Papawash: Selfie Attendance & Payroll.

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  Overtime counted by hand

  Every month the owner worked out hours and overtime for each person and typed the result into a sheet. It was slow, and a single slip changed someone's pay.

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  Clocking in had to take seconds

  Staff are busy on the shop floor, often with wet hands. Anything slower than a few taps would be skipped, and the app could not require installing or logging in.

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  One shared phone, many people

  With a single phone for the whole shop, the system needed proof of who clocked in, without PINs or accounts for every employee.

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  Forgotten clock-outs

  When someone forgets to clock out, the day is ambiguous. Guessing a time would put the wrong number on a payslip, so the system had to leave that call to the owner.

1. /01

   Pick your name

   On the store phone, an employee taps their name from the list of active staff at that branch.

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   Take a selfie

   The front camera takes a photo and the server records the time. The system works out clock-in or clock-out by itself.

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   Payroll builds itself

   Base salary, overtime, loan installments and unpaid leave come from attendance. The owner adds bonuses or deductions, then locks the month.

Also in the dashboard

• Attendance with photos

  A daily table with the in and out photos side by side, plus corrections and manual entries that record who changed what and when.

• Monthly recap and Excel

  Days present, hours worked and overtime per person, downloadable as a spreadsheet with a daily sheet for each employee.

• Payslips as PDF

  Each slip lists every earning and deduction and where it came from. Download the PDF or share a link the owner can revoke.

• Leave and loans

  Leave records feed deductions into payroll, and loan installments are taken off automatically until the balance is paid.

• Owner bot on Telegram

  A daily summary, reminders for missing clock-ins and month-end payroll, and chat commands to check status or log leave.

• Branches and devices

  Pair a store phone with a one-time code, revoke it when the phone changes, and add branches as the business grows.

• No more manual overtime

  Overtime comes straight from clock-in and clock-out times, so the owner stops doing the sums at the end of the month.

• Every amount is traceable

  Each line on a payslip is marked as automatic from attendance or added manually, so any number can be checked.

• Clocking in in a few taps

  Name, selfie, done. No app to install and no login for staff.

• Nothing guessed

  Days with a missing clock-out are flagged for the owner to correct, and payroll never fills them in on its own.