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Payroll Shift types (Traditional Award)
Payroll Shift types (Traditional Award)

This article describes the different shift types and how they work.

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

This section allows you to add additional shift types:


Day shift

By default, when a shift is not 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;

  1. 'Day Ordinary'

  2. 'Day Overtime'

  3. 'Day Extra Overtime'

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

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

πŸ““ 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.

Example (not Saturday or Sunday)

Settings

Day ordinary hours limit = 8.00

Day overtime hours limit = 2.00

Shifts within the 'Day shift' time frame will be paid

  • the 'Day ordinary' rate for the first 8 hrs ('Day ordinary hours limit'),

  • then the 'Day overtime' rate for the next 2 hrs ('Day overtime hours limit'),

  • and finally, any hours after that will be charged the 'Day extra overtime' rate.

Example with shift

Settings

Day start = 06:00

Day end = 18:00

Day ordinary hours limit = 8.00

Day overtime hours limit = 2.00

Shift

Start = 06:00

End = 17:00

  • 06:00 - 14:00 (first 8 hours) = 'Day Ordinary' rate

  • 14:00 - 16:00 (next 2 hours) = 'Day Overtime' rate

  • 16:00 - 17:00 (any hours after) = 'Day Extra Overtime' rate


Night Shift

By default, when a shift is not Saturday, Sunday, or a Public Holiday and it starts within the night timeframe it will be assigned the Night shift type.

The Night shift type uses three different day rates;

  1. 'Night Ordinary'

  2. 'Night Overtime'

  3. 'Night Extra Overtime'

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

Set the 'Night ordinary hours limit' and the 'Night overtime hours limit' to customise when a different rate is paid.

Example (not Saturday or Sunday)

Settings

Night ordinary hours limit = 2.00

Night overtime hours limit = 6.00

Shifts within the 'Night shift' time frame will be paid

  • the 'Night ordinary' rate for the first 2 hrs ('Night ordinary hours limit'),

  • then the 'Day overtime' rate for the next 6 hrs ('Night overtime hours limit'),

  • and finally, any hours after that will be charged the 'Night extra overtime' rate.

Example with shift

Settings

Night start = 18:00

Night end = 05:00

Night ordinary hours limit = 2.00

Night overtime hours limit = 6.00

Shift

Start = 18:00

End = 03:00

  • 18:00 - 20:00 (first 2 hours) = 'Night Ordinary' rate

  • 20:00 - 02:00 (next 6 hours) = 'Night Overtime' rate

  • 02:00 - 03:00 (any hours after) = 'Night Extra Overtime' rate

πŸ““ 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.


Saturday Shift

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

This is based on the day of the week and does not consider the "Week Breakdown" selection.

The Saturday shift type uses two different day rates;

  1. 'Day Overtime'

  2. 'Day Extra Overtime'

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.

Example

Saturday shifts will skip the 'Day Ordinary' rate and only use 'Day Overtime' rate and 'Day Extra Overtime' rate

Settings

Day start = 06:00

Day end = 18:00

Day ordinary hours limit = 5.00

Day overtime hours limit = 2.00

Shift

Start = 14:00

End = 22:00

  • 14:00 - 16:00 (next 2 hours) = 2 x 'Day Overtime' rate

  • 16:00 - 22:00 (any hours after) = 6 x 'Day Extra Overtime' rate

Saturday shifts do not use any night rates.

⚠️ If the 'Use Saturday Ordinary rate & hours' is toggled on, the allocation of rates will be altered, see the 'Additional rates' help article for further information.


Sunday Shift

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

This is based on the day of the week and does not consider the "Week Breakdown" selection.

The Sunday shift type uses one day rate;

  1. 'Day Extra Overtime'

Example

Sunday shifts will skip the 'Day Ordinary' rate and the 'Day Overtime' rate; only using the 'Day Extra Overtime' rate.

