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If a schedule has been broken into multiple records due to shift boundaries or splitting records at midnight, break time will be proportionally applied to each record.NOTE:
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| If you apply break time in excess of the actual length of the schedule, when calculating Billing or Payroll the hours will simply be reduced to zero. Breaks will never cause negative hours to be billed or paid. |
Caregiver Recorded Breaks
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Consider and compare the following examples. The first Schedule has no breaks applied, and is the classic case of a Live-In schedule credited 16 hours for payroll for a 24 hour Live-In. The other schedules all have varying amounts of break time applied. Note that in all cases the configuration of the Rate Type remains unchanged - to credit 16 hours for a 24 hour Live-In, as this is still used in calculating the final amount from the pay hours and rate, that is, the Live-In rate will still be based off an expected 16 hours.
| Schedule 1 | Schedule 2 | Schedule 3 | Schedule 4 | |
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| Schedule Hours* | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Break Hours | N/A | 8 | 5 | 10 |
| Payroll Hours** | 16 | 16 | 19 | 14 |
| Live-In Rate | $200 | $200 | $200 | $200 |
| Amount | $200 | $200 | $237.50 | $125 |
(* Finalized "Pay" hours from the schedule | ** Hours on the actual calculated payroll record(s))
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