Child care & daycare
Time clock and scheduling for child care centers
Teachers and aides clock in at the center, the director sees who is on the floor right now, and the schedule shows coverage hour by hour so the ratio is never a surprise at pickup time.
What child care & daycare need from a time clock
Who is here right now
The manager view lists everyone currently clocked in, so a director can answer that question without walking the building.
Coverage by hour
The coverage view shows scheduled headcount for each hour by department, which is how an empty afternoon shows up before it happens.
Early, late and split shifts
Opening and closing shifts, and a split day around naptime, band correctly: each stretch of work is counted and the day's overtime is applied once.
Breaks between groups
Meal breaks are punched, paid or unpaid as your policy says, so the time card reflects the break actually taken.
The features that do the work
Shift scheduling
Build the week in minutes, copy it forward, plan unpaid meal breaks into each shift, and see scheduled versus actual hours by department. Employees see their schedule on their phone.
Time clock
A web and mobile time clock employees use to punch in and out from any device. Accurate timestamps, punch rounding, meal breaks and location capture. Free for up to 3 employees.
Time off & leave
Employees request PTO, sick time and other leave from their phone; managers approve, and the hours land on the time card and the schedule automatically. Company holidays included.
Time cards & approvals
Digital time cards that calculate regular, overtime and double-time hours as punches happen. Review, edit and approve by employee, team or pay period, then export to payroll.
Compliance
The labor-law angle
State licensing rules set staff-to-child ratios, and inspectors look at who was on site. Timestamped punches by classroom are a record of when each person was there. 9forty5 is a time and attendance system, not a ratio tracker, so it does not count children or alert you to a ratio breach.
Rules differ by state. See the state-by-state labor law guide for overtime, breaks and pay-frequency rules where you operate.
Frequently asked
No. It records staff hours and shows scheduled coverage by hour. It does not count children.
Yes. Up to 3 employees at one site, free, with no card required.
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Medical & dental offices
Time and attendance for medical, dental and vet offices: staff punches, breaks, coverage, time off, and salaried providers who do not punch.
Try it free for 14 days. Flat monthly pricing after that.
No credit card, no per-seat surprises, no contract. Set up a site, add your team and take the first punch in under ten minutes. Teams of up to 3 can stay on the free plan for good.