Security guard companies
Time clock for security guard and patrol companies
Guards punch in at the post from their own phones, the office sees that they were actually on site, and overnight and 12-hour shifts are banded by the overtime rules of the state each post is in.
What security guard companies need from a time clock
Were they at the post?
Each post is a site with a geofence. The company can flag punches from outside it or refuse them, and every punch carries its location.
Long and overnight shifts
A 12-hour night shift is paid as the day it began, with daily and weekly thresholds applied to the right hours.
Many posts, many clients
Each client site is its own site with its own rules, and a guard who covers two posts in a week has a single time card.
Callouts and coverage
The schedule shows open and unassigned shifts, and managers get a push alert on the premium add-on when a scheduled guard has not clocked in.
The features that do the work
Location-based clock-in
Record where every punch happens, flag punches outside your site, or require employees to be on site to clock in. Per-site geofence radius, drawn on a map.
Mobile app
Employees clock in and out, check their time card, request time off and see their schedule from the 9forty5 iPhone app, with GPS punch location and passkey sign-in.
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.
Overtime tracking
Track overtime under federal and state rules: weekly after 40, California daily and double time, Alaska, Colorado, Oregon manufacturing and 7th-day premiums. Presets included.
Compliance
The labor-law angle
Twelve-hour shifts are where daily overtime and double time matter most. California, for example, pays double time after 12 hours in a day, and the California preset applies it per site. 9forty5 does not model on-duty meal agreements, so check how the California meal and rest premium setting applies before turning it on for a post where guards eat on duty.
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 clock-in and clock-out with location. It is not a patrol tour or incident reporting system.
Yes. A shift belongs to the pay period of the day it started, and a card cannot be approved while a shift is still in progress.
Other industries
Auto repair shops
A simple time clock for auto repair shops: techs and service writers punch from the shop computer or their phones. Overtime and payroll export.
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.
Staffing agencies
Temp workers punch at each client site with GPS, hours roll up on one time card per worker, overtime is applied once, and payroll exports.
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.