diff --git a/app/modules/employees/templates/employees/portal_dashboard.html b/app/modules/employees/templates/employees/portal_dashboard.html
index e8dc342..e539b0a 100644
--- a/app/modules/employees/templates/employees/portal_dashboard.html
+++ b/app/modules/employees/templates/employees/portal_dashboard.html
@@ -109,9 +109,66 @@
         <div class="flex items-start justify-between gap-3">
           <div>
             <h3 class="font-semibold text-slate-900">Today’s Attendance</h3>
-            <p class="mt-1 text-sm text-slate-600">{% if today_attendance %}Punch In: {{ today_attendance.punch_in_utc.strftime('%H:%M') if today_attendance.punch_in_utc else '-' }} · Punch Out: {{ today_attendance.punch_out_utc.strftime('%H:%M') if today_attendance.punch_out_utc else '-' }}{% else %}Attendance not marked for today.{% endif %}</p>
+            <p class="mt-1 text-sm text-slate-600">
+              {% if today_attendance %}
+                Punch In: {{ today_attendance.punch_in_local_at.strftime('%H:%M') if today_attendance.punch_in_local_at else (today_attendance.punch_in_utc.strftime('%H:%M UTC') if today_attendance.punch_in_utc else '-') }} ·
+                Punch Out: {{ today_attendance.punch_out_local_at.strftime('%H:%M') if today_attendance.punch_out_local_at else (today_attendance.punch_out_utc.strftime('%H:%M UTC') if today_attendance.punch_out_utc else '-') }}
+              {% else %}
+                Attendance not marked for today.
+              {% endif %}
+            </p>
+          </div>
+          <a href="/employee/attendance" class="af-btn af-btn-secondary">Details</a>
+        </div>
+
+        <div id="employee-dashboard-geo-status" class="mt-4 rounded-xl border border-slate-200 bg-slate-50 px-3 py-2 text-xs text-slate-600">
+          Click Punch In/Punch Out. The app will ask you to allow location before submitting attendance.
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="mt-4 grid gap-3">
+          <form method="post" action="/employee/attendance/punch-in" class="employee-dashboard-attendance-geo-form rounded-2xl border border-emerald-200 bg-emerald-50 p-4">
+            <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{ csrf_token }}">
+            <input type="hidden" name="latitude">
+            <input type="hidden" name="longitude">
+            <input type="hidden" name="accuracy_meters">
+            <label class="block text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-emerald-700">Punch In Remarks</label>
+            <input name="remarks" class="mt-2 w-full rounded-xl border border-emerald-200 bg-white px-3 py-2 text-sm" placeholder="Optional; client visit / OD reason">
+            <button class="mt-3 w-full rounded-xl bg-emerald-600 px-4 py-2 text-sm font-semibold text-white hover:bg-emerald-700 disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-50" {% if today_attendance and today_attendance.punch_in_utc %}disabled{% endif %}>Punch In</button>
+          </form>
+
+          <form method="post" action="/employee/attendance/punch-out" class="employee-dashboard-attendance-geo-form rounded-2xl border border-brand-200 bg-brand-50 p-4">
+            <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{ csrf_token }}">
+            <input type="hidden" name="latitude">
+            <input type="hidden" name="longitude">
+            <input type="hidden" name="accuracy_meters">
+            <label class="block text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-brand-700">Punch Out Remarks</label>
+            <input name="remarks" class="mt-2 w-full rounded-xl border border-brand-200 bg-white px-3 py-2 text-sm" placeholder="Optional remarks">
+            <button class="mt-3 w-full rounded-xl bg-brand-600 px-4 py-2 text-sm font-semibold text-white hover:bg-brand-700 disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-50" {% if not today_attendance or not today_attendance.punch_in_utc or today_attendance.punch_out_utc %}disabled{% endif %}>Punch Out</button>
+          </form>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="mt-5 border-t border-slate-100 pt-4">
+          <div class="flex items-center justify-between gap-3">
+            <h4 class="text-sm font-semibold text-slate-900">Recent Attendance</h4>
+            <a href="/employee/attendance" class="text-xs font-semibold text-brand-700 hover:underline">View all</a>
+          </div>
+          <div class="mt-3 space-y-2">
+            {% for row in attendance_rows or [] %}
+            <div class="rounded-xl border border-slate-200 bg-slate-50 px-3 py-2 text-xs text-slate-600">