Settings

Day start = 06:00

Day end = 18:00

Day ordinary hours limit = 5.00

Day overtime hours limit = 2.00

Shift

Start = 14:00

End = 22:00

  • 14:00 - 22:00 (all hours) = 8 x 'Day Extra Overtime' rate

Saturday shifts do not use any night rates.

⚠️ If the 'Use Sunday Ordinary rate & hours' is toggled on, the allocation of rates will be altered, see the 'Additional rates' help article for further information.


Public Holiday shift

Public Holidays are defined by Traffio. You can find a list of public holidays under your depot:

  • Select the 'My Company' menu in the left panel

  • Select 'Depots' in the top menu bar

  • Select a depot to open the depot detail panel

  • Select the 'Public holidays' tab at the top

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 defined in the public holiday list of the booking depot.

Currently, you must have at least the 'Public Holiday' toggle on in the "Earnings Items (Rates & Allowances)" section.

Rates used with 'Public Holiday' only

All hours in the shift will be allocated to the 'Public Holiday' rate, regardless on whether they are within the day timeframe or night timeframe.

Rates used with 'Public Holiday Ordinary' and 'Public Holiday'

Shifts will be paid

  • the 'Public Holiday Ordinary' rate for the hours set in the 'Phol. ordinary hrs limit',

  • then any hours after that will be charged the 'Public Holiday overtime' rate.


Early Morning shift

When selected, 'Early Morning' shifts will be charged 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 runs beyond this timeframe, it will follow the day shift timeframe and hour limits to allocate the relevant day rate.

Example

Example with shift

Settings

Early Morning shift start = 04:00

Day start = 06:00

Day end = 18:00

Day ordinary hours limit = 8.00

Day overtime hours limit = 2.00

Shift

Start = 04:00

End = 17:00

  • 04:00 - 06:00 (early morning hours) = 'Day Overtime' rate

  • 06:00 - 14:00 (first 8 hours) = 'Day Ordinary' rate

  • 14:00 - 16:00 (next 2 hours) = 'Day Overtime' rate

  • 16:00 - 17:00 (any hours after) = 'Day Extra Overtime' rate

Totals

  • 'Day Ordinary' = 8 hours (06:00 - 14:00)

  • 'Day Overtime' = 4 hours (2 hours 04:00 - 06:00 + 2 hours 14:00-16:00)

  • 'Day Extra Overtime' = 1 hour (16:00 - 17:00)


Weekday Shift (Split Day/Night)

When 'Weekday shift' is inactive pay runs will use either day shift or night shift.

This means even if a shift starts in the Day timeframe and finishes in the Night timeframe it will still consider the whole shift as a Day. All hours will be placed in Day Ordinary, Day Overtime, and Day Extra Overtime.

If you would like to use both Day and Night payable hours then enable on 'Use Weekday shift (Split Day/Night)'. Traffio will then calculate the payroll shift type as a 'Weekday shift' instead of 'Day shift' or 'Night shift'.

How it works

Day to Night

If a shift starts in the day and finishes at night it will use Day Ordinary, Day Overtime and Day Extra Overtime as per the hourly limits, when the shift moves into the Night timeframe it will place the remaining hours into the Night hours, using the day hours already used for the night limits.

Example

Settings

Day start = 06:00

Day end = 18:00

Day ordinary hours limit = 5.00

Day overtime hours limit = 2.00

Night start = 18:00

Night end = 06:00

Night ordinary hours limit = 2.00

Night overtime hours limit = 6.00

Shift

Start = 12:00

End = 20:00

When the 'Weekday shift' is active

  • Day Ordinary = 5 hours (12:00 - 17:00)

  • Day Overtime = 1 hour (17:00 - 18:00)

  • Night Overtime = 2 hours (18:00 - 20:00)

When using Day Shift ('Weekday shift' is inactive)

  • Day Ordinary = 5 hours (12:00 - 17:00)

  • Day Overtime = 2 hours (17:00 - 19:00)

  • Day Extra Overtime = 1 hour (19:00 - 20:00)

Shift

Start = 17:00

End = 02:00

When the 'Weekday shift' is active

  • Day Ordinary = 1 hours (17:00 - 18:00)

