[ TIME COLLAR / OPS ]REV 05

Time off. Hours in. No chasing.

A clean workforce operations workspace for scheduling leave, collecting weekly hours, routing approvals, and exporting records without spreadsheet maintenance.

setup steps
05
approval state
LIVE
export layer
CSV
01 / REQUEST
Employee submits leave or weekly hours
02 / ROUTE
Manager receives the right context
03 / EXPORT
HR keeps approved records ready
Availability today92%
Pending approvals18
Average response1.8d
Export formatCSV
Leave requests routedTimesheets approvedBalances updatedManagers notifiedPayroll exports ready
Leave requests routedTimesheets approvedBalances updatedManagers notifiedPayroll exports ready

[ Operational clutter removed ]

Focused workflows for the teams responsible for hours, absence, policy, and reporting.

HR teams
Operations
Remote teams
SMEs
The Spreadsheet Problem

Workforce admin should not live in spreadsheets.

Most growing teams still manage time, leave, and absence through scattered tools: spreadsheets for balances, emails for approvals, chat messages for sick leave, and manual exports for payroll. That creates mistakes, delays, and poor visibility.

Timesheets get missed

Employees forget to submit time, leading to delayed tracking. Managers chase updates, and HR lacks clear submission visibility.

  • Chasing employees manually
  • No submission audit trails
  • Errors in monthly totals

Balances become unreliable

Tracking leave entitlements in spreadsheets is prone to audit errors. Adjustments are hard to track, and employees ask HR for day counts.

  • Constant entitlement audits
  • Adjustments hard to reconcile
  • High HR inquiry rates

Approvals slow everything down

Leave requests and timesheets sit in managers' full inboxes. Managers lack availability context, and HR is forced to follow up.

  • Requests lost in inbox clutter
  • Approvals without team context
  • Manual follow-ups by HR

Reporting takes too long

Time, absence, and records are siloed. Data cleaning takes days, slowing export preparation for payroll and leadership metrics.

  • Days wasted cleanup files
  • Delayed overtime signals
  • No centralized dashboard
Employees submitManagers approveHR exportsPolicies stay visibleRecords stay audit-ready
Employees submitManagers approveHR exportsPolicies stay visibleRecords stay audit-ready

[ Product System ]

One central workspace.

One Central Workspace

Time Collar gives each company a secure workspace where employees submit time and leave, managers approve requests, and HR teams keep policies, balances, and reports in one place.

One workspace for employee time, leave, and approvals.

Time Tracking

Track working time without chasing people.

Give employees a simple way to enter their start, end, and break times. With automated reminders and standard submission workflows, timesheets arrive completed, verified, and ready for approval.

  • Daily & weekly timesheets
  • Start, end, and break logging
  • Missing timesheet alerts
  • Weekly submission flow
  • Overtime visibility flags
  • Approval status history

Weekly Timesheet

Submit daily working hours for manager approval

Draft
DayDateStart TimeEnd TimeBreak (min)Total Hours
MondayJun 087.50 hrs
TuesdayJun 098.00 hrs
WednesdayJun 107.50 hrs
ThursdayJun 118.00 hrs
FridayJun 127.25 hrs
Work schedule: 38.00 hrs/week standard template.
Accumulated38.25 hrs
Leave & Absence

Manage every absence from request to approval.

Handle annual, sick, unpaid, and emergency leave. Employees request dates with live balance counts, while managers approve with full visibility into current team absence and public holidays.

  • Entitlement & balance logs
  • Date-range leave requests
  • Manager context panels
  • Team absence calendar view
  • Public holiday integrations
  • Adjustments auditing

Leave & Absences

Request time off and monitor leave balance

Annual Leave15 / 25 left
Sick Leave8 / 10 left
Emergency4 / 5 left

Request Time Off

Request History

Sick Leave1 day
Jun 12, 2026"Dental checkup"
Approved
Annual Leave5 days
May 04 - May 08, 2026"Spring vacation"
Approved
Emergency Leave1 day
Mar 11, 2026"Home boiler repair"
Approved
HR Administration

Give HR a clean control centre.

