Flag attendance issues for managers

People teams pull each day's attendance records by hand and compare them against shift schedules and approved leave to spot absences, late arrivals, and missing check ins. Updating the report sheet is repetitive, managers hear about issues late or not at all, and attendance problems go unaddressed until they affect coverage or payroll.

At the end of each workday, the automation pulls the day's check in records from the time tracking system and matches them against each employee's scheduled shift from the scheduling tool and approved leave from the HR system. It flags absences, late arrivals beyond the grace period, and missing check ins, then writes each employee's status to the daily attendance report sheet. It groups the exceptions by manager and sends each affected manager one message listing their flagged direct reports and the reason for each.

Managers learn about absences and late arrivals the same day, and the attendance report stays current without anyone cross checking records by hand, so issues are addressed before they affect coverage or payroll.