You can create overtime categories to break down overtime hours worked by your employees.
Click your name in the top right, then click Settings.
On the settings menu click Timesheets, then click Overtime.
Click Add new category
Name the overtime category.
Specify an overtime range – This range of hours is tracked after the working pattern. If you type in, for example, 0 and 2, then the first two hours of overtime work will fall into this category.
Select what type of days the overtime category will apply on:
Working days - Days that have prefilled hours from working pattern or shift scheduling
Non-working days and holidays - Days that do not have prefilled hours or are public holidays
Custom working days - Days that have been specified in the working pattern
Click Save.
Example
Example
James has a working pattern that makes an 8-hour working day. This working pattern applies every day, from Monday to Friday. His Sage HR account has the following Overtime categories created:
If James would work 10 hours (8h of his contracted hours and 2h as overtime), then his manager would then pay him for a full-day work as well as for 2 hours extra, according to Rate 1 - this is because these hours would be categorised in the Overtime category named Rate 1.
Now, if James works 2 hours more on the same day (making the 4 hours of overtime and 12 hours of work in total), then the last 2 hours would get categorised as Rate 2.
Eventually, if James would come to work on Sunday (as we agreed earlier, James has a standard working week, Monday to Friday, therefore Sunday is not a working day in his working pattern), then all of his working time would be rated at Weekend & Holiday Rate automatically.
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