaning around the expected workload.
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Fill gaps before service begins
Find available employees who can cover the role without breaching rest or increasing overtime unexpectedly.
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Keep split working days together
Morning preparation and evening service can be calculated as two work periods on the same working day.
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Bring seasonal staff in quickly
Use the same attendance methods and approval flow without creating separate files for the busy season.
From service planning to approved restaurant hours.
Managers can act on changes immediately and review the resulting hours later.
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Build the weekly schedule
Schedule each role around preparation, service, delivery and closing duties.
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Publish and notify
Employees receive their shifts and any later changes on mobile.
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Record each work period
The terminal records arrival and departure for one or more periods during the working day.
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Approve after service
Missing entries and unexpected hours are reviewed before payroll totals are finalised.
At a glance
Fast attendance at the staff entrance.
QR, RFID, NFC or PIN keep clock-in quick before a busy service. Different restaurants in the same group can use different terminal models and still synchronise centrally.
Compare attendance terminals- 01
QR
A quick option for permanent and seasonal employees without issuing a physical card.
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RFID, NFC or PIN
Useful where the team already uses staff cards, phones or personal codes.
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Several terminals together
Kitchen, service and delivery entrances can feed the same restaurant attendance view.
Questions from this industry
- Can one day include a morning and an evening work period?
- Yes. Both periods can belong to the same working day and be calculated under the rules configured for that schedule.
- Can we add seasonal employees quickly?
- Yes. Seasonal employees use the same schedules, attendance methods and approval process as the rest of the team.
- Can each restaurant approve its own hours?
- Yes. A restaurant manager can review their location while group management retains a consolidated view across all venues.
See Attendance with your teams and service periods.
Use one real restaurant week to see scheduling, changes, attendance and approval from start to finish.