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Take a Sneak Peak at the New Scheduling Employees 4.0 Department Menu
  1. Department Name- This name can be changed at any time
  2. First Day of the Week- This will be the first day of the week that will be displayed in the Main Scheduling Editor
  3. The First Week of the Year- If you number the weeks in each year, this option will select which week is considered to be “week one” in your calendar year.  The options are First week that has 4 days in the new year, First full week in the new year, First week that has a January date, and Do not show week numbers
  4. Employee listing order in Main Editor-  The options are Last name, Employee ID, Assignment, Birth Date, Hire Date
  5. Generic Name for Employees-  Instead of “Employees,” you may wish to change this name to “Cashiers” or “Servers,” etc.  This name will replace “Employees” in all menus in the program.
  6. Calculate Daily Statistics between- The Main Scheduilng Editor displays a 24 hour scheduling window.  This option allows you to choose which time you would like to the 24 hour window to begin.
  7. Generic name for requested days off- Instead of “Vacation Day,” you may wish to change this name to “Day/ Days Off” or “Time Off.”
  8. Weekend Pay- Mark the box if you wish to enable Weekend Pay calculations. You can set the actual weekend pay rates (above the base pay rate) in each Employee Record.  ***Note: When marked, Weekend Pay will be calculated from the day you select the box, and will not calculate Weekend Pay for previous weekends scheduled.  When you schedule on a weekend, the words “Weekend Day” will appear in the upper left corner of the screen.  You can change the color of the words “Weekend Day” to make it more or less obvious.
  9. Salary Pay- Select this option if you wish for salaried employee’s wages be calculated in the totals.
  10. “Productivity” Actual Transactions-  Select this option if you want to input your daily transactions in the Productivity section in quarterly (15 minute) increments, as opposed to entering them as a daily total amount
  11. Overtime Pay- Mark the box if you wish to enable Overtime Pay. ***Note: When marked, Overtime Pay will be calculated from the day you select the box, and will not calculate Overtime Pay for previous days scheduled. You may then set the trigger hours for overtime, as daily and weekly hours.  If an employee’s hours exceed either trigger, the employee’s total hours will flag red next to their name in the Main Editor.  You can see and edit the Employee’s weekly schedule by clicking on their name.
  12. Evening Pay- Mark the box to enable Evening Pay calculations.  ***Note: When marked, Evening Pay will be calculated from the day you select the box, and will not calculate Evening Pay for previous days scheduled. You can set the actual evening pay rates (above the base pay rate) in each Employee Record.
  1. You can change the color of the line which extends across the top of the Main Editor displaying which hours are considered evening hours
  2. Mark the boxes next to each day of the week in you want to calculate evening pay
  3. Designate which hours are evening hours for each day of the week