How attendance lock works

What Lock month does

When you lock attendance:

• No more punches can be added or edited for that month (including by employees)
• Late-mark adjustments require an unlock-and-relock cycle
• Payroll uses the locked attendance as its source of truth
• The Lock event is logged in the audit trail

When to lock

Right after the last working day of the month, before running payroll. Most teams lock on the 1st of the following month after morning attendance reviews.

How to unlock

Only Owner / HR_ADMIN / HR_HEAD can unlock.

Attendance → Locks → [month] → Unlock. The system warns you that:

• If payroll was already finalised, you'll need to reverse it (separately) before re-running
• All previous lock events stay in the audit trail

Auto-lock recommendation

Set auto-lock at Settings → Attendance → Auto-lock day (default: 3rd of next month). After that date, attendance for the previous month becomes read-only without admin override.