Creating
an Unscheduled Break Policy
Click on the main "Admin" navigation
tab, and then on the "Break Policies"
link located under the Policies
section of the screen. The "Break Policies"
screen opens.
To create a new policy, click on the [ADD] icon
located at the bottom of the screen.
- Select "Unscheduled" from the
Type
drop-down menu.
- Enter a Name
for this policy as you would like it to appear
in the system.
- Enter the number of breaks that employees
are allowed to take per-day into the How Many Breaks
Per Day field.
- Enter the allowed length of the break into
the Amount
field.
- Enter a break Grace.
This is the number of minutes that the employee
is allowed to go over the specified break
amount before an error is generated on their
Time Card.
- Put a check mark for each week day on which
you would like this break policy to be in
effect.
- With the Restrict
option enabled, if an employee exceeds the
specified break amount and grace, the exceeding
time will be deducted from their Time Card.
- Use the Minimum
Hours Deduction Policy to attach a
Minimum Hours Policy to this meal. With this
setting specified the system will award hours
in the amount specified on the Minimum Hours
Policy if the employee fails to punch for
a break. No more than one break award will
be given in a single day.
Click on the [SAVE] icon to add the policy to
the system.
Editing/Deleting Existing Policies
Each Break Policy that you have entered into
the system is displayed on the main "Break
Policies" screen.
The Active
Break Policies section contains the policies
that are active for use in the system. Click on
the setting in the Name
column to edit policy settings. Click on the 
icon to inactivate the policy.
The Inactive
Break Policies section of the screen displays
the policies that are not available for use in
the system, but have been retained for historical
purposes, or later reactivation. Click on the
link in the Name
column to edit policy settings. Click on the "Activate"
link to return the policy to active use in the
system. Click on the icon
to permanently remove the policy from the system.
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