Using Slack with Justworks Hours

Justworks Hours now offers an integration with Slack. Using Slack, Justworks Hours users can clock in, clock out, start and end a break, and see their current status.

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You can add Justworks Hours to your Slack account in one of two ways. You can now find Slack on Justworks Hours integrations page and connect to your Slack account there.

You can also find the Justworks Hours Bot in the Slack marketplace.

To connect to your Slack account from the Justworks Hours integrations page, navigate to the Integrations tab and click on ‘Add to Slack’.

When you do, you’ll be asked to provide credentials from your Slack account. This includes your Slack domain, and email and password.

**Please note that your Slack account may be configured so that only Slack admins have permission to add new integrations to your Slack account. If that’s the case, please contact your Slack administrator to add the Justworks Hours Bot to your Slack account.

Also, you must enabled web dashboard access in Justworks Hours for your employees to use Justworks Hours via Slack. You can update that preference here.

Once you’ve provided your credentials, you’ll need to authorize Justworks Hours to access your Slack account.

Now you’re ready to start tracking time with Slack.

Slack can be used to trigger various actions in Justworks Hours. These actions can be triggered in 3 different ways:

For a full list of Slack commands available in Justworks Hours, type “help” into the Justworks Hours Bot DM.

To check in for work from your Slack app (or the Slack web app), you can send a Direct Message to the Justworks Hours Bot. To try it out, just type “in” on the Justworks Hours Bot DM.

This will prompt you to select a location from the drop down list. Choose a location and then click on “Check In”

To start a break simply type “Start Break” in the Justworks Hours Bot DM. If you have break rules applied in your account, this will prompt you to select a break type and then click on “Start Break”. If you do not have break rules applied in your account, the message will automatically start your break in Justworks Hours.

To end a break type “End Break” in the Justworks Hours Bot DM. This will end your break. If break rules are applied and you have not yet met the minimum duration for a break, you’ll receive an error message. This message tells you when you can come back and successfully end your break.

To check out of your shift, type “out” in the Justworks Hours Bot DM.

**Please note for all of the above commands that it is possible to have more than one shift open in Justworks Hours. If you have multiple open shifts, Justworks Hours will prompt you to choose from them when updating your status via Slack. You can view open shifts at any time by typing “Open”.

As mentioned above, and just like with other Slack apps, you can also check in and out of work in any other channel by using a command prompt. Command prompts always being with /.

To get started, go to the Slack App Directory and search for Justworks Hours. Then, click the green "Visit Site to Install" button.