For cleaning business owners who’ve opened their payroll report on Friday and found a crew member still “clocked in” from Tuesday. Ghost Clock-out detects forgotten clock-outs automatically and closes the entry at the correct time — not whenever you notice it.

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§01 — THE PROBLEM

What every cleaning business owner already knows.

Your cleaner finishes a job, packs their kit, drives to the next one — and completely forgets to clock out. It happens once a week, sometimes more. Left unchecked, that open entry keeps accumulating hours. By the time you catch it on payroll day, you’re either overpaying based on phantom hours or spending 20 minutes manually fixing entries before you can run payroll.

Multiply that by a crew of 6 cleaners over 50 work weeks. That’s potentially 300 forgotten clock-outs per year that someone — usually you — has to find and fix.

§02 — HOW CLEANERHQ FIXES IT

Ghost Clock-out, built cleaning-native.

Ghost Clock-out runs automatically every 5 minutes, checking for any crew members who are still clocked in after their scheduled shift has ended. When someone’s entry is open 30 minutes past their scheduled end time, CleanerHQ automatically clocks them out — at the scheduled end time, not at the moment it detected the error.

The entry is flagged in the system as a ghost clock-out so you always have full transparency. You can review it, adjust it, or approve it as-is. Payroll runs clean without manual hunting.

§03 — WHAT YOU GET

Every feature in one place.

Automatic detection every 5 minutes

no open entries slip through to payroll

Clocks out at scheduled end time

not at detection time, so you’re never overpaying phantom hours

Ghost flag on every auto-closed entry

full audit trail; you always know which entries were auto-closed

Manual override available

if the crew genuinely worked late, adjust the entry before payroll runs

Zero configuration required

Ghost Clock-out is on by default with a 30-minute buffer; works from day one

§04 — WHY IT MATTERS

The business impact, in dollars.

A single crew member who forgets to clock out once a week, averaging 2 phantom hours per incident, costs you **$36–$48/week** at typical cleaning wages ($18–$24/hour). Over a year, that’s **$1,872–$2,496** in payroll errors — for one person. On a team of 6, the potential exposure exceeds **$10,000/year** if left unmanaged.

Ghost Clock-out eliminates the problem entirely — automatically, silently, every 5 minutes, without you having to think about it.

§05 — QUESTIONS WE GET

Frequently asked about Ghost Clock-out.

What does Ghost Clock-out do?

Ghost Clock-out runs automatically every 5 minutes, checking for any crew members who are still clocked in after their scheduled shift has ended.

How does automatic detection every 5 minutes work?

No open entries slip through to payroll.

Why does Ghost Clock-out matter for a cleaning business?

A single crew member who forgets to clock out once a week, averaging 2 phantom hours per incident, costs you **$36–$48/week** at typical cleaning wages ($18–$24/hour).

Is Ghost Clock-out included in the base CleanerHQ plan?

Yes. Ghost Clock-out is one of 20 modules included on every CleanerHQ seat: $19/admin seat, $5/crew seat per month. No feature tiers or add-on pricing.

Close every shift — automatically.

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