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Create a working pattern

Create working patterns in Sage HR to define employees' working hours and shifts. You can use working patterns for full-time, part-time, and multiweek schedules.

Written by Oliver Cook

Working patterns define an employee's working hours for each working day. Sage HR automatically assigns the Full-time working pattern to new employees. You can edit this pattern or create more patterns for different shifts and working schedules.

📎NOTE: An employee's working pattern doesn't show non-working days on the calendar. Only non-working days set within an employment status appear on the calendar.


Add a working pattern

  1. Go to Settings.

  2. Select Employee data.

  3. Select Employment statuses and Working patterns.

  4. Scroll to Working patterns.

  5. Click Add working pattern.

  6. Enter a name for the working pattern.

  7. Select the Working pattern length. For example, one week, two weeks or up to eight weeks.

    📌TIP: How you create a multiweek working pattern.

  8. If required, enable the overtime option.

  9. Select the working days.

  10. Enter the start and end times for each working day.

  11. If required, enter break start and end times.

  12. Review the total hours shown for the pattern at the bottom.

  13. Click Save.


Available actions

After you create a working pattern, you can:


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