+              <div class="flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
+                <span class="font-semibold text-slate-900">{{ row.attendance_date }}</span>
+                <span>{{ (row.status or '-').replace('_',' ').title() }}</span>
+              </div>
+              <div class="mt-1">
+                In: {{ row.punch_in_local_at.strftime('%H:%M') if row.punch_in_local_at else (row.punch_in_utc.strftime('%H:%M UTC') if row.punch_in_utc else '-') }} ·
+                Out: {{ row.punch_out_local_at.strftime('%H:%M') if row.punch_out_local_at else (row.punch_out_utc.strftime('%H:%M UTC') if row.punch_out_utc else '-') }} ·
+                Duration: {{ (row.work_duration_minutes ~ ' min') if row.work_duration_minutes else '-' }}
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            {% else %}
+            <div class="rounded-xl border border-dashed border-slate-300 px-3 py-3 text-xs text-slate-500">No recent attendance records found.</div>
+            {% endfor %}
           </div>
-          <a href="/employee/attendance" class="af-btn af-btn-secondary">Open</a>
         </div>
       </div>
 
@@ -145,4 +202,131 @@
   <div class="rounded-2xl border border-amber-200 bg-amber-50 p-6 shadow-soft"><h3 class="font-semibold text-amber-900">Your login is not linked to an employee master</h3><p class="mt-1 text-sm text-amber-900">Submit an employee link request or ask Firm Admin/Partner/Branch Manager to link your user account from Employee Master.</p><a href="/employee/register" class="mt-4 inline-flex rounded-xl bg-amber-700 px-4 py-2 text-sm font-semibold text-white hover:bg-amber-800">Request Employee Link</a></div>
   {% endif %}
 </div>
+
+
+<div id="employee-dashboard-location-consent-modal" class="fixed inset-0 z-50 hidden items-center justify-center bg-slate-900/60 p-4" aria-hidden="true">
+  <div class="w-full max-w-md rounded-2xl bg-white p-6 shadow-xl">
+    <div class="flex items-start gap-3">
+      <div class="flex h-10 w-10 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-emerald-100 text-emerald-700">📍</div>
+      <div>
+        <h3 class="text-lg font-semibold text-slate-900">Enable location for attendance</h3>
+        <p class="mt-2 text-sm text-slate-600">
+          To mark attendance, this app needs your current location to verify whether you are within your branch geofence.
+          Click Continue, then choose <span class="font-semibold text-slate-900">Allow</span> in the browser location popup.
+        </p>
+        <p class="mt-2 text-xs text-slate-500">
+          If location is denied/unavailable or you are outside branch range, the punch can still be saved for approval as per existing attendance rules.
+        </p>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="mt-5 flex justify-end gap-3">
+      <button type="button" id="employee-dashboard-location-modal-cancel" class="rounded-xl border border-slate-300 px-4 py-2 text-sm font-semibold text-slate-700 hover:bg-slate-50">Cancel</button>
+      <button type="button" id="employee-dashboard-location-modal-continue" class="rounded-xl bg-emerald-600 px-4 py-2 text-sm font-semibold text-white hover:bg-emerald-700">Continue</button>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<script>
+(function () {
+  const statusBox = document.getElementById('employee-dashboard-geo-status');
+  const forms = document.querySelectorAll('.employee-dashboard-attendance-geo-form');
+  const modal = document.getElementById('employee-dashboard-location-consent-modal');
+  const modalContinue = document.getElementById('employee-dashboard-location-modal-continue');
+  const modalCancel = document.getElementById('employee-dashboard-location-modal-cancel');
+
+  function updateStatus(message, tone) {
+    if (!statusBox) return;
+    statusBox.textContent = message;
+    statusBox.className = 'mt-4 rounded-xl border px-3 py-2 text-xs ' + (
+      tone === 'ok'
+        ? 'border-emerald-200 bg-emerald-50 text-emerald-700'
+        : tone === 'warn'
+          ? 'border-amber-200 bg-amber-50 text-amber-700'
+          : 'border-slate-200 bg-slate-50 text-slate-600'
+    );
+  }
+
+  function setHidden(form, lat, lon, acc) {
+    const latInput = form.querySelector('input[name="latitude"]');
+    const lonInput = form.querySelector('input[name="longitude"]');
+    const accInput = form.querySelector('input[name="accuracy_meters"]');
+    if (latInput) latInput.value = lat || '';
+    if (lonInput) lonInput.value = lon || '';
+    if (accInput) accInput.value = acc || '';
