punch clocks
Workplace arrival recorders
Punch clocks are timekeeping devices that record when employees arrive and leave work, originally by stamping times on paper cards.
To punch the clock (or punch in/out) is to record your time—and by extension, to work a routine job with fixed hours: I've been punching the clock at the factory for twenty years.
Someone who just punches the clock does the minimum required without real engagement.
- timecardEmployee hours record
- timestampRecorded moment identifier
- overtimeWork beyond scheduled hours
- timekeepingMeasuring duration's passage
- shift workLabor in timed blocks
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Trust-based compliance without supervision
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Worker's independent decision-making authority
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Employment from afar
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