Factory Productivity and Scheduling3 min read
Time Card Parameters
Empower can be set up to handle overtime rates. These act as an input into various reports - see below for the detail of which reports are affected.
To set up the over time rates,
- From the main menu go to Set Up > Advanced Set Up > Time Card.
You should see a page similar to
Three rates are allowed
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Regular Time
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Overtime 1 - this equates to time and a half - ie every hour worked will be calculated as 1.5 hours
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Overtime 2 - this equates to double time - ie every hour worked will be calculated as 2 hours.
- Select the day and enter the Regular Time, Overtime 1 and Overtime 2 values as highlighted below.
- Now click on Add. You should see something similar to
- What this means is that in the various reports mentioned below, on each Monday, the first 8 hours worked for each Employee will be at regular time, the next 2 hours will be at time and a half and thereafter will be at double time.
- Continue adding in times for your company - if you make a mistake simply click on Edit to Edit it, or Delete to delete the row. Once finished you should see something like
- This information is used as an input to the reports at
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Reports > Employee > Hours Worked > Time Card Analysis
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Reports > Employee > Hours Worked > Time Card Analysis (Leave Separated)
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Reports > Jobs > Values > All Job Costs Including OT - Summary, and
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Reports > Jobs > Values > All Job Costs Including OT - Details.