1. Why hazira alone cannot answer every hour
Hazira is a daily mark. It says the worker completed the day's task, and it feeds the base wage. But a lot of estate work does not fit a single daily mark:
- Factory shifts that run past field hours.
- Workers who come in the morning, leave, and return after lunch.
- Overtime called for withering, drainage, or urgent dispatch work.
- Sunday or weekend plucking with special rates.
Paper handles this with marginal notes, and marginal notes are where wage disputes are born. Punch records replace the notes with time-stamped entries.
2. How punches are captured in the field
A punch uses the same face verification as hazira. The worker looks at the tablet, the match is confirmed, and the app records whether this is a time-in or a time-out:
- Repeated punches. A worker can punch in and out several times a day. Each punch is its own record with its own timestamp.
- Session-linked or standalone. Punches can attach to a work session or stand alone, depending on the estate's practice.
- GPS context. Punches carry their capture location, so the office can see where each entry was made.
If the camera or the match fails, the supervisor records manual attendance with a remark, exactly as at muster. The record always shows its source.
3. What the office sees
Synced punches land in the office views with the rest of the day's records. The review answers three questions:
- Sequence. The full time-in and time-out chain per worker, so split shifts are visible at a glance.
- Exceptions. Missing time-outs, unusual gaps, or a worker with punches in two places.
- Source. Which punches were face-verified and which were manual, so overtime pay rests on clear records.
4. From punches to overtime pay
Finalized punch records prepare for the estate workflow along with hazira and weight data. The office exports the reviewed data in the formats it uses, and overtime calculation follows your regional wage settlement. Because each overtime claim carries verified time stamps instead of a note, the conversation at payroll is about the wage agreement, not about who remembers what.