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What is remote employee time tracking?
Monitor work hours and productivity from anywhere
Remote employee time tracking is the process of recording and monitoring work hours for employees who work outside the office. It automatically captures clock ins and clock outs, breaks, overtime, and project activity to ensure accurate timesheets and payroll.
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Why use a remote employee time tracker?
Real-time visibility into your remote team
Try our FREE time and attendance softwareSwitching from manual sheets to a digital time tracker provides immediate operational value:
- Accountability: Replaces “checking-in” with data-backed transparency.
- Compliance: Creates audit-ready records for FLSA and labor law protection.
- Profitability: Pinpoints exactly which projects are consuming your budget.
- Efficiency: Automates payroll calculation, reducing HR administrative overhead.
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How to set up remote employee time tracking?
Get your remote team tracking hours in minutes
- Create your organization: Sign up for a free account and invite your remote team.
- Configure your settings: Define overtime rules, and choose optional verification methods for identity checks.
- Assign projects and tasks: Let employees track hours across multiple projects or activities.
- Start tracking hours: Remote team members can clock in from their mobile, desktop, or browser.
- Review detailed timesheets: View work hours, overtime, and productivity insights anytime.
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Track employee time on any platform
Simple remote team time tracking across devices
Time clock softwareEmployees can clock in and out from desktops, laptops, tablets, or mobile phones—whether they’re working from home, a client site, or on the go. All time entries, breaks, and overtime are automatically recorded and synced to centralized timesheets.
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Log hours without leaving your collaboration tools
Time tracking integrated with Slack and Teams
Make time tracking effortless by logging hours where your team already works. With Jibble, remote staff can clock in, clock out, and track time directly from Slack or Microsoft Teams, eliminating the need to switch apps.
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Secure verification methods
Advanced security with optional remote verification
Prevent time fraud with optional verification features such as face recognition to confirm identity, or GPS tracking to ensure work happens where it should. These features are fully configurable, allowing you to balance high-level security with employee privacy based on your needs and local regulations.
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Automatic sync to timesheets
Simpler timesheet calculations for everyone
Timesheet appAll time tracked through Jibble is automatically synced to centralized timesheets. Payroll hours, overtime, and breaks are calculated in real time, giving managers an accurate view of team productivity.
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Streamline payroll with timesheet approvals
Approve, lock, and manage remote employee hours
Jibble makes approving remote employee timesheets simple and secure. Managers can review daily, weekly, or monthly timesheets, verify payroll hours, and lock them for payroll. Approved entries remain immutable, ensuring accurate payroll, compliance, and accountability.
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Gain total visibility with remote project tracking
Monitor project progress and budgets
Jibble allows your team to “jibble in” directly to specific projects or activities, providing you with a real-time breakdown of where every hour is spent for project costing. Monitor project progress, streamline billing, and make resource planning effortless—all from a single platform.
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Optional screenshot capturing
Enhance remote accountability
Jibble offers an optional screenshot time tracker to help managers monitor remote work without micromanaging. Screenshots are taken at customizable intervals while employees track time on their devices, providing visual context for tasks and project progress.
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Powerful reporting for remote teams
Real-time remote productivity insights
Jibble’s advanced reporting lets you drill down by date, employee, project, client, or activity, with sub-grouping options for deeper insights. Apply filters to quickly identify trends, spot patterns, and gain actionable insights with visual reports and exports.
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Smart reminders & alerts
Stay on track with automated remote reminders
The biggest challenge in remote employee time tracking is human error. Jibble’s smart alerts act as a digital assistant, sending gentle reminders to employees for clock ins, breaks, and clock outs. Managers also receive notifications for missed logs or overtime, keeping records accurate without follow-ups.
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Super fast onboarding
With great customer support when you need it
I want to start onboarding my team now!Invite your remote team in minutes to have your team Jibbling in and out! If you get stuck, just reach out to us via chat and our customer support team will be there to help.