  • Night Ordinary = 1 hour (17:00 - 18:00)

  • Night Overtime = 3 hours (18:00 - 21:00)

  • Night Extra Overtime = 4 hours (21:00 - 02:00)

When using Day Shift ('Weekday shift' is inactive)

  • Day Ordinary = 5 hours (17:00 - 22:00)

  • Day Overtime = 2 hours (22:00 - 24:00)

  • Day Extra Overtime = 2 hours (24:00 - 02:00)

Night to Day

If a shift starts in the night and finishes at day it will use Night Ordinary, Night Overtime and Night Extra Overtime as per the hourly limits, when the shift moves into the Day timeframe it will place the remaining hours into the Day hours, using the night hours already used for the day limits.

Example

Settings

Day shift start = 06:00

Day shift end = 18:00

Day ordinary hours limit = 5.00

Day overtime hours limit = 2.00

Night shift start = 18:00

Night shift end = 06:00

Night ordinary hours limit = 2.00

Night overtime hours limit = 6.00

Shift

Start = 22:00

End = 07:00

When the 'Weekday shift' is active

  • Night Ordinary = 2 hours (22:00 - 00:00)

  • Night Overtime = 6 hours (00:00 - 06:00)

  • Day Extra Overtime = 1 hour (06:00 - 07:00)

When using Night Shift ('Weekday shift' is inactive)

  • Night Ordinary = 2 hours

  • Night Overtime = 6 hours

  • Night Extra Overtime = 1 hour


Simple Split Setting

⚠️ Simple split shifts are only accessible when using 'Weekday shifts'.

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

If you want to use all Day and all Night rates then toggle on the 'Simple Split Setting'.

Example - Day to Night

Settings

Day start = 06:00

Day end = 18:00

Day ordinary hours limit = 5.00

Day overtime hours limit = 2.00

Night start = 18:00

Night end = 06:00

Night ordinary hours limit = 2.00

Night overtime hours limit = 6.00

Shift

Start = 12:00

End = 22:00

When the 'Weekday shift' is active AND Simple Split Setting is active

  • Day Ordinary = 5 hours (12:00 - 17:00)

  • Day Overtime = 1 hour (17:00 - 18:00)

  • Night Ordinary = 2 hours (18:00 - 20:00)

  • Night Overtime = 2 hours (20:00 - 22:00)

When the 'Weekday shift' is active but Simple Split Setting is inactive

  • Day Ordinary = 5 hours (12:00 - 17:00)

  • Day Overtime = 1 hour (17:00 - 18:00)

  • Night Overtime = 4 hours (18:00 - 22:00)


Use 'Day shift' & 'Night shift' in timeframe (AKA Fudge Factor)

'Weekday' payroll shift types will be replaced with 'Day' or 'Night' payroll shift types if the start time is between certain hours.

  • Shifts starting between 'Day only after' and 'Day only before' will be a 'Day' payroll shift type.

  • Shifts starting after 'Night only after' will be a 'Night' payroll shift type.

  • Shifts starting between, 'Day only before' and 'Night only after', will remain a 'Weekday' payroll shift type.


Use Double Time Override shift

A 'Double Time Override' shift will never be automatically selected.

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

When the 'Double Time Override' payroll shift type is selected, the entire shift hours will be in 'Day Extra Overtime'.

Note: Night payable hours are never used.


Use Call Back shift

A 'Call Back' shift will never be automatically selected.

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

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

A callback can occur when an employee is called back to work after having already gone home for the day.

Note: Night payable hours are never used.


Use 5 Night shift

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

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

The first hours set in '5 Night Ordinary hours limit' will be placed in the 'Night Ordinary' hours, the remaining will be placed in the 'Night Extra Overtime'.

Shifts will be included in the 5 night calculation if the payroll shift type is a 'Night shift' or 'Weekday shift'.

Saturday, Sunday, or Public Holiday payroll shift types are counted in the 5 consecutive nights but remain their own payroll shift types.

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