TIME (Time Clock) Control Maintenance Records

The following control maintenance records belong to the TIME (Time Clock) category and are only effective if you use the Time Clock companion product.

Default Time Clock In/Out Response

Select how the system sets the default response for clocking in or out when users access the Time Clock In/Out programs. ClosedMore:

Options

  • Yes - Sets the default clock in/out response to Yes.

  • No - Sets the default clock in/out response to No.

  • Prompt - Prompts the user to manually enter a Yes or No to clock in or out.

Outcome of setting this control record

Determines the default response to the "do you want to clock in/out" prompt in the system.

Default Value(s)

No

Action if set to Null

Prompts the user to clock in or out.

Additional Information

None

Time Clock Auto Deduction Category

Enter the deduction category you want to use for automatic deductions. ClosedMore:

Options

Any category defined in Deduction Maintenance.

Outcome of setting this control record

Use this record to set the category the system uses for any time clock deductions you have set up to deduct automatically.

Default Value(s)

Blank

Dependencies

Categories from which you can select are defined in Deduction Maintenance.

Example(s)

You set your time sheet to deduct 30 minutes for every 4 hours of work. The setting in this control maintenance record is the deduction category used to track those deductions.

Action if set to Null

No category is selected for auto deductions.

Additional Information

For more information, see Deducting Time Automatically.

Time Clock Employee Types

Enter employee types to assign to employees for use with the Time Clock companion product. ClosedMore:

Options

Any free form text up to 20 characters long. Enter each type on a separate line.

Outcome of setting this control record

Use the employee types defined in this record to categorize your employees. The types you define here are available to assign to employees in their user records in the Employee Type field in User Maintenance.

Default Value(s)

Blank

Example(s)

Typical types are Full Time and Part Time.

Action if set to Null

Employee types are not available for selection in User Maintenance.

Additional Information

The settings in the Time Clock Employee Types control maintenance record are also used to identify service technicians for service orders. Use this control maintenance record in conjunction with the Technician Typescontrol maintenance record to identify which employee types are technicians.

Time Clock Minutes

Indicate whether the system sets time to hours and minutes, rather than hours and fractional hours, throughout the Time Clock companion product. ClosedMore:

Options

  • Yes - The time displays in hour and minutes. For example, for an employee clocked in for five hours and fifteen minutes, the time displays as 5:15.

  • No - The time displays as hours and fractional hours. For example, for an employee clocked in for five hours and fifteen minutes, the time displays as 5.25.

Outcome of setting this control record

Determines how clocked time displays on time sheets.

Default Value(s)

No

Action if set to Null

Same as if set to No.

Additional Information

None

Time Clock Snap On Manual Entry

Indicate whether to enable the time clock snap for minutes function on manual entries. ClosedMore:

Options

  • Yes - Enables snap for minutes on manual entries.

  • No - Does not enable snap for minutes on manual entries.

Outcome of setting this control record

If you enter Yes and your employee clocks out at 1:04, the time clock rounds down to 1:00. If your employee clocks in at 1:37, the time clock rounds down to 1:35.

Default Value(s)

No

Action if set to Null

Same as if set to No.

Additional Information

None

Valid Departments

Enter a list of valid departments that can be assigned to users. The departments display in the selection list for the Department field on the User Maintenance window and several Time Clock windows.

Valid Time Clock Adjustment Codes

On the Valid Time Clock Adjustment Codes screen, enter codes to use with the Time Clock program to account for time that is not classified as straight work time. Typical adjustment codes are: Hol, Vaca, Sick, Jury. ClosedMore:

  1. For each adjustment code, complete the following fields:

Field

Description

Adjust Code

Enter the adjustment code.

O/T Pay

Enter one of the following to indicate whether to pay overtime for all hours logged to the designated adjustment code:

  • N - Adjustments are never paid as overtime.

  • Y - Adjustments will be paid as overtime.