Manage records, organizational structures, leave rules, and work schedules from one dashboard. Clean filters and direct exports mean payroll is prepared quickly and accurately.

  • Centralized employee records
  • Departmental hierarchies
  • Leave policy configurations
  • Work schedule templates
  • CSV exports for payroll
  • Full action audit logs

Workforce Reporting

Export time tracking and leave metrics for payroll

Weekly Logged Hours by Dept

Operations162.5 hrs
Product306.5 hrs
Finance150 hrs
Customer Success148 hrs
HR114 hrs

Report Filters

Configure export parameters
This report exports timesheets, leave balances, and sick absences into a single formatted CSV file optimized for standard payroll tools.
EmployeeDepartmentTimesheets (Month)Annual Leave UsedSick Leave UsedLogged Hours
MP
Maya Patel
Product4/412 days2 days152.0 hrs
DB
Daniel Brooks
Operations4/48 days0 days162.5 hrs
AK
Aisha Khan
HR3/415 days1 days114.0 hrs
TH
Tom Hughes
Product4/45 days0 days154.5 hrs
PS
Priya Sharma
Finance4/46 days3 days150.0 hrs
LM
Leo Martin
Customer Success4/410 days4 days148.0 hrs
Company Setup Portal

A guided launch path for every new company.

Time Collar starts with the company owner. They define the organisation, configure policy defaults, then invite people once the workspace is ready.

Company Setup Simulator
Workspace IdentityStep 1
.timecollar.com

Your team will access the workspace at this domain.

Acme Manufacturing / Operations
Tailored Experience

Built for everyone involved in workforce operations.

Time Collar shapes to match each user's operations, avoiding cluttered dashboard paths while maximizing capabilities.

Employee

Self-service without confusion.

Employees can submit timesheets, request leave, check remaining balances, and view approval status directly from their simple personal layout.

Key Capabilities
  • Submit time
  • Request leave
  • View balances
  • Check status
Manager

Approve faster with full context.

Managers review pending requests, timesheets, and adjustments with a live calendar overview of team availability before making choices.

Key Capabilities
  • Review requests
  • See availability
  • Approve hours
  • Add comments
HR Admin

Keep policies, people, and reports aligned.

HR teams configure custom leave rules, adjustments, company profiles, and holidays while generating clean CSV outputs for monthly payroll.

Key Capabilities
  • Manage profiles
  • Configure rules
  • Adjust balances
  • Export reports
Company Owner

Own your workspace without IT complexity.

Configure settings, manage roles, audit access trails, and handle billing structure without calling IT integration teams.

Key Capabilities
  • Workspace settings
  • SSO structure
  • Billing control
  • Audit logs
Isolated Workspace Architecture

Every company gets its own secure workspace.

Each company operates inside an isolated workspace. Employees, timesheets, approvals, leave rules, and logs remain completely secure and controlled.

Company-level workspaces

Each client controls their own private database environment, keeping sensitive logs and records fully segregated.

Role-based permissions

Admins configure explicit pathways, meaning employees, managers, and owners only view authorized files.

Approval audit trail

Track who submitted, edited, adjusted, or approved timesheets and holiday requests to keep records compliant.

Client-managed HR data

Your HR data is owned by you. Platform support operates with least-privilege principles, with no default data access.

Secure by design

Our architecture utilizes encryption at rest, secure transit protocols, and company workspace isolation.

Export-ready reporting

Generate clean, structured CSV files for audits, payroll inputs, and organizational transparency.

Comprehensive Checklist

Everything you need to run workforce operations.

Time Collar builds essential workflows in one clean workspace, skipping the implementation delays of heavy systems.

Employee profiles

Manage records, contracts, departments, and job titles in one central list.

Departments and managers

Structure your team hierarchy and assign direct approvers for time and leave.

Weekly timesheets

Employees submit daily working and break hours weekly for manager approval.

Time entry validation

Flag unexpected workloads or entries exceeding standard schedule limits.

