Troubleshooting
Why pay, overtime, or gross pay looks wrong
Trace payroll totals from time records through employee compensation, job pay, and overtime settings.
Start with Payroll Summary
Open Payroll Summary, choose the date range and employee, and check the employee row.
Rows marked Needs review have payroll facts that Clockspot could not fully complete. Open the row details and read the listed issue before changing settings.
Check hours before pay
Gross pay depends on the records in the period. Before changing pay settings, confirm:
- Time entries have the right in times, out times, dates, and jobs.
- Open or missed clock-ins have been fixed.
- Approved paid time off is recorded correctly.
- Archived entries are not expected to count.
- The selected date range matches the payroll period.
Use Payroll Readiness first when you are not sure whether the period is clean.
Check employee pay
Open Compensation for the employee. Confirm the pay type, hourly rate when applicable, exemption status, and pay schedule.
If Payroll Summary shows Open employee payroll, use that action to go straight to the employee's pay setup.
Check job pay
Open Jobs when the employee's hours are assigned to jobs. A job can have its own hourly rate, or it can be left blank to use the employee's rate. Jobs also have an overtime-eligible setting that affects how those job hours are treated in overtime reports.
If Payroll Summary shows Open Jobs, review the job used on the affected time entries.
Check overtime settings
Open Overtime Settings to review the current preset and rules. Then use Overtime or Hours Summary to see how hours were classified for the period.
Clockspot reports use the settings saved in your workspace. If you are unsure which rules should apply, confirm the policy before changing settings.
Common questions
- Why is gross pay blank for one employee?
Open the Payroll Summary row details. A common reason is missing employee compensation or job pay needed to calculate that employee's totals.
- Does a job rate replace the employee rate?
A job can have its own hourly rate. If the job rate is blank, Clockspot uses the employee's rate for those job hours.
- Where do I check overtime?
Review the saved rules on Overtime Settings, then open the Overtime or Hours Summary report for the period to see how hours were classified.
Related
Why payroll is not ready
Use Payroll Readiness to find blockers, fix the source record, and rerun reports before export.
Fixing missed or open clock-ins
Find missing, open, or incorrect time entries and understand how corrections flow into approvals and reports.
Fixing an approved timesheet
Cancel approval, correct the underlying record, approve again, and recheck payroll reports.
Employee invite or access problems
Diagnose pending invitations, archived employees, role problems, and separate clocking setup issues.
Time off request or balance looks wrong
Route request, entry, balance, and accrual problems to the page that owns the correction.