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Flexible Hours Shift Setup

Last updated on Sep 03, 2024

1 - After Filling in the required Information for the Attendance Policy Click On "Next"

2 - Click on "Add New" to add a new Absence Rule to the Attendance Policy

3 - Fill in the required Information as follows

3.1 - Occurrence: The sequence of absences, ranging from the first to the tenth instance. After each absence, the next rule is applied until all absences have been accounted for, with the final defined absence rule being applied last.

3.2 - Compensation Type : Defines how the absence will be compensated. It can be either deducted from the employee's leave balance of a specific type or deducted from the employee's salary through a predefined deduction classified as 'Attendance.'

3.3 - Leave Type / Pay Element : In case 'From Leave' was chosen in the previous field , you should choose the leave type where the leave balance will be deducted from, but

when 'From Payroll' is chosen the pay element that should be deducted from should be chosen

3.4 - Compensation Days: Number of days that should be compensated due to absence

4 - After Filling in the required details for the absence rule click on 'Save Changes'

5 - Repeat from Step 3 to add another Absence Rule then Click on 'Next'

6 - Click on 'Add New' to add a Miss Out Rule

7 - Fill in the required details as follows

7.1 - Occurrence: The sequence of absences, ranging from the first to the tenth instance. After each absence, the next rule is applied until all absences have been accounted for, with the final defined absence rule being applied last.

7.2 - Compensation Type : Defines how the Miss Out will be compensated. It can be either deducted from the employee's leave balance of a specific type or deducted from the employee's salary through a predefined deduction classified as 'No Departure.'

7.3 - Leave Type / Pay Element : In case 'From Leave' was chosen in the previous field , you should choose the leave type where the leave balance will be deducted from, but

when 'From Payroll' is chosen ; choose the pay element that should be deducted from

7.4 - Compensation Days: Number of days that should be compensated due to Miss Out

8 - Click 'Save Changes' to save changes done to Miss Out Rule

9 - Repeat from Step 6 to add another Miss Out Rule then Click on 'Next'

10 - Click on 'Add New' to add a Shift

11 - Fill in the required Details of Shift as follows

11.1 - Name in English: Shift Name in English Language that should be unique for each and every shift

11.2 -Name in Arabic : Shift Name in Arabic Language

11.3 - Day Start Time : Attendance for that shift starts from that time

11.4 - Day End Time : Day Leave for that Shift starts from that time

11.5 - Duration In Hours: Auto Calculated as Difference between Day start Time and Day End Time in Hours but could be altered to indicate the required duration that the employee MUST attend during a day

11.6 - Duration In Minutes: Same as 'Duration in Hours' but with a difference in Time Units

11.7 - Weekends: Weekend Days for that Shift where attendance is not required and if an employee attends during these days and a weekend overtime rule was defined the Weekend Overtime Rule will be applied to that employee

11.8 - Compensate Shortage: Triggered to be "ON" or "OFF" to indicate the Attendance Shortage applying to that Shift or not

Example: If an employee attends 30 mins after his/her indicated shift start time, he/she should compensate these 30 mins before leaving

11.9 - Deduction Pay Element: If "Compensate Shortage" is set to "ON" when a shortage occurs, select the pay element from the deductions classified as "Attendance Shortage" to deduct the shortage amount.

12 - Click on 'Overtime Details' to define how to calculate overtime

13 - Click on 'Add New' to add a new Overtime Rule

14 - Fill in Overtime Details as follows

14.1 - Overtime Type: either 'Working Day After Sunset' , 'Working Day before Sunset' , 'Public Holiday' Or 'Weekend' to indicate the Overtime Type

14.2 - Compensation Type: Defines how the Overtime will be compensated. It can be either added to the employee's leave balance of a specific type or entitled to the employee's salary through a predefined Entitlement classified as 'Overtime'

14.3 - Leave / Pay Element: In case 'From Leave' was chosen in the previous field, you should choose the leave type where the leave balance will be added to, but

when 'From Payroll' is chosen ; choose the pay element that should be entitled to

14.4 - Start Time : Start Time of considering the employee as OverTime

14.5 - End Time: Maximum Boundary where the Employee can do Overtime

14.6 - Duration: Number of Hours that is considered for the employee when he/she overtimes

15 - After Finalizing the Overtime Details click on 'Save'

16 - Repeat from step 13 to add other Overtime Rules and when done click on 'Save Shift'

17 - After Finalizing all the required Shifts click on 'Next' to save the Attendance Policy you have created