(Article in progress) Here we explain the configuration options for the "Time Tracking" function (or "Check-In" in Switzerland).
Automatic Breaks
In the shift plan settings, it is possible to activate automatic break times. If no breaks are entered for an employee on a given day, the legally required break time will be automatically assumed. This makes sense if your employees reliably take their breaks of the correct length spontaneously during the day without wanting to schedule them in advance. However, we recommend planning fixed breaks or always recording breaks when they are taken spontaneously.
If the function is active, you can recognize this by the asterisk markings in the evaluation:
If you do not want this function, you can disable it completely in the Shift Plan Settings. If you want to use this function only in the shift plan, but not in time tracking, you can activate the corresponding option in the Settings tab of time tracking:
Count Work Time Gaps as Work Time
If, as in the example above on the right side, you represent breaks by 2 or more work times in the calendar, you have the option to decide how the recording behaves. In the "Settings" tab of time tracking, you will find the "Work Time Gaps" option.
If this option is disabled, the full break time is always assumed, regardless of whether team members only log out and log back in for 10 minutes during a one-hour break. So if you want the exact logged-in time to be calculated when using multiple work times, activate this option. If a team member does not log out at all during the gap, it will then be counted as overtime.