Restaurants

Time clock and scheduling for restaurants

Kitchen and front of house on one clock, meal breaks that are actually punched, split shifts that band correctly, and a schedule the crew sees on their phone.

What restaurants need from a time clock

Split shifts and doubles

A server who works lunch and dinner is two punch pairs, and the overtime rule has to see them as one day. 9forty5 bands the day pair by pair, so a double in California pays daily overtime correctly.

Kitchen versus front of house

Every punch records a department, so labor splits by kitchen, bar and floor without a second system.

Meal breaks nobody logs

Breaks are punches, unpaid or paid as your policy says, so the state's meal-break rule is checked against real data.

Schedules by text message

The week is built once, copied forward, and shown to every employee in the app.

Compliance

The labor-law angle

Restaurants are the most-audited industry for wage and hour rules. Meal and rest break requirements in states like California, Washington, Oregon and New York, daily overtime, and tip-credit recordkeeping all depend on accurate punch records kept for years. 9forty5 keeps every punch, every edit and who made it.

Rules differ by state. See the state-by-state labor law guide for overtime, breaks and pay-frequency rules where you operate.

Frequently asked

Yes. The employee picks the department at punch time, or the site requires one, so hours and labor cost split by department.

Yes. Two punch pairs in one day are banded together for daily and weekly overtime.

Yes. Any browser works as a time clock, and the iPhone app works for staff who prefer their own phone.

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.