7.6 Breaks

Breaks

All breaks need to be configured in the Breaks configuration window before applying them in this tab. You can double-click on a break in the Breaks tab to open the configuration window for editing, or right-click and Edit, or access it from the Setup menu. Breaks will be one of two types: Unpaid (automatic) or Paid.

JT applies Paid breaks by calculating time between breaks (off-duty time) then checking for the longest break and allocating the longest Paid break first, and then doing the same for subsequent shorter duration lengths.

With all automatic breaks the ‘From’ and ‘To’ times are disabled, as automatic breaks will deduct the Total Duration from all Allocations that allow auto breaks to deduct from them (see the Breaks and Allocations tabs under Day Programs). These automatic breaks will be deducted as soon as the predefined conditions have been met, (time worked between the ‘minimum’ and ‘maximum’ amount of time specified in the break parameters).

If a different amount of time needs to be automatically deducted based on the amount of time an employee is at work, you can add more than one automatic break. Each auto break should have a different amount of time required to work before the break is deducted. Jarrison Time will only use the first eligible automatic break and ignore the rest.

The ‘From’ and ‘To’ times will only be enabled with Paid breaks and will allow the employee to clock out for the duration of the break time, anywhere between the ‘From’ and ‘To’ ranges set here.

Day programs with breaks should preferably have shift start and end times. Breaks should not be applied to after-hours times e.g. an employee leaving site and later returning, JT would consider this as a break.

In the example below there are two breaks used, the automatic break deducts 30 minutes while the paid break allows the employee 30 minutes of break time anywhere between 11:00 and 14:00. This is useful in the event of employees taking staggered breaks. This break only allows for 30 minutes break time, thereafter JT will deduct any additional break time. If an employee does not clock for lunch with the above configuration, JT will still deduct 30 minutes. (This works well when employees might or might not clock out for lunch.)

If employees always clock for lunch and are not penalized when they don’t clock for lunch, then no lunch break is necessary in this tab, as they will lose time for their clocked lunch duration.

If employees are required to clock for paid break times and/or toilet times, add a Paid break for the break range.

Smoke breaks may also be necessary if the employees clock for these breaks and are paid for a certain number of minutes.

By using control- or shift-select to select lines they can be copied by clicking ‘Copy Item/s’ to copy into memory and then add into the Breaks tab of another Day Program by clicking ‘Paste Item/s’.

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