Creating Meal Threshold Policies

From the main "Admin" tab, click on the "Meal Policies" link located under the Policies heading. Locate the Meal Threshold Policies section of the screen and click on the [ADD] icon.

1. Enter a Name for this policy as you would like it to appear in the program.
2. Enter the Threshold Hours in HH:MM format. This is the amount of time that the employee must work before the automatic meal deduction will occur.
   Example: If an employee is to receive a half hour lunch break after they have worked for four hours, "4" would be entered into this field.
3. The Type setting allows you to specify whether the meal is to be generated as an automatic deduction on the employee's Time Card, or paid out as a disbursement (or, dollar amount). When using "Disbursement," specify the Disbursement Amount, and select a Disbursement Type from the drop-down menu.

4. The Deduct Time option allows you to define whether you would like the amount deducted from or added to employee Time Cards.

• With this option enabled, the amount specified will be deducted from the employee's Time Card. Specify the Deduction Amount in "HH:MM" format.
• Deselect this option if you would like the system to add the amount specified to the employee's Time Card instead of deducting it. When leaving this option unchecked, the Add Amount must be specified.
• When leaving this option disabled, select the Base Pay Code that hours added to the Time Card will be assigned to.
• When leaving this option disabled, if you would like hours to be awarded to employee Time Cards at an accelerated rate of pay, assign the appropriate Premium Pay Codes by selecting the desired codes from the Unselected box and clicking on the icon. The codes are moved to the Selected box.

Click on the [SAVE] icon to add the Meal Policy to the system.

Editing and Deleting Existing Meal Policies

Each policy that you have entered into the system is displayed on the main Meal Policies screen under the Meal Threshold Policies heading.

Policy settings are displayed as columns in the table. Click on the link in the Name column to edit policy settings.

Click on the icon to delete a Meal Policy.
Note: Policies that are currently assigned to employees cannot be deleted from the system.

Related Topics

• When using a Type of "Disbursement," refer to Disbursement Types for information on configuring the available options.
• When adding the amount to employee Time Cards, the awarded time is assigned to a Base Pay Code.
• The system allows you the option of awarding added hours to employee Time Cards at an accelerated rate of pay using Premium Pay Codes.