Geofencing
Geofencing restricts an action to a defined geographic area — in attendance, allowing a punch only when the employee is physically within a set radius of a site.
Also known as: geofence attendance, location based attendance
It exists to answer one question: was the person where the work is. For field teams, site-based crews and multi-outlet retail, that question is otherwise unanswerable without a supervisor physically present.
The radius is a policy decision with real consequences. Too tight and GPS drift marks legitimate arrivals as outside the zone; too loose and the control means nothing. Sites without fixed boundaries — a construction plot, a delivery area — need a pragmatically wider radius and the acknowledgement that it is containment rather than proof.
Geofencing pairs naturally with face verification: one establishes where, the other who. Either alone leaves an obvious gap.
Handled in SignHR
Geo Tracking
Geo tracking for attendance — geofenced office and site locations, GPS-stamped clock-ins checked against an allowed area, and a map view of every punch.
See geo trackingRelated terms
Biometric Attendance
Biometric attendance records a punch against a physical characteristic — a fingerprint, face or iris — rather than a card or PIN that can be shared.
Attendance Regularisation
Attendance regularisation is the process of correcting an attendance record after the fact — a missed punch, a forgotten check-out, or time worked away from the usual place — through a request the manager approves.
Shift
A shift is a defined block of working hours assigned to an employee — its start and end times, breaks and grace period — against which their attendance is measured.
Multi-Location HR
Multi-location HR is running one workforce across several offices, sites or states, where holiday calendars, attendance rules and statutory obligations differ by where each employee works.