The administrative act of logging one's departure time to halt the accumulation of billable hours or payroll time. This action signals that a worker is officially off duty and no longer covered by active shift insurance or liability protocols. Failing to perform this step often requires supervisors to manually reconcile payroll records the next day.
Heard on the job
Make sure you sweep the bay and secure the oxy tanks before you clock out for the weekend.
Also heard as
- punch out
- swipe out