Shift Adjustment
Shift Adjustment work rules allow you to make adjustment to employee shifts.
Rule | Adds/Subtracts from Employee | Quick Description |
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Minimum Break | Adds | Enforces minimum break and pays employee when min isn't met |
Minimum Daily Hours | Adds | Ensures minimum shift length |
Auto Break | Subtracts | Creates breaks for those that don't punch out |
DST Adjustment | Both | Adds or deletes based on direction of time change |
Paid Break | Adds | Pays back to employee minutes between min and max on breaks |
No Adjustment | N/A | Needed for employees that don't get any adjustments |
Total Break Length | Subtracts | Rounds Breaks and makes adjustments to the shift |
The Shift Adjustment work rule type includes the following work rules:
Minimum Break
Description | Adds a positive break adjustment to a shift over a minimum number of hours, for all minutes of a break that are less than the minimum break requirements. | |
Example(s) | If it is determined that a break lasted less than the specified length of time, the amount of time that actually was spent on break is added to the employees hours. If a 15 minute break is the configured length of time for a break, but an employee only takes a 10 minute break, they are awarded an extra 10 mins. of work time. | |
Parameters | Parameter | Description |
Minimum Break Length | Minimum length of time that a break must last. | |
Minimum Hours Worked | Minimum number of hours that must be worked before the adjustment can be applied. |
Minimum Daily Hours
Description | Adds a positive adjustment to the last shift in a day, for all hours that are less than the minimum daily hours. | |
Example(s) | If an employee works for 3 hours and the minimum daily hours is 3.5, a 30-minute adjustment is added to the employee's shift. | |
Parameters | Parameter | Description |
Minimum Daily Hours | Minimum number of hours that must be paid for a work day. |
Auto Break
Description | Adds an adjustment to a shift after a minimum number of hours has been worked. | |
Example(s) | If your property requires employees to clock in/out for 30 minute meal breaks. To compensate for that, create an Auto Break rule that automatically adjusts the employee's shift lengths by 30 minutes. | |
Parameters | Parameter | Description |
Hours Adjustment | Number of hours to be added to the shift length. | |
Minimum Hours Worked | Minimum number of hours that an employee must work before an adjustment is applied. |
DST Adjustment
Description | Adjust for Daylight Savings Time. | |
Parameters | Parameter | Description |
Adjustment Length | The number of minutes to adjust. | |
Backward Day | Day of the month when the clock moves backwards. | |
Backward Month | Month when the clock moves backwards. | |
Forward Day | Day of the month when the clock moves forward. | |
Forward Month | Month when the clock moves forward. | |
Time of Shift | Time of day which the adjustment will occur. |
Paid Break
Description | Adds a positive adjustment for break times over the specified minimum up to the maximum adjustment for shifts over a minimum hours worked. | |
Example(s) | For example, a configured minimum break is 30 minutes, and the maximum adjustment is one hour. If an employee takes a 45 minute break, the adjustment is 15 minutes. If an employee takes a 1-3/4 hour break, the adjustment would be one hour. The 15 minutes over the maximum adjustment is disregarded. | |
Parameters | Parameter | Description |
Maximum Adjustment | Maximum amount of time allowed for the adjustment. | |
Minimum Break Length | Minimum length of time the break must last before the adjustment is applied. | |
Minimum Hours Worked | Number of hours that an employee must work before the adjustment is applied. |
No Adjustment
Description | No Shift Adjustment rules apply. | |
Parameters | Parameter | Description |
NA | NAÂ |
Total Break Length
Description | Rounds Breaks to the configured interval. If the break is less than the minimum required break length, a negative adjustment is applied to the shift for the total rounded minutes of all breaks. | |
Parameters | Parameter | Description |
Minimum Break Length | Minimum number of minutes that are required for a Break. | |
Round Time To | Round time to the nearest x minutes. | |
Rounding Options | Select a method for rounding the Break:
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