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title: "Timekeeping: Text Notifications | Complete Payroll"
description: Managers can now get text notifications when their employees are late to a shift, and for other reasons. Learn more and inquire about our text notifications.
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# [Timekeeping: Text Notifications | Complete Payroll](https://www.completepayroll.com/blog/timekeeping-feature-text-notifications-for-managers)

 Written by [Complete Payroll](https://www.completepayroll.com/blog/author/complete-payroll) | Aug 14, 2017 2:16:45 PM

We've published a lot of content about [timekeeping](https://www.completepayroll.com/employer-guides/time-and-attendance) and [employee scheduling](https://www.completepayroll.com/blog/employee-scheduling-tips). Most of that content has focused on industry best practices and general suggestions. You can click here to find a list of articles that focus on [time and labor](https://blog.completepayroll.com/tag/time-and-labor). *This article* is meant to expose an important feature most time and attendance managers don't even know about.

### Employee scheduling notifications

Scheduling notifications are features that some [timekeeping](https://www.completepayroll.com/employer-guides/time-and-attendance) systems have to inform managers of certain employee scheduling details - like when an employee is late to a shift, doesn't show up at all and/or when shifts are changed.

### Late and no-show notifications

Imagine getting a text to notify you that a certain employee is late to their shift - meaning the shift hasn't begun but they've yet to clock in. Managers can use this feature to send the notifications whenever they'd like - at the time of the shift, 10 minutes into the shift, etc.

 

### Batch notifications

Open shifts and schedule changes can be queued and only broadcast in batch. Instead of getting notifications at every change, recipients are notified once of any/all changes in the last 30 minutes resulting in less messages and employees only notified when they need to be.

[Click here](https://www.completepayroll.com/hubfs/Marketing%20Campaign%20Documents/Employee%20Schedule%20Notifications.pdf) to learn more about these employee scheduling notification features. **Or, if you'd simply like to speak with a real live human, [get in touch with us](https://www.completepayroll.com/contact).** One of our time and attendance experts would be happy to explain how this would work for your business.

> If you're a small business owner or HR Manager trying to wrap your head around the complex world of time and attendance, check out our comprehensive resource page, [Time and Attendance - A Complete Guide](https://www.completepayroll.com/employer-guides/time-and-attendance). This page spells out literally everything you'd need to know about time and attendance, including timekeeping procedures, time clocks, employee scheduling, compliance considerations, emerging trends and a whole bunch more.

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