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title: "Time clock for small businesses"
description: "Introduce a digital time clock in a small business: invite employees, assign roles and test clock-in, breaks and clock-out together."
language: "en"
lastmod: "2026-10-12"
canonical: "https://minutezilla.com/en/time-clock-small-business-germany"
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Time clock for small businesses

# Time clock for small businesses: Team onboarding

Introduce a digital time clock in a small business: invite employees, assign roles and test clock-in, breaks and clock-out together.

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Runs directly in the browser. No installation. No credit card.

**In brief:** Introduce a digital time clock in a small business: invite employees, assign roles and test clock-in, breaks and clock-out together.

## Invite the team by email

The responsible person creates the workspace and invites employees. Each employee uses their own account.

## Agree responsibilities first

Agree who reviews entries as an admin or manager and who records their own time as a member.

## Test the first working day together

Practise clock-in, starting and ending a break, and clock-out. Review the daily status together afterwards.

## Example: An owner introduces a time clock for five employees

Start with a shared trial day. The owner explains the booking steps, a responsible person reviews missing entries, and employees know whom to contact when something is wrong.

### 1. Prepare accounts and roles

Invite the five employees to the workspace and check that each can access it. Assign only the roles needed for their responsibilities.

### 2. Practise clock-in and breaks

Demonstrate clock-in at the start of work and separate break recording. Explain that the project timer serves a different purpose from attendance.

### 3. Clock out and report mistakes

Practise clock-out at the end of the day. Agree how missed bookings are reported and who reviews incomplete entries.

### 4. Review the first week together

Review attendance and breaks with the responsible person after the first week. The time clock runs in a browser without a separate terminal and needs an internet connection. Agree access and working-time recording rules internally.

## Helpful next pages

Use the attendance and roles pages to prepare onboarding. Review planned pricing before inviting the team.

[ Attendance ](https://minutezilla.com/en/features/attendance) [ Roles and permissions ](https://minutezilla.com/en/features/roles-permissions) [ Leave ](https://minutezilla.com/en/features/leave) [ For teams ](https://minutezilla.com/en/for-teams) [ Pricing ](https://minutezilla.com/en/pricing)

FAQ

## Frequently asked questions

- <a aria-disabled="false" class="uc-accordion-title fs-5 sm:fs-4" role="button"> Do we need a separate time clock terminal? </a>The browser time clock does not require a separate terminal. Employees need access to the web app and an internet connection.
- <a aria-disabled="false" class="uc-accordion-title fs-5 sm:fs-4" role="button"> Do employees need to start the project timer? </a>For attendance, employees use clock-in, breaks and clock-out. Use the project timer additionally when tasks need to be assigned to projects.
- <a aria-disabled="false" class="uc-accordion-title fs-5 sm:fs-4" role="button"> What should we do about a missed booking? </a>Report the missed booking to the responsible person. Admins or managers review the entry and handle the correction using your internal process.

## Prepare the first team day

Invite your team and test the workflow from clock-in through a break to clock-out.

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