Timekeeping Properties

These properties affect the behavior and appearance of Timekeeping screens and functions.

Table 1. Timekeeping Properties
Property Description
OPS > Timekeeping > Advances > Advanced Period Specifies the pay period before their vacation when operators are advanced their vacation pay. If Next Pay Period is selected, operators are advanced their vacation pay in the pay period before their vacation begins. If Two Pay Periods is selected, operators are advanced their vacation pay two pay periods before their vacation begins.
OPS > Timekeeping > Alerts > BidValue > Demand Response Segments Specifies the calculate pay components (segments) that are considered when determining the bid value of a Demand Response run.
OPS > Timekeeping > Alerts > BidValue > Fixed Route Segments Specifies the calculate pay components (segments) that are considered when determining the bid value of a Fix Route run.
OPS > Timekeeping > Alerts > BidValue > Holiday Bid Run Source Specifies the calculate pay components (segments) that are considered when determining the bid value of a Holiday Bid Run Source.
OPS > Timekeeping > Alerts > BidValue > OPS Duty Segments Specifies the calculate pay components (segments) that are considered when determining the bid value of a Duty Segment.
OPS > Timekeeping > Apply Accrual Types Use Designated If selected, the Designated value is applied for Max Time To Deduct when costing Absence Pay Rules that are set to check eligible balance through an Accrual Hierarchy configuration.
OPS > Timekeeping > Automatic Process FLSA on Weekly Processing Date If selected, automatically process FLSA on the weekly processing date.
OPS > Timekeeping > Bank PayTime Deduct Order Specifies the banking order:
  • No order
  • Ascending
  • Descending

Default is no order.

OPS > Timekeeping > BidValue Working Status Group Specifies the Working Status group used for custom BidValue.
OPS > Timekeeping > Bi-Weekly Processing Date Specifies a bi-weekly processing date (pay ending date). The value can be agency dependent.
OPS > Timekeeping > Bank Time Election MaxTime Reference Specifies the time that the Employee Bank Time Election Max Time represents:
  • Actual Time - If selected, the Actual Time is banked regardless of the Paycode Rate Factor.
  • Work Time - If selected, the Work Time multiplied by the Paycode Rate Factor is banked.
OPS > Timekeeping > Clawback > Straight-time Processing Order Specifies the clawback straight-time processing order.
OPS > Timekeeping > Consider Run Piece Detail If selected, get BidValue considers the run piece column.
OPS > Timekeeping > Cost by Segment If selected, FX run platform time is costed by segment type (No, Line, or Zone).
OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Daily and Weekly Rules Separately If selected, manual adjustments can be made after running daily timekeeping rules. On the first run, only daily rules are processed. On the second pass, weekly and bi-weekly rules are processed.
OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Order Setting > Absences Consider in Work Order If selected, for absences that are merged with work when determining the costing sequence, absence and work will be costed in the order of sequence, then time order.
OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Order Settings > Absences Consider in Work Order - Tiebreaker

This changes the work absence cost order.

Absence first. The absence pay is not reduced by overlapping work hours. This is the default setting.

Work first. The absence pay is reduced by the overlapping work hours. Note that hours are not reduced by partial bid work performed after the absence/overlapping work.

OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Order Setting > Allow PassWork in Work Order If selected, PassWork will not always cost first and work order can be configurable.
OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Order Setting > Complete Work First If selected, complete work is costed before any incomplete work.
OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Order Setting > Cost Work Order Specifies the order in which work is costed.
OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Order Setting > Custom Work Order Specifies the work cost order.
OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Order Setting > ExtraPay Cost By Time Order If selected, extra pay is costed in the same level of work instead of always after regular work. Default is false.
OPS > Timekeeping > Cost Order Setting > Primary Work Sorting Specifies the costing order for timekeeping calculations. Available values are SignOn Time, Bid Work then SignOn Time, and Published Work then SignOn Time.
OPS > Timekeeping > Custom Calculation > Consider Bid Day Exceptions Template If selected, exception combinations specified in Bid Day Exception Template ancillary data are considered in timekeeping. If not selected, exception combinations from FX are used. Exception combinations are sets of trips that operate only on specific days.
OPS > Timekeeping > Custom Calculation > PayCodeGroup1 Specifies the pay code group used for custom timekeeping logic.
OPS > Timekeeping > Custom Processing Before Posting Specifies whether pay time can be adjusted before posting.
OPS > Timekeeping > Custom Work Order Specifies the work cost order.
OPS > Timekeeping > Do Not Process Unapproved Extra Payments If selected, Extra Pay Types that require approval must be approved when considered by costing.
OPS > Timekeeping > Enable Reference Details If selected, Reference Details are added as a Summarize By option on the Weekly Timekeeping Summary Context.
OPS > Timekeeping > Freezing > Manual Adjustments Trigger Freezing If selected, when a user manually changes a timekeeping entry for an employee, the employee's timekeeping records for that pay period are frozen. They are protected from costing.
OPS > Timekeeping > Freezing > Skip Calculate Timekeeping for Frozen Employee Dates If selected, if any transactions are frozen for an employee/date, costing for that employee/date is skipped. Otherwise, the records will be unfrozen and costed.
OPS > Timekeeping > Freezing > Skip Prior Pay Calculations for Frozen Employee Dates If selected, if any transactions are frozen for an employee/date, prior pay costing for that employee/date is skipped. Otherwise, the records will be unfrozen and costed.
OPS > Timekeeping > Handling Employee Day Type for Feb 29 in Non-Leap Year Addresses the setting of the Employee Day Type for February 29 during non-leap years. You can choose from two options as to which date the Birthday Holiday is applied on a non-leap year: Day Before and Day After (default). If you select Day Before, the date is February 28, and if you select Day After, the date is March 1.
OPS > Timekeeping > Ignore Absence Hierarchy If selected, there would be no hierarchy processing when determining the absences that will be costed.
OPS > Timekeeping > Inherit Bid Unit > Hold Down If selected, operators performing hold downs inherit the bid units of the operators they are relieving.
OPS > Timekeeping > Inherit Bid Unit > Vacation Relief If selected, operators performing vacation relief inherit the bid units of the operators they are relieving.
OPS > Timekeeping > Inherit Bid Unit > Vacation Relief employees added to the Extraboard List If selected, Vacation Relief operators added to the Extraboard list will assume the Extraboard Bid Unit associated with the list for timekeeping calculations.
OPS > Timekeeping > Load All Work If selected, the system loads work for all divisions when costing.
OPS > Timekeeping > Override EB BidStatus on Holiday If selected, if the holiday bid status is EB and there is no bid work for the holiday. the bid status will be reset to no bid.
OPS > Timekeeping > Override EB BidStatus on Regular Day If selected, the EB employee bid status s determined using bidding information.
OPS > Timekeeping > Override H-D BidStatus on Holiday If selected, if the holiday bid status is H-D and there is no bid work for the holiday, the bid status will be reset to no bid.
OPS > Timekeeping > PASS - Fix Division ID in Event Strings during Costing Selecting this property prevents duplicate timekeeping entries when costing multiple days with split PASS runs.
OPS > Timekeeping > Piece Intervening Ignore Absence If selected, absences are ignored when processing Piece Intervening Rules.

The property is unselected by default.

