Available for the following Payroll plans: Standard, Premium, Core Payroll
Available for the following user access levels: Admin
You can add breaks to timesheets in the payroll platform to ensure you record the correct number of working hours. You can access this feature via Timesheets. Breaks can be recorded on the platform as paid or unpaid.
Getting started
- Log in to your payroll platform.
- Access timesheets depending on your user type (manager/employee):
- You can add breaks by clicking in the Breaks section and inputting a start time.
- To enter a time of 9:00AM, you can simply type 9a and it will recognise it as 9:00am. Similarly, for example, 530p will be recognised as 5:30pm.
- Select whether it is a paid or unpaid break. This setting will be shown if “Enable employees to include both paid and unpaid breaks in their timesheet" is enabled in Payroll Settings > Timesheets.
- If you need to enter multiple breaks, click the Pencil icon on the right-hand side and the timesheet editor interface will be shown.
- Click the green Add button to add another break.
- Next, select if a break is paid or unpaid.
- Once you are satisfied, click Apply.
After you have saved the break times, you will notice that the hours under the "Duration" heading will change according to the break times that you have entered. So an 8 hour duration will automatically become a 7 hour duration after a lunch break of 1 hour has been entered.
Once a timesheet has been submitted, you can go back and edit breaks that have been applied. Simply click on "Approve Timesheets" in the Employees menu.
From here, you can either approve, reject, or edit the timesheet. Click the small "pencil" icon on the far right of the particular timesheet that you need to edit. This will open up the timesheet editor.