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Working time rules — Time off use cases
Working time rules — Time off use cases

Find use cases for the different working time rules that you can create if you want your employees to take adequate time off between shifts.

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Written by Saad Saeed
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🎯 For Admins. Find here How to set up Working time rules.

If you want to see Working time rules that are used to keep track of how much your employees work, click on Working time rules - Use cases.

Under Settings > Schedule > Working time rules > Create, you can find a list of the Working time rules related to time off between shifts.

  • Hours off between shifts: Use this rule to monitor and ensure a minimum number of hours off work, in the interval between an employee's scheduled shifts.


Hours off between shifts

If you want to ensure a minimum number of off-hours between scheduled shifts, you can use the Hours off between shifts rule.


​In the following example, FOH management staff are guaranteed 11 hours off between shifts but may break this rule in case of a paid off-site meeting.


Group of days off in a period of time

If you want to set guaranteed days off after a period of working weeks, you can use the Group of days off in a period of time rule.


​In this example, Waiters are guaranteed 2 weekends off for a period of 4 weeks.

In that case, when you specify a 4-week period in the Within a period of field, the days are calculated starting from the date the shift is created and continuing for 4 weeks ahead, rather than from Monday to Sunday.


Continuous hours off in a period of time

There might be instances where you must ensure a minimum successive number of rest hours that an employee must take in a period of time. You can set this up using the Continuous hours off in a period of time rule.

​For example, all employees must have 28 consecutive hours off within a 2-week period if they are working.

In that case, when you specify a 2-week period in the Within a period of field, the hours are calculated starting from the date the shift is created and continuing for two weeks ahead, rather than from Monday to Sunday.


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