Clover and Homebase Team Up to Take the Pain Out of Team Management for SMBs
Running a small business isn’t just about selling—it’s about juggling. Managing employees, tracking time, scheduling shifts, and ensuring payroll accuracy can eat up hours that business owners don’t have. Clover, the Fiserv-owned point-of-sale platform used by hundreds of thousands of small businesses, just made that juggling act easier.
Clover is now embedding workforce management tools from Homebase directly into its Web Dashboard, turning the POS system into an all-in-one operations hub. Starting in August 2025, the integration will roll out in phases, allowing SMBs to manage everything from employee time tracking to shift swaps without leaving the Clover environment.
It’s a significant upgrade for Clover—and a strategic step toward giving small businesses the kind of integrated toolset that’s typically reserved for enterprise-level operations.
“Small business owners know that every hour counts,” said Will Karczewski, Head of Clover. “By embedding Homebase’s powerful employee management tools directly into the Clover Web Dashboard, we’re giving them that time back.”
One Dashboard to Rule (Your Workforce) All
Instead of bouncing between spreadsheets, apps, and Slack messages, business owners using Clover can now:
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Schedule shifts, approve time-off requests, and monitor real-time labor data
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Prevent early clock-ins and manage overtime proactively
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Enable team messaging and self-service for shift swaps
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Automatically generate and export error-free timesheets for payroll
That last part—streamlining payroll—is especially important. Manual entry isn’t just tedious; it’s a risk. One wrong digit and your payroll is off, taxes are misfiled, and employees are unhappy. The Clover-Homebase integration aims to make that scenario a thing of the past.
“Small businesses need technology that saves them time and makes their lives easier,” said John Waldmann, CEO of Homebase. “This integration puts scheduling, time tracking, and even sales data in one place.”
Why It Matters: POS Systems Are Becoming Command Centers
Clover’s move is part of a broader trend among POS providers to become more than just checkout systems. Think of it as the Shopify-ization of small business platforms—POS systems evolving into full-scale operating systems that touch nearly every part of a business.
Competitors like Square (with Square Team Management) and Toast (with Toast Payroll & Team Management) have already leaned into workforce solutions. With Homebase under the hood, Clover is now matching—and potentially outpacing—those efforts in ease of use and integration depth.
The timing couldn’t be better. Labor costs are up, hiring is hard, and burnout is real. Anything that cuts admin overhead while improving team communication is more than a nice-to-have—it’s a survival tool.
A Smarter System for the Smallest Teams
Clover and Homebase are positioning this as a tool for the businesses most in need: coffee shops, salons, retail stores, and quick-service restaurants, where employee schedules change frequently, and labor compliance can be a maze.
And crucially, this isn’t a paid add-on or standalone app. The features will be natively integrated into the Clover Web Dashboard, meaning no new logins, no new learning curves, and no extra systems to juggle.
Whether it’s ensuring your barista clocks in on time, or giving your part-time cashier the power to swap a shift, the message is clear: The smarter POS system just got smarter about people.
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