Daily Overtime Rules

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Adding a Daily Overtime Rule

Editing a Daily Overtime Rule

Deleting a Daily Overtime Rule

Deactivating a Daily Overtime Rule

Removing a Row from a Daily Overtime Rule

 

Creating a daily overtime rule allows you to define a set number of hours in one day after which an employee is to be compensated differently.

Example:  After working eight hours in a day, the employee should be paid overtime.

 

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Adding a Daily Overtime Rule

1.Click the Add link.

2.You do not need to assign an ID, the system will automatically generate a number.

3.Add a description.  Note, this is how you will identify the rule in the future.

4.Elect a wage group behavior.  This field will determine what shifts should be evaluated (by employee) to determine eligibility for and the calculation of the daily overtime rule.  There are three available options:

oInclude Shifts - This option will include all shifts in all entities within the same wage group.

oExclude Shifts - This option will evaluate and calculate the shifts in each entity separately.

oInclude Shifts With Same Rule - This option will group shifts in entities that have the same daily overtime rule applied; regardless of wage groups.

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5.To ensure that the rule is available, make sure the Active check box is checked.  To deactivate a rule, uncheck the box.

6.Click the Add Row button.

7.Click in the Threshold Hours field and enter the number of hours that an employee must first work before going into overtime.

8.Click in the Wage Type field and select the correct wage type that should be applied when the threshold is exceeded.

9.Click in the Work Day Type field and select how to calculate a workday.

a.Labor Day - indicates that the Labor Definition Start of Labor Day time will be used to begin each workday when determining overtime hours.

b.24 Hours - indicates that the daily overtime will be calculated beginning with the start of the shift and extending for a 24 hour period.

10. Exclusion Rate Threshold is used to determine the wage rate threshold for which an employee qualifies for daily overtime. Wage rates above the threshold will not calculate overtime for employees where the Qualified Health Plan checkbox is disabled in the employee record.

11. QHP (Qualified Health Plan) Exclusion Rate Threshold is used to determine the wage rate threshold for which an employee qualifies for daily overtime. Wage rates above the threshold will not calculate overtime for employees where the Qualified Health Plan checkbox is enabled in the employee record.

12.Click the Save button.

 

Editing a Daily Overtime Rule

1.Either highlight the record you want to edit by clicking on it once to highlight it, then click the Edit link or double click on the record to open it.

2.Click the Edit button of the record you want to edit.

3.Make changes.

4.Click the OK button.

5.Click the Save button.

6.Any time daily overtime rules are edited, you will need to recalculate wage details for the rule to affect current data.

 

Deleting a Daily Overtime Rule

To delete a daily overtime rule, highlight the rule by clicking on it once, then click on the Delete link.  Make certain that the daily overtime rule is not currently tied to any records.  If associated to records, it may not be deleted.  You may want to deactivate it instead.

 

Deactivating a Daily Overtime Rule

1.Double click on the record or highlight it and click on the Edit link.

2.Uncheck the Active box.

3.Click the OK button.

4.Click the Save button.

 

Removing a Row from the Daily Overtime Rule

1.Double click on the record or highlight it and click on the Edit link.

2.Highlight the record you want to delete by clicking on it once.

3.Click the Remove Row(s) button.

4.Click the Save button.

 

 

 

 

 

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