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TimeClock Plus

TimeClock Plus (TCP) is the time and attendance system utilized by the university. All benefit-eligible employees, as well as all student and temporary hourly employees, use the time and attendance system.

TimeClock Plus resources

Physical time clocks

TimeClock Plus offers alternatives to punching at a physical time clock: WebClock on a desktop or device with a browser or the MobileClock app. Employees with access to a computer are strongly encouraged to use the WebClock.

TimeClock Plus time clocks allow employees to key in their campus ID number with an assigned PIN or swipe their Central ID card.

Reach out to Payroll at payroll@cmich.edu to request a PIN. You will receive a response within 72 hours. To protect against unauthorized access to TimeClock Plus, you should change your PIN to a number that only you know.

MobileClock app

The MobileClock app requires employees to input a PIN number. Reach out to Payroll at payroll@cmich.edu to request a PIN. You will receive a response within 72 hours. To protect against unauthorized access to TimeClock Plus, you should change your PIN to a number that only you know.

Employees must have location services turned on for the app to punch in and out.

Using geofence functionality, mobile punching is restricted to CMU's campus. If a punching employee tries to punch outside of the geofence, they will be presented with an error message.

TCP Approvers and supervisors have the ability to see where employees are punching. This feature is precise to within several feet, depending on the cellular and GPS connection, along with the type of device.

Frequently asked questions

    TimeClock Plus is an industry-leading workforce management software provider. For more than 30 years, TimeClock Plus has delivered best-in-class time and attendance solutions. Today, over 60,000 customers trust TimeClock Plus' software, hardware, services, and support to track employee time and attendance. For more, visit timeclockplus.com.

    All benefit-eligible employees use the time and attendance system, as well as all student and temporary hourly employees.

    All benefit-eligible employees, graduate assistants, temporary employees and student employees will automatically be set up with access to the system; no action is required by the employee to gain access.

    You will use your global ID and password to sign in. All supervisors will automatically be set up with a user account and will have access to the employees who report directly to them.Any new requests for approver access will need to complete a User Request form.

    It will be very important that departments have at least two employees who are designated approvers in the system. Employees are unable to approve their own time records. When approving temporary and student employee time records, you will only be approving the time that the employee worked for your department. For example, if a student employee works for two departments, you will be able to view all the time records but when correcting errors and approving time, you will only have access to the records for your department.

    Supervisors can view the general location of all punches by double-clicking a shift while viewing hours. Employees must be on campus within the established geofence in order to punch in and out. In addition, the employee must have GPS services turned on in order to use the Mobile Clock.

    On the WebClock dashboard, select View then Accruals in order to see your entire leave accrual bank. Complete instructions (including screenshots) can be found in the training manuals linked below.

    You will only be able to see time records from the date we began using the system forward.

    Yes, departments may choose to continue this process. The system is very user-friendly and all employees have access to submit the requests themselves in advance; this may be a good time to start having your employees input their own exception/leave time.