When the EBA type "Traditional Award" is selected, by default shifts are either:

This section allows you to add additional shift types:

By default, if a shift is not on Saturday, Sunday, or a Public Holiday, and it starts within the day timeframe, it will be assigned the Day shift type.

The Day shift type uses three different day rates:

The rate paid depends on the hourly limits set for the day.

You can customise when a different rate is applied by setting the 'Day ordinary hours limit' and the 'Day overtime hours limit'.

Note: When a 'Day shift' payroll shift type is assigned, it will only use Day payable hours, even if a shift starts in the Day timeframe and finishes in the Night timeframe.

Day payable hours = Day Ordinary, Day Overtime, and Day Extra Overtime.

By default, shifts that start within the night timeframe on weekdays (not Saturday, Sunday, or a Public Holiday) are assigned the Night shift type.

The Night shift type uses three different rates:

The rate paid depends on the hourly limits set for the night.

To customise when a different rate applies, set the 'Night ordinary hours limit' and 'Night overtime hours limit'.

Note: When a 'Night shift' payroll shift type is assigned, it will only use Night payable hours, even if a shift starts in the Night timeframe and finishes in the Day timeframe.

Night payable hours = Night Ordinary, Night Overtime, and Night Extra Overtime.

When a shift falls on Saturday, it will be assigned the Saturday shift type.

This is determined by the day of the week and does not take into account the "Week Breakdown" selection.

The Saturday shift type uses two different day rates:

The rate paid depends on the hourly limit for that day.

Set the 'Day overtime hours limit' to customise when a different rate is paid.

When a shift falls on Sunday, it will be assigned the Sunday shift type.

This is determined by the day of the week and does not take into account the "Week Breakdown" selection.

The Sunday shift type uses one day rate:

Public holidays are defined by Traffio.

You can find a list of public holidays under your depot:

Public holidays are assigned based on the state defined in the depot. A shift is automatically assigned a public holiday shift when it matches a date in the public holiday list of the booking depot.

Currently, you must have the 'Public Holiday' toggle turned on in the Payable Hours & Allowances Display Columns section.

All hours of the shift will be paid at the 'Public Holiday' rate, regardless of whether they occur during the day or night timeframe.

Shifts will be paid as follows:

When selected, 'Early Morning' shifts will be paid at the 'Day Overtime' rate from the time set in 'Early Morning shift start' to the time set in 'Day start'.

Note: The 'Early Morning shift end' field is disabled because it uses the 'Day start' time.

If the shift extends beyond this timeframe, it will follow the day shift timeframe and hour limits to allocate the relevant day rate.

When the 'Weekday shift' is inactive, pay runs will use either the day shift or night shift. This means that even if a shift starts in the Day timeframe and ends in the Night timeframe, it will still be considered a Day shift, with all hours allocated to Day Ordinary, Day Overtime, and Day Extra Overtime.

To use both Day and Night payable hours, enable the 'Use Weekday shift (Split Day/Night)' option. This will allow Traffio to calculate the payroll shift as a 'Weekday shift' instead of just 'Day shift' or 'Night shift'.

If a shift starts in the day and finishes at night, it will use Day Ordinary, Day Overtime, and Day Extra Overtime based on the hourly limits. Once the shift moves into the Night timeframe, the remaining hours will be assigned to Night hours, using the day hours already worked to calculate the night limits.

If a shift starts at night and finishes during the day, it will use Night Ordinary, Night Overtime, and Night Extra Overtime based on the hourly limits. Once the shift moves into the Day timeframe, the remaining hours will be allocated to Day hours, using the night hours already worked to calculate the day limits.

When inactive, shifts that start in the Day timeframe and finish in the Night timeframe will use all Day rates, then switch to the Night Overtime rate (and vice versa).

To use both Day and Night rates fully, toggle on the 'Simple Split Setting'.

'Weekday' payroll shift types will be replaced with 'Day' or 'Night' payroll shift types if the shift start time falls within specific hours.

A 'Double Time Override' shift will not be selected automatically.

If enabled, you can manually set the shift to the 'Double Time Override' payroll shift type in the pay run.

When the 'Double Time Override' payroll shift type is selected, all shift hours will be paid at the 'Day Extra Overtime' rate.

Note: Night payable hours are not used

A 'Call Back' shift will not be selected automatically.

If enabled, you can manually set the shift to the 'Call Back' payroll shift type in the pay run.

When the 'Call Back' payroll shift type is selected, hours will be allocated to 'Day Overtime' until the limit set in "Limit of 'Overtime' hours" is reached. Any remaining hours will then be placed into 'Day Extra Overtime'.

A call back occurs when an employee is called back to work after already finishing for the day.

Note: Night payable hours are not used

A 'Use 5 Night Shift' shift will not be selected automatically.

When enabled, shifts with the same EBA in a pay period, where five consecutive nights are worked, will be classified as '5 Night' shifts.

5 Night Shifts will bypass the 'Night Ordinary hrs limit' and use the '5 Night Ordinary Hours'.

The first hours within the '5 Night Ordinary hours limit' will count as 'Night Ordinary' hours, with the remaining hours as 'Night Extra Overtime'.

Shifts are included in the 5-night calculation if the payroll shift type is 'Night shift' or 'Weekday shift'.

Saturday, Sunday, and Public Holiday shifts count towards the 5 consecutive nights but keep their original payroll shift types.

A 'Don't Deduct Break from Night Shifts' shift will not be selected automatically.

When enabled, this will ensure that breaks are not deducted from a 'night shift'.

If the shift is considered a 'night' shift (usually from 6 pm to 6 am), no break deduction (e.g., 0.5 hours) will apply.

For example, on a day shift, working 6 hours would mean 5.5 hours of pay. On a night shift, you get the full 6 hours of pay.

If the settings allow a mix of night and day shifts, the break will be deducted only from the day part of the shift.

But, if the rule is set to "If you start a shift at night, it's always considered night," then no break will be deducted, as the entire shift is treated as night hours.