This article discusses the Period overtime pay rule calculations as part of Deputy's Pay Rate Builder.
Before you begin, please read about adding and editing pay rule calculations
- Description
- Example use case
- Supported rule types
- Outputs
- Configurable parameters (standard)
- Configurable parameters (advanced)
Description
The Period overtime pay rule triggers for all time worked beyond a certain number of hours in a defined period. This counts penalty and overtime hours worked as a base rate only.
IMPORTANT: Deputy requires the business recalculation setting to be turned on for this calculation type to work correctly. Please read Recalculating approved timesheets.
Example use case
Period Overtime triggers for a team member when:
- Working more than 40 hours in a week
- Working more than 76 hours in a fortnight
- Working more than a certain number of hours every 10 days
Supported rule types
This rule is only available as a base rate. Each minute of a timesheet is assigned a base rate to fill it, depending on whether it meets the rules criteria and the priority of these rules.
Outputs
Returns the amount of hours/units worked after reaching the threshold.
Configurable parameters (standard)
These are the standard fields you can configure in a Period Overtime pay rule calculation
Name | Defines the name of the pay rule |
Daily Overtime Threshold |
Used for period overtime calculation in case daily overtime rule and period overtime rule are applied together. Set to the lowest value of daily overtime. If not applicable, enter 0. |
Period Overtime Threshold | Number of base ordinary and penalty hours worked in the period before this rule starts triggering. |
Overtime Period |
The time period used to calculate overtime. If Default is selected, system will default to the following based on your plan: This can also be set to a custom number of days or weeks. |
First day of the overtime period |
Anchor date for calculating period overtime. Important: This will not calculate before this date - Deputy recommends putting this date in several periods in the past. |
Pay rate |
Can be configured as a multiple of the employee’s base rate or as a flat rate:
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Export code | Defines if this pay rule should be exported to payroll. If yes, they can also define a code for the rule. |
Overtime period |
Defines the period that Deputy checks to see if the hours have been exceeded in. If Default is selected, the pay period will revert to the default settings for the account. This is weekly based on location start date or based on agreed hours for Premium accounts, and based on the Pay Period for Enterprise accounts. A custom number of weeks and days can also be set. |
First day of the overtime period |
The anchor date when the first overtime period begins. This pay rule will not trigger before this date. Deputy recommends setting a date in a past pay period. |
Days of the week this calculation applies |
Defines which days of the week this rule applies to. For example, if Saturday and Sunday are selected, only parts of the timesheet overlapping Saturday and Sunday are calculated with this rule. |
Time of the day this calculation applies |
Defines which part of the day this rule is applicable to. By default this is all day. However, it can be used to define a portion of a day (eg. a defined night shift, such as 6pm-6am). If this is done, only those parts of the timesheet overlapping this are calculated. |
Public holiday |
Select whether this pay rule applies:
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Configurable parameters (advanced):
These are the advanced fields you can configure in a Period Overtime pay rule calculation
Apply pay rule to unscheduled shifts |
Defines how the pay rule interacts with scheduled and unscheduled shifts:
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Pay portion rule |
Generally, an hourly rate will be assigned according to the exact hours that are matched, however, it is possible to enforce an hourly rate for a full shift even if it only matches a minor or major portion of that shift. Deputy recommends using the Exact Hours option in most cases. |
Rate type |
Categorises the pay rule as Overtime, Ordinary, Penalty or Non-Payable time. These are used to define time worked for other calculation types (for example, Periodic Overtime counts Ordinary and some penalty hours towards it). |
Rate tag |
A custom value that can be applied to the timesheets. Deputy recommends only using this if advised by your implementation consultant. |
Areas |
Will only apply this rule to areas selected in the drop down. By default, all areas are selected. |
Clock in and out requirements |
For this rule to apply, the team member must clock in and clock out within the defined periods. By default this is midnight to midnight (ie. any time is allowed.) |
Custom Timesheet Fields |
With this, the rule will only apply if particular values are selected in the custom timesheet field questions. Note that only List and Boolean questions are available. Read more at Creating custom timesheet fields for shift questions. |
Custom Shift Fields: |
This rule will only apply if particular values are selected in the custom shift fields in the schedule. Note that only List and Boolean questions are available. Read more at: Creating custom shift fields |
Custom Employee Fields (Enterprise Accounts Only) |
This rule will only apply if particular values are selected in the employee’s custom fields (for example, job position). Note that only List and Boolean fields are available. Read more about setting up employee fields. This is an Enterprise plan only feature. |