Attendance Management

Overview

Merit Attend covers field and office check-in, attendance records, roster management, and HR workflows for confirmation, adjustment, and overtime approval — aligned with Singapore MOM Part IV expectations.

Main routes:

Feature	Route
Check-in / scanner home	/attend
QR display	/attend/display
Check-in records	/attend/records
OT / unpaid leave grid	/attend/grid
Management hub	/attend/manage
Attendance logs (Pay view)	/pay/attendance
Terminals setup	/system/attendance-terminals

The Management hub (/attend/manage) provides tabs for Dashboard, Record report, Workflow, Roster, Rules, and Analysis.

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Step-by-Step Guide

Employee check-in

1. Open Attend on mobile or desktop (/attend).
2. Scan QR code or use the configured check-in method for your site.
3. Confirm check-in timestamp displays correctly.

Display QR for a location

1. Open Attend → Display (/attend/display) on a kiosk or reception screen.
2. Employees scan from their devices to record attendance.

Review attendance dashboard (HR)

1. Open Attend → Manage → Dashboard tab.
2. View lateness, early leave, OT (with approval status), Sunday/public holiday hours, paid and unpaid leave.
3. Use search and status filters.
4. Export CSV for offline analysis.
5. Records older than 72 hours may be highlighted for follow-up.

Confirm monthly attendance (workflow)

1. Open Manage → Workflow tab.
2. Step 1 — Confirm month: lock the period and sync unpaid leave from Leave module.
3. Step 2 — Adjust: managers inline-edit OT, unpaid leave, Sunday, or public holiday hours; save posts to /hr/attendance.
4. Step 3 — Approve OT: approve overtime per employee; mark workflow complete.
5. Workflow actions are audited for compliance review.

MOM rules configuration

1. Open Manage → Rules tab.
2. Review work-week, grace minutes, deduction strategy, OT rates, and Sunday multipliers.
3. Settings read/write the same /hr/payroll-policy-config as Pay (single source of truth).
4. Deviations from MOM defaults show real-time warnings.
5. Use deep links to Pay for full policy settings if needed.

Attendance analysis preview

1. Open Manage → Analysis tab.
2. Inspect hourly rate, OT base (Part IV thresholds), weekday OT (≥1.5×), Sunday premium, and lateness deductions step by step.
3. Use as a pre-payroll transparency view — final payroll still flows through Pay engine.

Weekly roster (A/B teams)

1. Open Manage → Roster tab.
2. Maintain weekly A/B roster assignments as configured for your organisation.

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FAQ

Q: Does Attend automatically change payroll without review?
A: Attendance feeds policy-driven calculations, but HR should complete the Workflow confirmation before payroll cut-off. Phase A management UI is a transparency and control layer before Pay finalisation.

Q: Where are terminal devices configured?
A: System administration → Attendance terminals (/system/attendance-terminals).

Q: Can I edit lateness after check-in?
A: Authorised roles can adjust values in the Workflow step with audit trail.

Q: How does unpaid leave sync to payroll?
A: Confirming the month can pull unpaid leave into attendance totals, which map to pay items such as UNPAID_LEAVE. Align with your payroll administrator.

Q: What is the 72-hour highlight?
A: A compliance flag for records requiring timely confirmation or approval.