Shift work refers to any work schedule that falls outside the traditional office hours. Shift work can include evening, night, and early morning shifts. Shift work may also include rotating schedules.  

Here are a few examples. 

• Continuous (24 hours/day, 7 days a week)

• Discontinuous (24 hours/day, 5 days a week - 3 shift systems)

• Day/Afternoon only (2 shift system)

• Fixed shifts (typically 5 days/week)

• Rotating shifts (almost all 7 days rosters)

• Irregular hours

• Early start or graveyard shifts

You can set up Connect Payroll to calculate payroll checks for employees who work a shift instead of normal office hours. The Shift table stores the days in the shift and the number of hours the shift employee is expected to work each day. When you calculate benefits or checks, Connect will use the time entry from the shift schedule to calculate the employee and employer amounts. In version 2021.11 or later, you do not need to manually update the shift beginning dates. The shift beginning updates will be updated when you print the Shift report or run the Update Payroll routine.  

If you need assistance, contact customer service at (800) 228-9851. 

What's new?

• 2021.11. Makes it easier to set up multiple shifts and removes the need to manually update the shift beginning and end date with the beginning of each pay period. The shift beginning and ending dates will be updated when you run the Shift report in Timekeeping or run the Update Payroll routine. 

Adding a new shift

1. Open Connect  Timekeeping Organization Shifts. 

2. Click New (CTRL+N). 

3. Enter the following fields. 

Shifts

Shift number (A)

The next available shift number is assigned. You can choose a different shift number if you need to. 

Description (B)

Enter the shift name. For example, Fire - A, Fire - B, Police - A, Police -B. 

Begin date (C)

Enter the date the shift begins. Connect will use the begin date to assign the shift schedule. 

Days in the shift (D)

Enter the number of days in the shift. 

Defaults (E)

Assign the default task and activity to hours worked by a shift worker.  

Default hours

Enter the default hours the employee will work on each day in the shift. To change the number of days in the shift, edit the Days In the Shift box. 

Default hours 

4. Click Save (CTRL+S). 

The new shift is saved. 

Adding a shift to an employee position

The shift is linked to the employee position, which you can update using Modify Existing Employees in the Connect Timekeeping. Unlike most things that you can update in Connect Timekeeping or Connect Payroll, you can only update the shift that's tied to an employee position in the Connect Timekeeping application. Open Modify Existing Employees and then navigate to the Positions tab Positions tab. Use the Shift box to assign a shift to the employee position. 

Modify Existing Employees, Positions tab

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