Rest Between Shifts

Use Rest Between Shifts rules to specify premium pay for time worked during an expected rest period.

Use the Rest Between Shifts page (AdministrationApplication SetupPay PoliciesWork Rule Building BlocksRest Between Shifts) to to set up Rest Between Shifts rules.

Click New or select a rule and click Edit or Duplicate, then complete the following fields:

  • Name
  • Description
  • Required Rest — The amount of rest time required by law or contract between shifts.
  • Unscheduled Shifts Count As — Specify whether unscheduled shifts count as work or rest.

    Unscheduled shifts that are specified as work are included in premium pay calculations.

    Unscheduled shifts that are specified as rest are excluded from premium pay calculations.

  • Apply Premium To — How the premium applies.
    • Amount of Denied Rest — Applies only to the missed reduced rest time.
    • Entire Shift — Any amount of missed rest contributes to the premium pay for the entire shift.
  • Minimum Rest Premium — The guaranteed minimum amount of rest premium that an employee can receive.

    For example, the required rest is 12 hours, and the minimum rest premium is 2 hours. If the employee has only 11 and a half hours of rest, there is a half hour rest premium. If there is a minimum of 2 hours of rest configured, the employee receives 2 hours rather than one half hour.

  • Maximum Rest Premium — The maximum premium if employees do not meet the required rest conditions.

    For example, the required rest is 12 hours, but an employee only receives 2 hours rest, which means that the rest premium should be 10 hours. If the maximum rest premium is 8 hours, the employee receives 8 hours instead of 10 hours.

  • Minimum Shift Length — The minimum shift length required for a rest premium, even if the employee did not receive enough rest.

    For example, the minimum shift length is 8 hours and the required rest is 12 hours. The current shift length is 6 hours and the employee has only 10 hours of rest. The employee does not receive a 2 hour rest premium because the shift length is less than 8 hours.

  • Continuous Rest Interval — Select Yes if the rest periods must be contiguous.
  • Rest Interval Window — The amount of time that the system looks back to check for a qualified rest period. It must be equal to or greater than the required rest. This value is usually the same amount of time as the required rest.
  • How to Compute Rest Length — Specify the type of punch to be used for shift start and shift end when computing the rest period.
    • Rounded punch — Uses the configured rounding rules for punches.
    • Actual punch — Use the actual punch times
    • Scheduled punch — Uses the scheduled punch times.