Set up Lunch & Breaks in ProPunch

One lunch and up to five breaks can be configured on the Lunch & Breaks tab. To configure a Lunch/Break rule, check the box to activate the rule and then click the Edit icon to configure the settings.

Notes:

•  It is the administrator's responsibility to research any federal and/or state laws that may apply to your organization.
• Once a lunch or break is enabled, its settings must be configured before the Pay Calculations profile can be saved.

Type of Lunch/Break

The Type of Lunch/Break setting allows the application to appropriately identify the various gaps of time between time entries in a day as either a lunch or a break. Once a lunch/break is identified, applicable rounding, deductions, and paid settings will be applied.

• Fixed – lunch/break begins and end between time X and time Y.
• Duration- lunch/break may start between <X hours:minutes> and <Y hours:minutes> After First In or Shift Start.
• Time of Day-lunch may start between <X> and <Y>.
• Deduct additional time if lunch taken is shorter than lunch deduction.

 

Paid Lunch/Break

These settings only apply if the employee punches OUT for the lunch/break and Type of Lunch/Break settings are configured.

• Maximum Amount Paid – the maximum amount of time that can be paid for this lunch/break. If the employee takes a longer lunch/break, only the maximum amount specified will be paid. If the employee takes a lunch/break shorter than the maximum amount, only the actual amount taken will be paid.
• Time Worked (On The Clock) Is Greater Than – Set this option if the employee must work a number of hours before the lunch/break is paid.
• Duration From First IN To Last OUT Is Greater Than – Set this option if the duration between the first IN punch and the last OUT punch must be a specific value before the lunch/break is paid.

To configure lunch & breaks, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the ProPunch application with an administrator profile.
2. Click on Company Setup >> Pay Calculations >> Lunch & Breaks
3. Click the box for Lunch or Breaks.
4. Click Edit.
5. Enter the lunch or break duration (HH:MM).
6. Select Auto Lunch Deduction
   • Deduct Lunch Duration if Employee does Not Punch Out For Lunch/Break-Select this option if the Lunch/Break Duration should be automatically deducted from hours worked if the employees does not punch out for the lunch/break.
   • Time Worked (On The Clock) is Greater Than-Set this option if the employee must work a number of hours before the auto deduction occurs.
   • Duration From First IN To Last OUT is Greater Than-Set this option if the duration between the first IN punch and the last OUT punch must be a specific value before the auto deduction occurs.

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