Shifts processed this month
Shifts paid. Tips split. Headaches gone.
Built for the industries that never stop
Restaurants & Bars
Tipped servers, bartenders, kitchen staff across multiple locations. Tip credit calculated automatically per state.
Hotels & Hospitality
Housekeeping surges, night auditors, concierge staff. Seasonal onboarding that doesn't break your payroll.
Retail & Boutiques
Part-time staff, commission splits, weekend warriors. Payroll that works even when your team changes weekly.
From clock-in to payday,
fully automated.
Three steps. No spreadsheets. No calling your accountant at 11 PM on a Friday.
Connect your POS in 60 seconds
OAuth directly into Toast, Square, or Lightspeed. No CSV exports, no copy-paste, no "just email us your timesheet." Your shift data flows in automatically.
Works with all major POS systems — even if your locations use different ones.
Connect your point-of-sale
Roster imported. Tips already split.
Every clock-in, clock-out, and tip pool entry pulls straight from your POS. Clockin calculates tip distribution per your house rules — tip credit, tip pool, or direct — before you've touched a thing.
Handles split shifts, double shifts, and the barista who worked two locations this week.
Shift roster — Week of Feb 24
4 staffMaria G.
Server
38.5h
$142 tips
Devon T.
Barista
32h
$98 tips
Kezia M.
Host
40h
$61 tips
Sam L.
Bartender
36h
$210 tips
Run payroll. Two clicks.
Review the summary, hit Run. Direct deposits land in employee accounts within 24 hours. Tax filings go out automatically. You're done before your first coffee gets cold.
State tax filings included. No surprise fees per employee.
Payroll summary
Employees paid
6
Processing time
2 clicks
Plugs into the tools you already use
No ripping and replacing. Clockin connects to your existing POS, scheduling, and accounting stack in minutes.
Toast POS
Restaurant-grade POS sync
POSSquare
Retail & café payments
POSLightspeed
Multi-location retail
POSGusto
Benefits & HR sync
HRQuickBooks
Accounting auto-sync
FinanceADP
Enterprise HR bridge
HRHomebase
Scheduling sync
ScheduleWhen I Work
Shift management
ScheduleTip laws differ by state.
We track them all.
From California's no-tip-credit rule to Texas's federal floor, Clockin automatically applies the correct tip credit calculation for every location.
50
states covered
$0
compliance fines for clients
No tip credit — minimum wage applies to all tipped workers
CA requires employers to pay the full state minimum wage ($16/hr as of Jan 2024) regardless of tips received. Tip pooling is allowed but only among employees who customarily receive tips.
✓ Clockin calculates this automatically
Tip credit up to $2.50/hr for food service workers
NY allows a tip credit of up to $2.50/hr for food service workers, reducing the cash wage to $10.65/hr. The tip credit must be disclosed to employees in writing.
✓ Clockin calculates this automatically
Federal tip credit applies — $2.13/hr cash wage floor
TX follows federal FLSA rules. Employers may pay tipped employees $2.13/hr if tips bring total compensation to at least $7.25/hr. If not, employer must make up the difference.
✓ Clockin calculates this automatically
Tip credit up to $3.02/hr, state minimum $13/hr
FL allows a tip credit of $3.02/hr against the state minimum wage. The minimum cash wage is $9.98/hr. All tip credit arrangements must be disclosed to employees.
✓ Clockin calculates this automatically
Tip credit up to 40% of minimum wage
IL allows employers to pay tipped employees 60% of the state minimum wage ($9/hr as of 2024), with tips making up the difference. Chicago has its own higher minimum.
✓ Clockin calculates this automatically
From Sunday-night dread
to done before lunch.
Restaurant groups, hotel HR teams, and boutique owners who ditched the spreadsheet.
"I used to spend every Sunday doing payroll for three locations. Now I run it Thursday morning before my first table turns. The tip split calculation alone saved me from a wage dispute in Florida."
3 hrs → 12 min
Weekly payroll time
Rosa Delgado
Owner, Mango Cantina Group
Miami, FL
"We have 60 housekeeping staff who surge to 140 in summer. Clockin handled the onboarding, the overtime calculations, and the state tax filings without me lifting a finger. The old system would have broken."
140 staff
Peak season, zero errors
James Okafor
HR Director, Shoreline Hotel & Suites
Virginia Beach, VA
"I was doing payroll on Google Sheets. I'm not kidding. Clockin connected to my Square account, imported five years of tip history to set baseline rates, and had me running payroll in under an hour."
Spreadsheet → 0
Days to switch
Priya Nair
Owner, Woven Boutique
Austin, TX
Pay for your team size.
Not per employee.
Flat monthly pricing. No surprise fees when you hire seasonal staff. No "per payroll run" charges.
1–10 employees
For independent cafés, boutiques, and food trucks.
- Unlimited payroll runs
- Tip splitting (direct or pooled)
- 1 POS integration
- State tax filings included
- Direct deposit — next day
11–50 employees
For restaurant groups and hotel properties.
- Everything in Solo
- Multi-location support
- 3 POS integrations
- Overtime & split-shift auto-calc
- Compliance alerts by state
- Priority support
51–200 employees
For hotel chains and multi-unit restaurant groups.
- Everything in Shift
- Unlimited POS integrations
- Seasonal staff onboarding tools
- Custom tip pool rules
- Dedicated account manager
- HRIS sync (Gusto, ADP)
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Your next payroll
runs itself.
Stop duct-taping spreadsheets together. Clockin connects to your POS, imports your roster, and runs payroll before your coffee gets cold.
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