O/T Mult

For adjustment codes classified as overtime, enter the multiplier, 0.00-9.99, to use to calculate the pay rate for that type of work. An overtime adjustment code is one for which you entered Yes in the O/T Pay field.

Budget Groups

Enter the time-off category to which to map the adjustment code. You can view and maintain budget groups on the Time Clock Budget screen.

Contributes to Period O/T

Indicate whether the hours logged to the designated adjustment code contribute to the period overtime calculation.

For example, if the standard employee work week is 40 hours, any hours over 40 during a given week contribute to overtime pay for that week.

Note: Do not flag an adjustment code as both O/T Pay and Period O/T or O/T Pay and Contributing to Daily O/T. If you do, depending on the sequence of time clock entries, you might pay overtime for the adjustment and for daily clocked hours that normally wouldn't be paid overtime. For more information, see the Examples section on this page.

Contributes to Daily O/T

Indicate whether the hours logged to the designated adjustment code contribute to the daily overtime calculation.

For example, if employees are required to work 8 hours per day, any hours over 8 during a given day contribute to overtime pay for that day.

Note: Do not flag an adjustment code as both O/T Pay and Period O/T or O/T Pay and Contributing to Daily O/T. If you do, depending on the sequence of time clock entries, you might pay overtime for the adjustment and for daily clocked hours that normally wouldn't be paid overtime. For more information, see the Examples section on this page.

  1. Use the Adjustment Export Mapping hot key to display the Adjustment Export Mapping screen.

  2. In the Export Type field, press F10 and select the type of payroll service to which the system exports time clock data.

  3. For each code listed in the Adjustment Code column, enter the payroll service code to which to map it in the Exported As column. If you leave the Exported As field blank for an adjustment code, the payroll service treats time logged to that code as regular time worked.

  4. Press Esc to save the mapping data and return to the Valid Time Clock Adjustment Codes screen.

  5. Use the Log hot key as needed to view a log of changes made to the adjustment codes.

  6. Press Esc to save and exit the Valid Time Clock Adjustment Codes screen.

Examples

The following are some examples of how the system calculates time, based on the settings of this control Maintenance record. For these examples, please assume the following:

Example 1 - O/T Pay column set to No, Daily O/T column is set to Yes:

Day

Total Hours

Shift Type

Daily Overtime Hours

Adjustment Overtime Hours

Monday

9

Jury Duty

0

0

Tuesday

9

Regular Clocked Hours

1

0

Wednesday

8

Regular Clocked Hours

0

0

Thursday

8

Regular Clocked Hours

0

0

Friday

9

Regular Clocked Hours

1

0

Totals

43

 

2

0

Explanation: Employee worked 43 hours total, and receives two hours of overtime. This is because the O/T Pay column is set to No, so the system considers Jury Duty to be an adjustment to the total time, and the total hours for this adjustment are not included in the overtime calculation.

Example 2 - O/T Pay column set to No, Daily O/T column is set to Yes:

Day

Hours

Shift Type

Daily Overtime Hours

Adjustment Overtime Hours

Monday

4

5

Jury Duty

Regular Clocked Hours

1

0

Tuesday

9

Regular Clocked Hours

1

 

Wednesday

8

Regular Clocked Hours

0

0

Thursday

8

Regular Clocked Hours

0

0

Friday

9

Regular Clocked Hours

1

0

Totals

43

 

3

0

Explanation: Employee worked 43 hours total, and receives three hours of overtime. This is because the O/T Pay column is set to No. The system assumes that adjustments are the first shifts of the day when calculating period and overtime totals. This pushes as much of the clocked shift's hours into overtime as possible. Therefore, the Jury Duty adjustment time is calculated first, and the remaining shift time of five hours, pushes the shift into overtime by one hour. And, as in the previous example, the system considers Jury Duty to be an adjustment to the total time, and the total hours for this adjustment are not included in the overtime calculation.

