Research published in 2017 suggests employers in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada are adopting employee GPS tracking apps at a remarkably consistent rate. From a sample of 2,500, 1 in 3 employees in each country said they have been asked to use a GPS tracking app at work. Businesses in Canada appear to have the most GPS app users, where 39 percent of employees say they have used the technology. Australia is next with 36 percent, followed by the US with 32 percent. In the UK, 30 percent of employees say they have used a GPS tracking app at work.

Employees frequently use GPS apps when they're off the clock, according to a 2017 study by TSheets. A survey of 400 U.S. workers found that more than three-quarters regularly use the technology in personal apps for activities like shopping, exercise, and checking the latest weather report. Just 23 percent said they always disable locations services. Top reasons for allowing apps to track location include trust in the app, how useful it is, and how many notifications it sends.

It was early morning in small-town Burlington, Kentucky. An employee for a local cleaning company had just changed job codes on his TSheets smartphone app and swiped his badge to enter a building for a routine job. Little did he know, 30 miles away, a crime was being committed by someone who looked just like him.

It's a well-known fact that TSheets helps business owners save hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars each year. But did you know TSheets has also saved an employee from wrongful conviction? Or that it's saved a stolen smartphone from the hands of a thief? It's even saved a stolen vehicle.

As many of our customers know, TSheets is a popular app in the service industry. From plumbing and electrical work to landscaping and construction, it allows employees to work in the field and still keep accurate and organized time records. And with GPS tracking, TSheets can even help recover lost or missing smartphones.