Shifts, timecards and permissions for your crew

Keep team hours, permissions and labor costs in the same system as your payments. Square's staff tools schedule shifts, track attendance and control what each team member can do in Square.Free 30-minute consultation. Review your setup, compare options and leave with clear next steps.

How each solution supports commercial janitorial

See what each option adds to the way your business takes and tracks payments.

Square Invoices

For commercial janitorial: Send itemized invoices for cleaning visits, restoration projects and service invoices and track deposits, due dates and outstanding balances. Most janitorial companies quote nightly and weekly service contracts before the work starts, and Square Invoices keeps the estimate, deposit and final payment on one record. Square Invoices sends estimates and invoices by email, SMS or a shareable link and tracks what's paid, unpaid or overdue. Roots configures the templates, payment schedules and reminders around how you bill.
  • Build your service catalog, tax settings and branded invoice and estimate templates
  • Set up deposit and milestone schedules that match your contracts and any state limits you operate under
  • Connect Square to QuickBooks Online or Xero so paid invoices reconcile automatically
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Square Payroll

For commercial janitorial: Organize payroll for cleaners and dispatch teams, using staff and time records to prepare pay runs. Pay W-2 staff and 1099 help in the same system that tracks their hours. Square Payroll runs full-service payroll with automated tax filings, or contractor-only payments, connected to Square timecards.
  • Set up employees, 1099 subcontractors and pay schedules
  • Connect timecards from Square team management
  • Walk through labor-cost reports by job type
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Square Staff

For commercial janitorial: Set roles, permissions and schedules for cleaners and dispatch teams, with a clearer view of staffing across shifts. Keep team hours, permissions and labor costs in the same system as your payments. Square's staff tools schedule shifts, track attendance and control what each team member can do in Square.
  • Set roles and permissions for techs, dispatchers and office staff
  • Configure timecards and overtime rules
  • Sync hours to payroll

ACH Payments

For commercial janitorial: Offer bank-account payments for cleaning visits, restoration projects and service invoices, with authorization and invoice matching built into the workflow. Move monthly contracts to ACH autopay. ACH moves money straight from the customer's bank account, which usually costs far less than a card on a large invoice.
  • Set up ACH on invoices and payment pages
  • Write authorization language
  • Explain return and settlement timing
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Level 2/3 Processing

For commercial janitorial: Include purchase-order references and itemized invoice data for business-card purchases of cleaning visits, restoration projects and service invoices. Pass line-item data on purchasing card payments to qualify for Visa Product 3 rates. When business customers pay with commercial cards, passing detailed invoice data can qualify for lower interchange. Visa's Commercial Enhanced Data Program changed the rules in 2025–2026.
  • Review your commercial card mix to see whether enhanced data pays
  • Configure line-item data from invoices
  • Monitor Visa data-quality results
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Credit Card Surcharging

For commercial janitorial: Plan credit-card surcharge disclosures for cleaning visits, restoration projects and service invoices, keeping eligible card payments distinct at checkout. Typical tickets for janitorial companies run $1,000 to $50,000 per month. Where it's allowed, a compliant surcharge offsets card costs on the larger ones. A surcharge adds a disclosed fee to credit card payments only. Visa caps it at 3% or your cost of acceptance, whichever is lower, and some states ban or cap it.
  • Check your states and card mix before you start
  • Configure terminals, invoices and receipts
  • Provide compliant signage and invoice language
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Merchant Account

For commercial janitorial: Arrange a processing account for cleaning visits, restoration projects and service invoices, with checkout methods matched to how customers pay. Typical tickets for janitorial companies run $1,000 to $50,000 per month, and a merchant account's limits and pricing can be set for that range. A dedicated merchant account gives you custom pricing and processing limits set during underwriting. Roots uses it when Square isn't the right fit.
  • Statement review and a pricing quote
  • Underwriting and application support
  • A named support contact after go-live
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Square Staff questions

Questions cleaning company owners ask about getting paid in the field.
Square provides tools for shifts, timecards, team communication and staff access. Roots helps configure the staff workflow.
Yes. We review what each role needs to see and do, then help configure the appropriate Square access settings.
Bring your staff roles, scheduling process and access requirements. Roots uses these details to plan the workflow for commercial janitorial and prepare a clear setup scope.
See Square’s official pages for current software, hardware and processing prices. Request a quote for your Roots setup or custom project. Consultations and payment reviews are free.

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