Break Policies

You can configure a default break policy and add more break policies and to assign them to different contracts. This means staff can be entitled to different breaks depending on their contract (and with multiple contracts they can be using different break policies for different skills).

Access the break policy management under System > Absence and Breaks > Break Policies. You will see your existing default policy that you can edit along with options to add a new policy.

Break policies are made up of groups; each group covers a length of shift. So if you want a break policy for any shifts over 6 hours, create a group with the shift lengths set to 6 hours and 1 minute (so over 6 hours) and choose a maximum length. This can be very long to cover all shift lengths.

Note: to prevent confusion, ensure your break groups do not overlap.

Once you have a group set up, you can add breaks to that group. Each break has a duration and a note stating whether it’s paid or not.

You can then choose which break policy applies under each contract within the Breaks tab.