Configuring Reduction Sets

To specify reduction set parameters:

  1. Open the Reduction Sets form.
  2. Select a blank line or an existing reduction set from the grid at left.
  3. In the header, define the reduction set code and provide a brief description for the reduction set.
  4. Specify this information for each break period:
    Type
    Specify a reduction set type. Normal is the default value and the only available value in this version of Time Track.
    Functions
    Define the reduction as a Clock, Lunch, or Break transaction.
    Paid
    Specify whether the employee is to be paid for the break. For example, a reduction set might specify that regular breaks are paid, but not lunches.
  5. Specify Start Time and End Time values. For unpaid breaks, jobs that occur during a reduction time will have the duration of the reduction deducted from the overall duration of the job. For clockable reductions, the start and end time mark the point of reference for clock-in rules associated with the reduction.
  6. The Payroll Time Code is not used in this version of Time Track.
    • Optionally, specify a Task Code value. If reduction set time will be posted to ERP, enter the task code under which reduction hours should post to ERP.
    • If you select Clockable, the reduction is clockable and the employee is expected to clock out, lunch out, or break out at the specified start time of the reduction, and the employee is expected to clock in, lunch in, or break in at the end time of the reduction. Always configure clockable breaks as Paid. If the employee does not clock out for a break, then no reduction occurs. Clock-in rules are defined for employee types and are applied to the reduction start and end times in a similar fashion as the clock-in rules applied to shift start and end times.
    • If you select Exclude Absences, the duration of the reduction will be deducted from absence hours that occur during the defined times of the reduction. If you do not select Exclude Absences, no reduction occurs.
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