This feature introduces a new Break Hours field within shift configuration and enhances the Workboard by displaying both Shift Break Hours and Forecasted Hours.
It ensures users can define unpaid break durations within shifts and allows payroll and operational teams to quickly understand expected labor hours without needing manual calculations.
Why it matters
- Provides clear visibility into unpaid break allocations.
- Improves accuracy in forecasting labor costs.
- Improves auditing activities when reviewing actual work hours vs expected work hours in the Workboard.
- Ensures consistency across scheduling, job management, and assignment workflows.
Key client benefits
- Enhanced efficiency in scheduling and payroll review.
- More precise labor hour forecasting.
- Reduced errors caused by manual calculations.
- Improved transparency of shift structures across modules.
Functionality
Where the Feature Appears in Zenople
The new Break Hours field has been added to shift forms across multiple Zenople applications, including:
- JSM → Schedule → Edit Schedule → Add Shift Form
- TJM → Edit Job → Shift
- NCO/CMS → Job Position → Shift
- AMS → Assignment Edit → Shift
- CMS → Schedule Job → Add Schedule → Add Shift Form
- JSM (+) Add Schedule Job Path
- Contact Portal → Add Job
Break Hours – New Field
- A new field labeled "Break Hours" is available on the shift.
- Located after the Dispatch Time field.
- Accepts numerical decimal values (e.g., 0.5, 1.0).
- Not mandatory; existing shifts function without requiring this value.
- Includes system validation to ensure:
- Break Hours cannot exceed the difference between shift start time and end time.
Workboard Enhancements
Two new columns are added to Workboard transactions:
- Shift Break Hours
- Directly displays the value entered in the Break Hours field on the shift.
- Forecasted Hours
- Automatically calculated as:
- (Shift End Time – Shift Start Time) – Shift Break Hours value
- Supports overnight shifts.
- Displays blank if Shift Break Hours value is missing or invalid.
- In the case of Job Schedules, values are based on Job Schedule Start and End Time, which may result in a negative value where break hours exceed the schedule duration.
- Shift Break Hours are not calculated within the Workboard; only displayed.
- Automatically calculated as:
Additional Notes
- This enhancement does not impact page loading, performance, or existing workflows.
- Actual Break Out and Break In punches are not impacted and calculate actual time worked as expected.
- Existing shifts without defined Break Hours continue operating normally.
- Forecasted Hours may appear as negativein rare cases where:
- Job Schedule time range is shorter than the defined Break Hours.
- No additional configuration is required; the fields appear automatically in the listed modules.
- Forecast calculations fully support shifts crossing midnight.