Guides
Guides to crew hours, timesheets and payroll
Written from how field crews actually work: a shift that starts at the shop, two jobsites before lunch, a supply house run and a timesheet the office has to trust on Monday. Each guide answers one question, lists its sources and ends with how ZeroBadge handles it.
Running crews and timesheets
- GuideBuddy punching in constructionWhat it is, how it happens on jobsites, how to spot it in records and how to handle it fairly.
- GuideRolling out time trackingWhat to tell crews, how to answer privacy questions honestly, a pilot crew, day one and pushback.
- GuideHow geofencing worksThe boundary, the inside test, reading accuracy and why the edge of a site needs tolerance.
- GuideHow to calculate labor burdenEvery component of burden, one worked example, and why the same worker can carry 30% or 47%.
- GuideDaily manpower reportsWhat GCs and owners ask for, the fields, daily versus weekly and how subs produce one.
- GuideGPS vs Wi-Fi vs cellular accuracySourced accuracy for each method, what the radius means, and the spacing needed to tell two jobsites apart.
- GuideLTE-M vs NB-IoTBandwidth, handover, power saving and deep coverage compared, with what matters for a badge that moves between sites.
Pay rules and labor law
General information with primary sources, not legal advice. Laws differ by state.
- GuideConstruction time tracking guideWhat to record, how the methods differ, the legal basics, rollout and a way to choose.
- GuideHours at multiple job sitesRecord a location for every stretch of the day, then decide separately what is paid and what is charged to each job.
- GuideCost of paper timesheetsRe-keying, callbacks, rounding, disputes and job costing gaps, with a worked example you can adjust.
- GuideIs GPS tracking employees legal?The federal baseline, the state laws that matter, company versus personal devices, and what a notice should say.
- GuideTravel time pay rulesWhen drive time counts as hours worked under federal law, with a shop-start day worked through.
- GuideSwitch from paper timesheetsInventory, choose a method, run both for one pay period, retire paper and keep the right records.
- GuideConstruction labor job costingCost codes, loaded rates, shared time, overtime premium and a worked job, from timesheet to WIP.
- GuideWeekly construction payroll processCutoff to payday: exceptions, approval, export, tie-out, corrections and records.
- GuideDrive time policyThe decisions a drive time policy has to make, what the law fixes and what is yours to set.
- GuideForeman timesheet checklistTwelve end-of-week steps with the reason for each, a gap check and what not to do.
- GuideIntroducing tracking with a unionBargaining duties, information requests, the business agent conversation and a rollout timed to the agreement.
- GuideCalifornia construction overtimeWage Order 16 daily and weekly overtime, seventh-day pay, 4x10 schedules and the union exemption, with worked weeks.
- GuideCell phone reimbursement in CaliforniaLabor Code 2802, Cochran and Gattuso, a worked reimbursement check and the policy options.
- GuideCertified payroll explainedDavis-Bacon coverage, the weekly deadline, Form WH-347, fringe benefit math and common mistakes.
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Tell us how your crews work today. We will show you a badge-recorded week built from your own jobsites.
What we will walk through
- 01How the badge records a shift
- 02Your jobsites as geofences
- 03The weekly timesheet and approval
- 04Sending approved hours to payroll