Labor Structure 9x
Changes in the Labor Structure
Fields are directly editable in the table. Simple fields are edited inline, whereas complicated fields are edited in pop-up screens. Double-click in the fields to activate the editing process. If it is a complex field, the pop-up screen will be displayed.
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About the General Section
The General section allows you to enter primary job information.
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Terms and Definitions
Name | Identifies the item. |
Code | Assigns an alternate identifier for the item. This code will appear on most reports. |
Abbreviation | Allows you to enter an abbreviation for a job that will differentiate it from other jobs with the same name, but in different departments or divisions. Note that you must turn this feature on in the Sort menu for it to be visible. |
Job Category | Allows you to associate a job with a job category. |
Exclude from Payroll Export | Allows you to determine whether or not the job information is included in the payroll export. |
Master Job | Allows you to configure jobs from different properties and link them to a Master Job. For example, if you have Cook1 at three properties, you could set the Master Job (Division/Department/Job) to Kitchen/Cook/Cook1 and the information from all Cook1's will be displayed in reports as the same job. |
Variance Percentages | Defines a tolerance range for acceptable variances between projected hours/scheduled hours or standard hours/actual hours.
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Productivity | Determines the work rate associated with this job. For example, how fast can a job be accomplished, how many of X can be produced when performing this job, etc. This information is only used for the Labor Productivity Report.
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Notes | Allows you to enter comments. |
About the Scheduler Section
The Scheduler section lets you assign schedule-specific values for a job. In order to generate an accurate and comprehensive weekly schedule, while ensuring that all jobs are automatically scheduled, you must configure the Scheduler tab for every job you've created.
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Terms and Definitions
Job Rotation Plan | Allows you to apply a rotation plan to a job. You select the previously configured Labor Rotation Plans from the drop-down list. |
Assignment Rotation Plan | Allows you to apply a rotation plan to the assignments in the job. You select the previously configured Labor Rotation Plans from the drop-down list. |
Balance Schedules | Attempts to schedule the same amount of hours for all employees. This feature can be particularly useful during slower periods when you want to keep all employees on the schedule. Watson will divide the total labor requirements by the number of employees and schedule all of them for the same number of hours. |
Scheduling Method | Allows you to determine what criteria is used to prioritize scheduling.
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Departmental Seniority | Allows you to control how the Job Date and Job Rank sort orders behave. If unchecked, the system looks at the individual Job. If checked, system will find the earliest date or lowest rank of any job in the same department |
Projected Hours Reduction Method | Allows you to determine how you want to schedule if you have too few employees to cover the projected work.
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Planned Shift Sorting Method | Allows you to determine how the Shifts are sorted before scheduling takes place. Each of the methods produce a different weekly schedule. The choice you make is particularly important if the job is typically understaffed.
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Employee Sort Order | Defines the scheduling order for this job. The order you specify determines which employees get scheduled first and how they are chosen. For example, let's say you set the sort order to: 1) Hire Date, 2) Skill Date, and 3) Skill Rank. Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to place the days of the week in the priority order you want.
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Min. Hours Off | Denotes the minimum number of hours an employee must have off between shifts. If you enter 8 here, and the employee is scheduled from 14:00 - 22:00, the employee will not be scheduled again until 06:00 the next morning. If there is no minimum time off between shifts, enter 0. |
Min. Days Off | Denotes the minimum number of consecutive days an employee must have off between shifts. If your policy is to give two consecutive days off, enter 2 in this field so an employee who is scheduled Thursday through Monday will not be scheduled again until Thursday. If you do not have a policy on consecutive days off between shifts, enter 0. |
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About the Time and Attendance Section
The Time and attendance section allows you to map data coming from the time keeping system to jobs to LMS, and data from LMS going to the payroll system for that job. For example, you may have three codes in your time clock for Cook 1, Cook 2 and Cook 3. These three codes are combined in LMS into one job (Cook). Your payroll system only recognizes numeric code, so you map the job (Cook) to the appropriate payroll code (123456).
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Terms and Definitions
Pay Code | Denotes the pay code in the payroll system that corresponds to the job. |
Workers Comp Class | Allows you to enter the code used to interface to payroll system. |
TK Code | Denotes the code(s) from the time keeping system that corresponds to the job. If there are more than one, the data will be summed into the job. |
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Related Tasks
Related Tasks. Contains other menu items, such as Prioritize Assignments and Prioritize Jobs that are related to the task on which you are working. |