+  }
+
+  function openLocationModal() {
+    return new Promise(function (resolve) {
+      if (!modal || !modalContinue || !modalCancel) {
+        resolve(true);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      function cleanup(result) {
+        modal.classList.add('hidden');
+        modal.classList.remove('flex');
+        modal.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true');
+        modalContinue.removeEventListener('click', onContinue);
+        modalCancel.removeEventListener('click', onCancel);
+        resolve(result);
+      }
+
+      function onContinue() { cleanup(true); }
+      function onCancel() {
+        updateStatus('Attendance punch cancelled. Location permission was not requested.', 'warn');
+        cleanup(false);
+      }
+
+      modalContinue.addEventListener('click', onContinue);
+      modalCancel.addEventListener('click', onCancel);
+      modal.classList.remove('hidden');
+      modal.classList.add('flex');
+      modal.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'false');
+      modalContinue.focus();
+    });
+  }
+
+  function captureLocation(form) {
+    return new Promise(function (resolve) {
+      if (!navigator.geolocation) {
+        setHidden(form, '', '', '');
+        updateStatus('Browser geolocation is not available. Punch will be saved as pending approval if branch geofence is enabled.', 'warn');
+        resolve(false);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      updateStatus('Browser location popup opened. Please choose Allow to capture location...', 'info');
+      navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function (pos) {
+        const c = pos.coords || {};
+        setHidden(form, c.latitude, c.longitude, c.accuracy);
+        updateStatus('Location captured. Accuracy: ' + Math.round(c.accuracy || 0) + ' meters.', 'ok');
+        resolve(true);
+      }, function (err) {
+        setHidden(form, '', '', '');
+        let reason = 'Location permission denied or unavailable.';
+        if (err && err.code === 1) reason = 'Location permission denied. Please allow location for this site in browser settings.';
+        if (err && err.code === 2) reason = 'Location unavailable. Please enable device GPS/location service and try again.';
+        if (err && err.code === 3) reason = 'Location capture timed out. Please try again near a window or with GPS enabled.';
+        updateStatus(reason + ' Punch will be saved as pending approval if branch geofence is enabled.', 'warn');
+        resolve(false);
+      }, { enableHighAccuracy: true, timeout: 20000, maximumAge: 0 });
+    });
+  }
+
+  forms.forEach(function (form) {
+    form.addEventListener('submit', async function (event) {
+      const latInput = form.querySelector('input[name="latitude"]');
+      const lonInput = form.querySelector('input[name="longitude"]');
+      if (!latInput || !lonInput) return;
+      if (!latInput.value || !lonInput.value) {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        const proceed = await openLocationModal();
+        if (!proceed) return;
+        await captureLocation(form);
+        form.submit();
+      }
+    });
+  });
+})();
+</script>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/app/modules/employees/ui.py b/app/modules/employees/ui.py
index 6cd840d..d041382 100644
--- a/app/modules/employees/ui.py
+++ b/app/modules/employees/ui.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
+from __future__ import annotations
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from io import BytesIO
@@ -2498,6 +2498,7 @@ def employee_portal_dashboard(request: Request):
             employee=employee,
             pending_request=pending_request,
             today_attendance=get_today_attendance_for_user(db, current_user),
+            attendance_rows=list_own_attendance(db, current_user)[:7],
             leave_balances=list_own_leave_balances(db, current_user),
             leave_requests=list_own_leave_requests(db, current_user)[:5],
             offboarding_requests=list_own_offboarding_requests(db, current_user)[:5],
@@ -2530,6 +2531,7 @@ def employee_self_attendance(request: Request):
             employee=employee,
             rows=rows,
             today_attendance=get_today_attendance_for_user(db, current_user),
+            attendance_rows=list_own_attendance(db, current_user)[:7],
             errors=[],
         )
     finally:
@@ -2884,3 +2886,4 @@ async def employee_registration_submit(request: Request):
             )
     finally:
         db.close()
+