TimeClock Plus
by TCP Software · Time & Attendance
Time and attendance software for complex pay rules, compliance, and payroll accuracy.
Updated August 2026 · By the ERP Research Editorial Team · Independent and vendor-neutral.
- Works with
Oracle
WorkdayPeopleSoftADP Workforce NowEllucianBambooHRQuickBooksPaycor+4 more- Deployment
- Cloud
- Company size
- Mid-market, Enterprise
- Pricing
- Quote-based
- Founded
- 1988
- Headquarters
- Plano, Texas, United States
Overview
TimeClock Plus is a time and attendance product from TCP Software (legal name TimeClock Plus, LLC), originally founded in San Angelo, Texas in 1988 as a standalone time and attendance company. It is aimed at organizations with hourly, shift-based, or frontline workforces that need to handle complex pay rules, multi-location operations, and compliance requirements rather than simple punch-clock tracking. TCP now operates as a multi-product workforce management company; TimeClock Plus is its original and largest time-and-attendance line, sitting alongside sibling scheduling products Humanity Schedule, Aladtec, and Humanity Time.
The product centers on automated timekeeping: it applies configurable pay rules (multiple pay rates, overtime, comp time, extra duty hours) and compliance rules (union agreements, CBAs, state and federal labor law, meal/rest break rules) directly to captured punch data, flags exceptions such as missed punches and long shifts, and rolls the result into payroll-ready reports. A leave and accrual module tracks PTO, sick time, FMLA, and holiday time with real-time balance visibility for managers approving requests. A separate K-12-specific module, resource management, adds substitute search and assignment, extra-duty tracking, and absence management aimed at school districts. TimeClock Plus pairs with TCP's own line of time clock hardware (badge, biometric, mobile, and web clocks) sold under the TCP Direct brand, which includes Oracle-certified and Workday-certified punch-data integrations.
TCP Software is headquartered in Plano, Texas and has been majority-owned by Providence Equity Partners since September 2019. The company reports serving over 37,000 customer organizations across its product line, spanning K-12 and higher education, government, public safety, healthcare, retail, hospitality, business services, manufacturing, and construction.
Screenshots & demo
Screenshots sourced from TCP Software.
Features & capabilities
Automated Timekeeping
Applies pay rules and catches errors as punches are captured.
- Automated payroll calculations for multiple positions and pay rates
- Overtime and comp time calculation
- Extra duty hours tracking
- Exception detection: missed punches, long shifts, tardies, absences
- Flexible time clocks or electronic time sheets to capture hours
- Multi-level job costing across projects and departments
- Flexible job codes assignable org-wide or per employee
- Time and labor allocation to specific budgets or grants
Compliance & Pay Rules
Automates union, CBA, and labor-law rules so managers aren't left guessing.
- Matches payroll rules to internal policies, unions, CBAs, and local/state/federal law
- Alerts for missed breaks, California meal rules, and rest periods
- Automated leave accrual rule application
- Multi-location, multi-jurisdiction rule configuration
- Audit logs for assignment and policy-violation tracking
Leave & Accrual Management
Employee-facing leave requests with real-time balance checks for approvers.
- Employee self-service leave and time-off requests
- Real-time leave balance updates for managers before approval
- Support for FMLA, state-specific, and internal leave types
- Multiple-supervisor visibility into who is scheduled off
- Leave trend, absenteeism, and schedule-impact reporting
K-12 Resource Management
Substitute search, assignment, and extra-duty tracking for school districts.
- Dashboard search for best-fit available substitutes
- Assignment creation, monitoring, and SMS/email/messaging notifications
- Teacher-noted preferred subs and sub-qualification matching
- Lesson plan, video, and document uploads for substitutes
- Substitute pay from appropriate budgets
- Absence trend, attendance-goal, and fill-rate tracking
- Extra duty assignment pre-approval and budget forecasting
Reporting
Pre-built and custom reports on labor hours and trends.
