This page is for employees. Check out from employee home when you leave. **Check out** is the button while you are checked in. Checking out is not pay.

![Check out](/files/help/employee-check-out-2.mp4 "Choose Check out while you are checked in. After it saves, Check in is available again.")

1. Open **Employee Portal**, then **Home**.
2. Under **Time clock**, choose **Check out**.
3. Wait until the chip says **Checked out at** with a time, and **Check in** is available again. A **Checked out** confirmation appears.

## What you should see

While you are checked in, the chip says **Checked in at** and the button is **Check out**. After it saves, the chip says **Checked out at** and the button is **Check in**.

On a scheduled day, after both times exist, the day line can show the time you worked, such as **Worked 2h 10m**. If the shift already ended and you are still checked in, the day can say **Ended · still checked in** until you choose **Check out**.

A check-out after midnight still closes the open check-in from the day before.

## If something looks wrong

If the button says **Check in**, you are already checked out, or you have not checked in today.

If you are offline, the button stays off. A check-out is saved only after the page can reach SmoothHiring.

If the request fails, the notice is **Check-out failed**. You stay checked in.

Clock-out is still recorded when the company refuses a clock-in outside a work site. Use [Check in](/hrms/attendance/check-in-from-home) at the start of the next shift.