Fixed Break - Start/Stop at a specific time

 

This type of punched break allows you to define a specific amount of time that must pass before the break can start and end. For example, an employee must punch out after 4 hours and punch back in after 4 hours and 30 minutes, which defines a 30 minute fixed break.

  1. Choose Setup from the navigation list.
  2. From the slide out menu select Breaks.
  3. Choose + New.
  4. Enter an identifier for the break at the Name field.
  5. Under Punched Break Type, use the drop down menu to select FixedClosedSelect this option if you wish to define the amount of time that must be worked before the punched break can start and end. For example, the employee punches out after 4 hours and back in before 4 hours and 30 minutes, which defines a 30 minute fixed break..
  6. Under Paid Break Type, select whether the break is paid or unpaid.
  7. Under Break Begins, enter how much time must elapse since the start of shift to start a fixed break.
  8. Under Break Ends, enter how much time must elapse since the start of shift to end a fixed break. Both the Break Begins and Break Ends values determine the value of the Break Length. For example, if the Break Begins value is set to 5:00 and the Break Ends value is set to 6:00, the Break Length is 1 hour.
  9. Under Extended Break Length, enter the maximum amount of time that the break is allowed to be. If this time is exceeded, the punches will not be considered break punches but as normal In and Out punches.
  10. Under Rounding Rule For Extended Break, select how the total time of the break will round if it exceeds the break length but is less than the Extended Break Length.
  11. Select Save to keep the changes.

For this example, a paid break is defined with a 30 minute break length and a 45 minute extended break length.

1. The employee punches out for lunch at 12:30 PM and back in at 1:00 PM (30 minutes). The punches are considered break punches so the entire 30 minutes will be paid because the Break Length was not exceeded.

2. The employee punches out for lunch at 12:30 PM and back in at 1:15 PM (45 minutes). The punches are considered break punches so 30 minutes will be paid and 15 minutes will be docked because the employee took longer than the Break Length of 30 minutes but did not exceed the Extended Break Length of 45 minutes.

3. The employee punches out for lunch at 12:30 PM and back in at 1:30 PM (60 minutes). The punches are not considered break punches because the break exceeds the Extended Break Length of 45 minutes, which cancels the break and the employee is docked the entire 60 minutes with no amount paid.

 

Wed 12/05/2018