Fixed meal break policy

In this topic, you'll learn how to configure a fixed meal break policy. If you activate a fixed meal policy, a fixed meal break duration is subtracted from the employee timelog. For example, if the employee has logged 5 hours of work, and the break duration is set to 1 hour, the break duration is subtracted from the employee's logged hours, resulting in 4 logged hours.

The fixed meal break policy is configured under Administration () > Settings > Meal & Rest Break. The following settings are available:

• Duration. The duration of the break.
• Minimum timelog duration. The minimum timelog duration required for the break policy to be applied.
• Default for all newly created job sites. If this checkbox is selected, the configured break settings are only applied to newly created job sites, not affecting existing job sites.

Auto-apply when working across multiple job sites

When an employee works across multiple job sites in a single day, and auto-apply is enabled, the system evaluates the Minimum timelog duration setting against the employee's total daily worked time across all job sites, rather than against each timelog individually. Worked time is calculated using the same method described in Daily worked time.

If the employee's job sites have different fixed meal break settings, the settings of the first job site where the employee punched in for that day apply.