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Rota, Time and Attendance: Overtime

Recording your people's overtime in their rota shifts

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Written by Russell
Updated over 2 weeks ago

This article is for Admin, HR & Finance users.

Accurately recording employee overtime is crucial for fair compensation and effective labour cost management.

Our Rota, Time, and Attendance add-on module now simplifies this process by allowing you to clearly distinguish and record shifts as overtime.

βœ… Eliminate manual overtime calculations for enhanced efficiency and time savings.

βœ… Empower managers with full visibility into overtime, enabling more accurate planning and optimised operations.

βœ… Finance departments can leverage a dedicated report for payroll, leading to smoother pay cycles.


Enable Overtime Shifts

To enable overtime shifts in your Rota, time and attendance add-on module, navigate to your Rota settings...

Configure > RTA Settings > Rota Settings

Tick the enable overtime shifts box


Record a rota shift as Overtime

With Overtime shifts enabled, you will now be able to record any shift as overtime by ticking the overtime box on the shift creation page.


Employee visibility

The employee will be able to see that their shift is listed as overtime in their employee dashboard. This will also appear for shifts that are offered by their colleagues.

Line managers will also have full visibility over their people's overtime.


Reporting on Overtime hours

Your finance team will now be able to run comprehensive reports, providing granular detail to accurately track all overtime worked.

This enhanced visibility empowers them with greater control over labour costs and ensures precise payroll processing.

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