Example 3- O/T Pay column set to Yes, Daily O/T column is set to Yes:

Day

Hours

Shift Type

Daily Overtime Hours

Adjustment Overtime Hours

Monday

10

Hazard Duty

0

10

Tuesday

10

Regular Clocked Hours

2

0

Wednesday

8

Regular Clocked Hours

0

0

Thursday

8

Regular Clocked Hours

0

0

Friday

9

Regular Clocked Hours

1

0

Totals

45

 

3

10

Explanation: Employee worked 45 hours total, and receives 10 hours of overtime. This is because the O/T Pay column is set to Yes. Even though the hazard pay shift is greater than the daily overtime threshold, the employee does not receive pay for the daily overtime hours. Overtime for adjustment codes is solely determined by the O/T Pay column. In other words, the setting in the O/T Pay column overrides the setting in the Daily O/T column.

Example 4- O/T Pay column set to Yes, Daily O/T column is set to Yes:

Day

Hours

Shift Type

Daily Overtime Hours

Adjustment Overtime Hours

Monday

5

Regular Clocked Hours

1

4

4

Hazard Duty

Tuesday

10

Regular Clocked Hours

2

0

Wednesday

8

Regular Clocked Hours

0

0

Thursday

8

Regular Clocked Hours

0

0

Friday

9

Regular Clocked Hours

1

0

Totals

44

 

4

4

Explanation: Employee worked 44 hours total, and receives eight hours of overtime. This is because the O/T Pay column is set to Yes, and the Daily O/T column is also set to Yes. The system considers Jury Duty to be an adjustment to the total time and includes these hours in the overtime calculation. The system calculates overtime not only for the adjustment of four hours of hazard duty, but also for the four hours of regular daily overtime. Since you do not want to pay for the same overtime twice, we recommend that you do not set the O/T Pay column and the Daily O/T column to Yes at the same time.

Valid Time Clock Deduction Categories

Set the valid categories that employees can use to deduct non-work time from their time sheets, such as Lunch and breaks. Use the Time Clock Auto Deduction Categorycontrol maintenance record to set any automatic deductions using these categories.

Valid Time Clock Time Off Categories

Define which categories you want employees to use to clock their time off. In addition, indicate for each of those categories, how the system should handle overtime, how an employee should be paid for any overtime worked, and if the category contributes to a period or daily overtime accrual. ClosedMore:

Use the following guidelines:

Column

Guidelines

Time Off Category

  • 10-digit character limit

  • Use common names, such as Jury Duty, Sick Time, or Bereavement

  • Names are user-defined, so you can use whatever codes or abbreviations correspond to your payroll system. For example, if your company allowed for unpaid sick time, you may have a code called UNPDSICK.

  • Use the File >Rename Time Off Category option to rename any of the current categories. If you rename a category, the system prompts you to update any current time sheets in the system.

Overtime Behavior

  • Never O/T - Hours clocked to a category with this behavior will never be paid at an overtime rate, regardless when the time off has been added to the time sheet.

  • Always O/T - Hours clocked to a category with this behavior will always be paid at an overtime rate, regardless of when the time off has been added to the time sheet.

  • Normal Hours - Hours clocked to a category with this behavior will be treated as normal hours. The hours clocked will be paid at either the normal rate or the overtime rate based on when then hours were worked. For example, the system always treats vacation time at normal hours.

Overtime Multiplier

One number with up to two decimal points, such as 1.50 for normal overtime or 2.00 for a holiday category.

Contributes to Period O/T and Contributes to Daily O/T

  • Indicate if any overtime will count toward the defined period or daily overtime amounts.

  • A period is defined as a normal work week for your employee or staff. For example, if you run a warehouse that is in operation 24 hours per day and 7 days per week, then you have employees who are on shift work. These shifts may be 12 hour days for 3 days per week. Therefore, the work period is 32 hours. However, in the same warehouse, you may have employees in the office staff who work 9-6 daily. Their work period is 40 hours. Overtime can be treated differently for each type of shift employee.

  • In addition, you may need to adhere to rules laid down between management and a worker's union. Use these  selections to ensure that overtime is handled appropriately.