https://community.squareup.com/t5/Staff-Payroll/Why-does-a-manager-have-to-punch-in-before-the-employee/m-p/613593#M1937 <P><a href="https://community.squareup.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/450359">@limberlost</a>&nbsp;The only thing I can think of is that they are trying to clock in before their scheduled time.&nbsp;</P><P>Our employees are able to clock in up to 5 mins before their scheduled shift. Anything more than that requires a passcode. We as owners do not clock in and our employees are still able to clock in even without a "manager" clocked in. Square isn't able to tell who is an actual manager or not. Yes you can name a permission set "manager" But you could also name is "lead" or not have a separate permission set for managers and your employees should still be able to clock in.</P><P>Check what your clock in time restraints are. Again we have ours set to 5 mins before a scheduled shift.</P> Thu, 03 Nov 2022 02:46:06 GMT Lovewell 2022-11-03T02:46:06Z https://community.squareup.com/t5/Staff-Payroll/Why-does-a-manager-have-to-punch-in-before-the-employee/m-p/613482#M1936 <P>Hi,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have Square for about a year and a half. I have had an employee for about 7 months. During the first few months, my employee could punch in and out freely. Over the past 1.5 months, Square has started requiring me to (owner/manager) to login in before my staff can. I have to enter my password, even if I am clocked in.</P><P><BR />Does anyone know what I am doing wrong or if I hit a bad prompt somewhere?&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>We are trying to take a vacation and I don't want to have to give my employee my main password to punch in when I am not there. Thanks!</P> Sun, 21 Sep 2025 06:42:16 GMT https://community.squareup.com/t5/Staff-Payroll/Why-does-a-manager-have-to-punch-in-before-the-employee/m-p/613482#M1936 limberlost 2025-09-21T06:42:16Z https://community.squareup.com/t5/Staff-Payroll/Why-does-a-manager-have-to-punch-in-before-the-employee/m-p/613593#M1937 <P><a href="https://community.squareup.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/450359">@limberlost</a>&nbsp;The only thing I can think of is that they are trying to clock in before their scheduled time.&nbsp;</P><P>Our employees are able to clock in up to 5 mins before their scheduled shift. Anything more than that requires a passcode. We as owners do not clock in and our employees are still able to clock in even without a "manager" clocked in. Square isn't able to tell who is an actual manager or not. Yes you can name a permission set "manager" But you could also name is "lead" or not have a separate permission set for managers and your employees should still be able to clock in.</P><P>Check what your clock in time restraints are. Again we have ours set to 5 mins before a scheduled shift.</P> Thu, 03 Nov 2022 02:46:06 GMT https://community.squareup.com/t5/Staff-Payroll/Why-does-a-manager-have-to-punch-in-before-the-employee/m-p/613593#M1937 Lovewell 2022-11-03T02:46:06Z