How It Works
By enabling this rule, your admin team can spend less time editing time cards to add meal breaks forgotten by your team. This rule will automatically add a meal break to a time card on clock out if it detects no meal break has been added by your team member. If a member enters a break shorter than the minimum break duration you set, it will automatically adjust their break time to meet the minimum.
How to set up a meal break rule
Click on the "+ ADD MEAL BREAK RULE". In the first HH:MM field enter the minimum break time your require in HH:MM format. For example 30 minutes, would be entered as, 00:30. In the second HH:MM field enter the minimum hours worked that you require in order for this rule to apply. For example 5 hours, would be entered as, 05:00.
There is also an option to add a Second Meal Break Rule if you have a requirement for your workforce to take a second meal break during their shift after a certain number of hours.
Meal & Rest Break Reminders
When configuring a meal break rule you also have the option to toggle on/off meal and rest break push notifications reminders.
Meal Break Reminders: This sends a meal break push notification with a reminder to take a meal break based on the meal duration and minimum work hours configured. For example, if you configured a 30min meal break being required after 5 hours of work, the meal break reminder will be delivered 30min before the 5hrs of work time is met.
Rest Break Reminders: This sends a rest break push notification reminder after 2hrs of work and then post 2hrs work after the first meal break is registered. Users are note required or able to enter rest break times on their time cards.
How meal break rules work
When any team member who has this rule applied attempts to clock out, the app will automatically insert a meal break at the time configured. A wand will appear if the break is auto applied with a description of the rule configured.
If a team member attempts to delete the break or apply a break duration that is below the minimum amount, an error will be displayed asking them to enter the meal break time required.
Once the team member has clocked out, if they have not entered a meal break time our app will automatically insert one based on the minimum amount of work hours configured. You'll see the following wand icon when a meal break is inserted:
FAQs
Can a team member clock out without a meal break if this rule is switched on?
No they can not. If this rule is switched on, on every time card created with the minimum hours configured a break for the minimum amount specified must be added in order to clock out.
Does the insert meal break rule work if the user is offline?
Yes it does. Meal break rules still work if a team member does not have an internet connection as we cache the last update we received. If you change the rule details while the team member is offline then the correct rules will not be applied as we require an internet connection to apply any updates.
Does this rule apply to admins or managers creating time cards on behalf of team members?
No it does not. The rule only applies when the team members themselves are clocking in.
What about the special California rules?
See more about the California reminders here.
See more about the time clock rules here: Time Clock Rules & Groups