- Complete payroll reporting
- 30+ exception reports
- Overtime trends and forecasts
- Automated report distribution to stakeholders
Time Clock Hardware (TCP Direct)
Physical, biometric, and mobile time collection devices that pair with TimeClock Plus.
- Badge readers: barcode, magnetic swipe, touchless RFID proximity
- Biometric fingerprint scanning to prevent buddy punching
- Mobile time clock app with geofencing/geolocation for remote clock-in/out
- WebClock browser-based clocking for employees without a physical device
- Power-over-Ethernet or Wi-Fi setup with battery backup
- SOC 2 and ADA compliant hardware
- TCP Direct certified punch-data integration for Oracle Time & Labor and Workday
Common use cases
- Automating payroll for a multi-location workforce with different pay rates, overtime rules, and union agreements
- Reducing payroll processing time for school districts by consolidating time, absence, and substitute tracking in one system
- Managing FMLA, state-specific, and internal leave types with real-time balance checks before managers approve requests
- Filling last-minute K-12 substitute vacancies from a single dashboard instead of calling subs one by one
- Sending raw punch data from TCP-certified time clocks directly into Oracle Time & Labor or Workday HCM
- Tracking extra-duty assignments and their pay rules separately from standard shift hours
- Applying California meal-and-rest-break rules and other jurisdiction-specific compliance rules automatically to punch data
Strengths & considerations
Strengths
- TCP Direct hardware line ships with Oracle-certified and Workday-certified punch-data integrations, not just software-side connectors
- Dedicated K-12 resource management module combining substitute search/assignment with time and absence tracking, distinct from generic time-and-attendance products
- SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, and TX-RAMP Level 2 certifications specifically issued for the TimeClock Plus product
- Over 35 years of operating history as a dedicated time-and-attendance vendor prior to TCP's broader workforce-management rebrand
ERP integrations
TCP Direct time clocks send raw punch data to Oracle Time & Labor
TCP Direct time clocks send raw punch data to Workday HCM
Vendor lists this as a payroll integration; specific Sage product not named
Pricing
TCP does not publish TimeClock Plus pricing; it is sold via custom quote. (TCP's published per-employee pricing tiers on tcpsoftware.com/pricing/ are for the separate Humanity Schedule product, not TimeClock Plus.) Get an independent shortlist with pricing guidance below.
Technical & security
- Hosting
- SaaS (cloud-based)
- Compliance
- SOC 2, SOC 3, TX-RAMP Level 2
- Mobile app
- Yes
About the vendor
- Founded
- 1988
- Headquarters
- Plano, Texas, United States
- Ownership
- Private; majority stake held by Providence Equity Partners (since September 2019)
Alternatives to TimeClock Plus in Time & Attendance
TimeClock Plus — frequently asked questions
Does TimeClock Plus integrate with Oracle or Workday?
Yes. TCP's own time clock hardware line, TCP Direct, includes Oracle-certified and Workday-certified integrations that send raw punch data directly into Oracle Time & Labor or Workday HCM. TCP also lists Oracle PeopleSoft, Ellucian, ADP Workforce Now, and BambooHR among its documented ERP/HCM integrations.
How is TimeClock Plus priced?
TCP does not publish pricing for TimeClock Plus; it is quote-based and sold through the sales team. TCP's published per-employee pricing tiers apply to its separate Humanity Schedule product, not TimeClock Plus.
Is TimeClock Plus built for a specific industry?
It is sold across K-12 education, higher education, government, public safety, healthcare, retail, hospitality, business services, manufacturing, and construction, with a dedicated K-12 resource-management module for substitute and absence tracking.
What compliance certifications does TimeClock Plus hold?
TCP publishes SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 reports for TimeClock Plus and lists TimeClock Plus as TX-RAMP Level 2 certified (Texas's state cloud-security assessment program) through January 2027.
Who owns TCP Software?
TCP Software (legal name TimeClock Plus, LLC) is privately held, with a majority stake acquired by private equity firm Providence Equity Partners in September 2019.
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