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Join 150,000+ small businesses already using Homebase to run their hourly teams, and save 5+ hours every month!\n\nHomebase is more than just an employee scheduling app. With Homebase, you can manage payroll, track employee hours, let your team clock in and out, build schedules with our schedule planner, manage costs, and monitor sales — all in one place. Your team's hours are sent automatically to timesheets, so you can review them for payroll.\n\nHomebase payroll makes it easy to pay your team. Our payroll tools save you hours and include built-in compliance monitoring.\n\nBuild and share employee schedules in minutes. Manage multiple teams, approve time off requests, & enable shift trades. 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