Leave requests

Employees request single or date-range absences with direct manager routing.

Leave balances

Track and adjust annual entitlements, carryovers, adjustments, and used leaves.

Absence calendar

A shared monthly view to check team availability before approving leave.

Approval workflows

Assign specific timesheet and holiday approvers for each department.

Manager comments

Include feedback details when rejecting or adjustment-requesting timesheets.

Public holidays

Integrate national holidays directly to automatically adjust working times.

CSV exports

Download formatted payroll metrics, leave balances, and timesheet reports.

Audit logs

Record and trace every permission adjustment, policy edit, and approval action.

Workspace Walkthrough

See the Time Collar workspace in action.

Click through the workspace sections below to preview the interface and operational features.

AK

Workforce Overview

Workspace metrics for Acme Studio

Average Approval: 1.8 days
Pending Approvals
18+4 this week
Timesheets Submitted
84%+2% vs last week
Absent Today
62 planned, 4 sick
Overtime Signals
4Flagged workloads

Team Availability Status

6 total employees
MP
Maya PatelProduct ManagerProduct
On Leave
DB
Daniel BrooksOperations LeadOperations
Active
AK
Aisha KhanHR ManagerHR
Active
TH
Tom HughesDesignerProduct
Active
PS
Priya SharmaFinance AnalystFinance
Active
LM
Leo MartinCustomer SuccessCustomer Success
On Leave

Approval Queue

Review now
Tom HughesAnnual Leave
Pending approval
Jun 15 - Jun 19 (5 days)
Maya PatelSick Leave
Approved
Jun 12 (1 day)
Leo MartinAnnual Leave
Pending approval
Jun 24 - Jul 03 (8 days)
Data Connections

Designed to fit into your HR workflow.

Start with Time Collar as your central log for time and leave. Export clean tables for payroll preparation, audits, and leadership updates.

Live

CSV exports

Download all timesheets, leave balances, and absence logs for local file review.

Live

Payroll preparation

Compile approved working hours and sick days into templates ready for payroll software.

Coming soon

Slack / Teams notifications

Ping managers instantly when pending timesheets or holidays require approval.

Coming soon

Google / Outlook Calendar

Sync approved employee absences to team calendars automatically to plan resources.

Planned

API access

Connect Time Collar records directly to internal databases or custom tools.

Planned

Single sign-on (SSO)

Support secure, credentials-isolated employee portal access for growing teams.

Workforce Analytics

Know what is happening across your workforce.

Get clear visibility into timesheet submissions, approved leave, absence trends, overtime signals, and remaining leave balances.

01
Timesheet reportTrack submitted, missing, approved, and rejected hours per team.
02
Leave balance reportReview entitlements, adjustments, carryovers, used and remaining days off.
03
Absence reportMonitor sick leaves, annual absences, unpaid requests, and frequencies.
04
Overtime reportIdentify workload warning signals and check team utilization bounds.

Workforce Reporting

Export time tracking and leave metrics for payroll

Weekly Logged Hours by Dept

Operations162.5 hrs
Product306.5 hrs
Finance150 hrs
Customer Success148 hrs
HR114 hrs

Report Filters

Configure export parameters
This report exports timesheets, leave balances, and sick absences into a single formatted CSV file optimized for standard payroll tools.
EmployeeDepartmentTimesheets (Month)Annual Leave UsedSick Leave UsedLogged Hours
MP
Maya Patel
Product4/412 days2 days152.0 hrs
DB
Daniel Brooks
Operations4/48 days0 days162.5 hrs
AK
Aisha Khan
HR3/415 days1 days114.0 hrs
TH
Tom Hughes
Product4/45 days0 days154.5 hrs
PS
Priya Sharma
Finance4/46 days3 days150.0 hrs
LM
Leo Martin
Customer Success4/410 days4 days148.0 hrs
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Ready to bring time, leave, and absence into one workspace?

Contact us to discuss your company setup, or book a demo to see how Time Collar works for your team.

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