Schedules and Shifts in TimeIPS


  1. What types of schedules can TimeIPS track?
  2. Can TimeIPS send alerts when schedules are not being followed?
  3. Can TimeIPS help employees follow their schedule?
  4. Can TimeIPS round, snap and adjust time automatically?
  5. What is the difference between a schedule and a shift?
  6. Can employees be paid different amounts for working special shifts?
  7. Does TimeIPS have the ability to allocate and schedule labor automatically?

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What types of schedules can TimeIPS track?
TimeIPS can track weekly scheduled hours and daily arrival, lunch and departure times. Schedules can repeat weekly, or on a set number of weeks such as every 2, 3, or 4 weeks. Or, schedules can be configured without any kind of repeat for employees with irregular work hours.

In addition TimeIPS can track scheduled weekly hours, with settings for the day and hour that employees start their week.

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Can TimeIPS send alerts when schedules are not being followed?
Yes. TimeIPS includes alerts that can be set per employee per day to notify of early, late, or missing punches.

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Can TimeIPS help employees follow their schedule?
Absolutely. TimeIPS can help employees follow their schedule by signaling them when they clock and/or emailing them when they've violated their schedule. Also, employees can receive their schedule for the coming week by email, or by logging into the TimeIPS server web page.

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Can TimeIPS round, snap and adjust time automatically?
TimeIPS offers a wide range of time rounding, snapping and adjustments.

  • Rounding can be done by the 1/100th hour, minute, 2 minute 20/th hour (3 minute), 5 minute, 10/th hour (6 minute), 10 minute, 15 minute, and more.
  • Snapping can be done for any range of time, moving the time to any snap point. For example, employee's clocking between 7:35AM and 8:00AM can have the clock in snapped to 8:00AM. Clock in and clock out rules are configured separately for the maximum flexibility.
  • Automatic job changes, clock-ins and clock-outs can all be configured to meet scheduling needs.
  • Minimum breaks can be configured to prevent employees from returning from lunch or break too soon.
  • Advanced schedules can be created to take a wide variety of actions including clocking in/out, deducting time, sending alerts and using benefits. Actions can be a set amount, or can make an adjustment up to, but not exceeding a set amount, daily or weekly schedule. Triggers for advanced schedules include many options such as being clocked in, or not clocked in, for specified time but not more than a specified time, in a specified range, on or not on specific jobs, and/or if using specific benefits and/or holidays.

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What is the difference between a schedule and a shift?
A schedule defines when an employee is expected to be working. A shift is used to designate that work between certain hours and/or on certain days needs to be treated differently.

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Can employees be paid different amounts for working special shifts?
Shifts include the ability to designate special pay for work. Pay can be a set amount, a differential amount, and/or a differential percentage. Pay can be set to overtime or doubletime as well, and that time can be counted or not counted toward the requirements for earning overtime/doubletime for other reasons during the week.

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Does TimeIPS have the ability to allocate and schedule labor automatically?
TimeIPS allows schedules to be entered and assists with the enforcement and alerts for schedule violations. TimeIPS does not include an allocation engine to automatically create schedules. External schedules can be imported into TimeIPS for enforcement and alerts.