Rounding Policies

Rounding policies are used to round your employees' punches from the time clock according to the policy settings. There are three types of rounding policies, "Range Rounding," "Interval Rounding," and "Shift Rounding."

Range Rounding

A Range rounding policy uses a range of time during which any punch made at the time clock is rounded to the specified time.

Example: The rounding range is set from "7:45" to "8:15," and the round time is set to "8:00." Any punch made at the time clock between 7:45 and 8:15 will be rounded to 8:00.

Interval Rounding

An Interval rounding policy allows you to select a rounding interval (such as "15 Minutes"), and a rounding method (as in "Nearest," "Up" or "Down"). You can also select which punches are to be rounded (as in "All Punches," "First IN Punch," "Last OUT Punch," etc.).

Example: The rounding interval is set to "15 Minutes." The method is set to "Nearest." The punches that are selected to be rounded are "First IN Punches." The first in punch of the day is rounded to the nearest 15 minutes. No other punches are rounded.

Shift Rounding

A Shift rounding policy uses "In Zone" and "Out Zone" ranges which round punches based on the times that employees are scheduled to work.

Example: The "In Zone Range" is set to 10 minutes before the scheduled start time, and 5 minutes after. An employee assigned to this policy is scheduled to work at 2 P.M. An in punch is entered at 1:54. Since the punch falls within the specified 10 minute range, the punch is rounded to the start time of 2 P.M.

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