OPS > Timekeeping > Piece Intervening Reference Specifies the piece intervening rule. When costing, specifies whether to treat the piece as Piece One or Piece Two.
OPS > Timekeeping > Primary Work Sorting Specifies the costing order for timekeeping calculations. Available values are SignOn Time, Bid Work then SignOn Time, and Published Work then SignOn Time.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Check List > Absences If selected, if an employee's absence records have changed, the employee is flagged for recosting.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Check List > Accrual Balance If selected, if an employee's accrual balance records have changed, the employee is flagged for recosting.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Check List > BidLineWork If selected, if an employee's bidlinework has changed, the employee is flagged for recosting.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Check List > Employee BidUnit If selected, if an employee's bid unit has changed, the employee is flagged for recosting.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Check List > Employee DayOff If selected, if an employee's day off has changed, the employee is flagged for recosting.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Check List > Employee Relief If selected, if an employee's relief work has changed, the employee is flagged for recosting.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Check List > Employee Status If selected, if an employee's status has changed, the employee is flagged for recosting.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Check List > EventStrings If selected, if an employee's demand response work has changed, the employee is flagged for recosting.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Check List > ExtraPay If selected, if an employee's extra pay has changed, the employee is flagged for recosting.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Check List > Pay Grid If selected, if an employee's pay grid has changed, the employee is flagged for recosting.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Check List > Timekeeping Attribute If selected, if the employee timekeeping attribute has changed, the employee is flagged for recosting.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Check List > TkWork If selected, if an employee's fixed route work has changed, the employee is flagged for recosting.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Division Group to Consider Only employees who belong to this division group will be considered by the Prior Pay Adjustment Agent. If no division group is specified, employees from any division will be considered.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Enable If selected, Prior Adjustment logic will be invoked.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Flag Subsequent Pay Weeks If selected, when the agent flags a pay period as a Prior Pay candidate, the agent will also flag any subsequent pay periods as well (for that employee).
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Include Current Pay If selected, the prior pay calculation will include any days already costed within the current pay period. This is only true if OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Flag Subsequent Pay Weeks is also enabled.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Interval Specifies the time interval between logging potential adjustment records.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Maximum Pay Weeks to Consider This is the maximum number of prior pay weeks that will be considered when identifying prior timekeeping adjustments.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Prior Days to Exclude This value represents the number of prior days (from today) that will not be considered by the Prior Pay Adjustment Agent.
OPS > Timekeeping > Prior Adjustment > Reverse Posted Pay If selected, when selecting a record and clicking Reverse Transaction a new record is created with the same pay code, employee and date information as the original record. The new record will have a PriorPayAdj of 1 and a PayTime that is the negative of the original record's PayTime value. The SourceID of the new record is the PayID of the original record.
OPS > Timekeeping > Restrict Absence Pay time to MaxToDeduct If selected, the Absence time is split between the Max eligible balance and the remainder time when costing Absence Pay Rules that are set to check eligible balance through an Accrual Hierarchy configuration.
OPS > Timekeeping > Rounding > BiWeekly Rounding Specifies the rounding method used after each biweekly rule is calculated.
OPS > Timekeeping > Rounding > Daily Rounding Specifies the rounding method used after each daily rule is calculated.
OPS > Timekeeping > Rounding > Final Rounding Exclusions Specifies the pay code group used for final rounding exclusions.
OPS > Timekeeping > Rounding > Ignore Final Rounding If selected, timekeeping records will not be rounded to the nearest minute when persisted during calculate timekeeping.
OPS > Timekeeping > Rounding > Piece Rounding Specifies the rounding method used after each piece rule is calculated.
OPS > Timekeeping > Rounding > Weekly Rounding Specifies the rounding method used after each weekly rule is calculated.
OPS > Timekeeping > Timekeeping Screen > Context > Advanced Filtering Specifies whether timekeeping records are filtered by pay codes or payroll codes.
OPS > Timekeeping > Weekly Processing Date Specifies a weekly processing date (week ending date). The value can be agency dependent.
OPS > Timekeeping > Weekly Timekeeping Summary > Bi-Weekly Display If selected, a two-week grid appears in the Weekly Timekeeping Summary screen.
OPS > Timekeeping > Weekly Timekeeping Summary > Show Bid Unit Match Any Day Of Pay Week

If selected, pay week information is shown for employees with a matching bid unit on any day in the pay summary period.

If cleared, pay information is shown for employees whose bid unit matches on the Start Date defined in the screen Context.

This property is used for the Weekly Timekeeping Summary and Weekly Timekeeping Activity Summary screens.

OPS > Timekeeping > Weekly Timekeeping Summary > Show Pay Amount Only Separately If selected, Pay Amount Only Pay will be displayed separately in the Weekly Timekeeping Summary screen.
OPS > Timekeeping > Weekly Timekeeping Summary > Show Period Value Separately If selected, a period adjustment column appears in the Weekly Timekeeping Summary screen.