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Single Sign Shifts Setup

Last updated on Sep 03, 2024

1- After Filling in the Attendance Policy details Click on 'Next'


2 - Click on 'Add New' to create a new Excuse Rule


3 - Fill in the Excuse details as follows

3.1 - Excuse Name in English : Excuse Name in English Language that should be unique for every request and will appear when creating an Excuse Request for an employee having that Attendance Policy

3.2 - Excuse Name in Arabic : same as name in English but appears in Excuse Request when Language is set to 'Arabic'

3.3 - Maximum Hours : Upper Limit for hours in one excuse

3.4 - Maximum Requests: maximum number of Excuse requests the employee can create of that excuse type

3.5 - Reset Type : Balance Reset of that excuse , either Annual, Semi Annual, Quarterly Or Monthly

3.6 - Exuse Type : one of the following types

  • Payroll Deduction : requires selecting a pay element from pre-added pay elements with classification 'Excuse'

  • Full Paid : does not require any additional information

  • From Leave Balance : that excuse will be deducted from employee's leave balance and requires selecting a leave type to deduct from


4 - After Filling in the required Excuse Information click on 'Save Changes'


5 - Repeat from step 2 until all Exuses are added and then click on 'Next'


6 - Click on 'Add New' to create a new Absence Rule


7 - Fill in Absence Rule details as Follows

7.1 - Occurence : 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 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.'

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 the pay element that should be deducted from should be chosen

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


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


9 - Repeat from Step 6 to add another Absence 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 - Shift Start Time : Attendance for that shift starts from that time

11.4 - No Earlier Than : Employee cannot be out before that certain amount of Minutes

if employee is out before the new out time he/she will be considered as early out

11.5 - Allowed Shortage : allowed amount of minutes that doesn't need to be compensated for attendance Shortage

11.6 - No Later Than : employee can not leave after that amount of minutes added to the shift end time

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


12 - Revise on Shift details then click on 'Lateness Details' tab


13 - Click on 'Add New' to apply a new late rule on shift


14 - Fill in Late Rule Details as follows

14.1 - Compensation Type : Defines how the Lateness 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 'Late'

14.2 - 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 deducted from, but

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

14.3 - Compensation Days : Number of Days equivalent to that leave

14.4 - Occurence : The sequence of lates, ranging from the first to the tenth instance. After each late, the next rule is applied until all lates have been accounted for, with the final defined late rule being applied last.

14.5 - From : Minimum Boundary for late in minutes

14.6 - To : Maximum boundary for late in minutes


15 - After Filling in the required details for a late rule click on 'Save'


16 - Repeat from step 13 to add a new Late Rule then Click on 'Save Shift'


17- After Filling in the required details for the Shift Click On 'Next'