Self-Entry Employee Attendance Spreadsheet

I need an Excel workbook that lets my employees record their own daily attendance. The sheet should capture only two data points for each person—Check-in and Check-out times—and store them in a clean, easy-to-navigate table.

Because the attendance will be marked “By students themselves,” I want a user-friendly, self-service layout: visible input cells, protected formulas or headers, and clear date navigation so nobody overwrites another day by mistake. Simple conditional formatting that flags missing entries would be helpful, but the core priority is a ready-to-use template where staff open the file, pick the current date (or land on it automatically), type their times, and save.

Please deliver the finished .xlsx file plus a brief note (or short sheet) explaining any locked cells, drop-downs, or macros you include.