What’s Auto Lunch?
At many companies, hourly employees are not paid for the time they take for
lunch. Without TimePilot's Auto Lunch feature, employees would have to clock out for lunchtime, then clock back
in when they returned to work. With the Auto Lunch feature turned on for an
individual employee, the TimePilot software assumes that if the
employee is on the clock for a certain number of hours (which you'll determine), he or she has taken a lunch
break. The software
automatically inserts an "out" transaction and an "in" transaction separated by the
amount of time you'll specify. This eliminates the
need for the employee to clock out for lunch and back in again when he or she returns.
First, you'll set up the amount of time the employee must work before Auto Lunch can be used, then you'll enable it for individual employees.
To set up Auto Lunch, do the following:
Now you'll enable the Auto Lunch feature for individual employees.
An employee works a 7.5-hour shift, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with a half-hour unpaid lunch break. If Auto Lunch is not used, the employee must clock out and in for their lunch break. If Auto Lunch is set at 6 hours, Auto Lunch is triggered when the employee's worktime passes 6 hours, and he or she is automatically taken "off the clock" for a half hour. If it is set at 8 hours, the Auto Lunch feature is not triggered (the employee only worked 7.5 hours) and no lunch will be recorded unless the employee clocks out and in on his or her own.