Break and Lunch Tracking

It is becoming increasingly important to ensure and document that employees have taken adequate breaks and lunches.

In addition to documenting breaks and lunches, ShopClock allows specification of the maximum length of paid breaks and the minimum length of lunch breaks.

ShopClock also makes it very easy to determine which employees are clocked In, On a Break, or Taking Lunch.

If lunch and/or break tracking is enabled, employees are asked why they are clocking out. The answer requires only a single click.

If the employee is clocking out for a break, an OnBreak session is immediately started. When the employee returns and clocks back in the breaks session is ended and an "HoursWorked" session is started at the clock in time. The OnBreak session will not be longer than the Maximum Length of Paid Breaks.

Employees clocking out for lunch will not be able to clock back in until the minimum length of the the lunch period has expired, although the administrator can end the lunch period early if necessary.

Anyone can determine who is currently clocked in, on break, or at lunch by clicking on one of the four choices located above the employee list.

The top choice "List all Employees" causes all active employees who can clock in and out on this ShopClock instance to be listed.

When the filter is toggled on, the employee list can be limited to names that match the characters that are entered in the filter box. This can be used when the list of employees is very long.

Break tracking is optional. To enable break tracking, check the box to enable break tracking, and enter the maximum length of paid breaks in the box. If the Track Breaks box is not checked the for a break option is not available when employees clock out.

Lunch tracking is also optional, and is enabled by checking the Track Lunch box. When an employee is at lunch the "AtLunch" column in the Add/Edit/Select Employees grid of the Admin window is set to "Yes", and the employee will not be allowed to clock back in until the Minimum lunch duration expires or the administrator changes the "Yes" to a "No" in the AtLunch column.

Auto Lunches

The Auto Lunch feature was designed for use when employees are away from the office and cannot clock out for lunch. When the Auto lunches are applied a lunch period is added to every day that the employee worked over a set number of hours without taking a lunch break. Auto lunches can be applied by the administrator when the pay period is processed or,when the employee clocks out at the end of the day.