When it is contested
Corrections, disputes, inspections, and what the records will actually support.
Changing a Punch After the Fact
Punches get amended every day, by supervisors, for good reasons. What the record keeps about those amendments decides whether it is evidence or an assertion.
The Missed Punch
Somebody forgot to clock out. What the system does by default decides whether that is a two-minute fix or a quiet reduction in their pay.
When Somebody Says the Record Is Wrong
A pay dispute about hours is resolved in an afternoon or in nine months, and the difference is whether anybody gathered the other records before taking a position.
What Gets Asked For First
Inspectors, auditors, funders and representatives all ask for the same six things, in roughly the same order. Most organisations can produce two of them quickly.
Keeping Them Long Enough
The retention on the punch data is set by whoever administers the system, from a default, and it is usually shorter than the period the records will be needed for.
What a Settled Boundary Looks Like
A description to compare yours against. Nothing in it requires a new system, and most of it is a terminal in a different place and a page that has been written.
What Moving the Clock Will Not Fix
Four problems arrive at the boundary wearing its clothes. None of them is solved by a terminal, and each gets worse when the boundary work is used as a substitute.