Use Attendance by Schedule rules to control how the system handles unplanned hours and out-of-shift punches for scheduled employees.
These settings help reduce unnecessary attendance exceptions while keeping schedules, punch records, and reporting aligned with company policies.
Go to Global Settings > Time Tracking > Attendance by Schedule.
Select Create Rule.
Enter a rule Name.
Example rule names:
Standard schedule enforcement
Warehouse attendance rules
Manufacturing schedule rules
Remote employee schedule rules
Weekend shift attendance policy
Select when the rule should begin in the Starting on field or keep the default Immediate unchanged.
Select the audience for the rule:
Everyone
Specific group
Specific employee
Configure the sections described below based on your attendance policy.
Select Save.
Unplanned Hours & Out of Shift
These settings determine how the system classifies punches that occur outside of a scheduled shift or without a schedule assigned.
Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Automatically approve Unplanned Hours as | Automatically classifies hours worked without a schedule using the selected time code. |
Automatically approve Out Of Shift as | Automatically classifies punches worked outside scheduled shift boundaries using the selected time code. |
If these options are not enabled, Unplanned Hours (USCH) and Out Of Shift (OOS) entries remain available for manual manager review.
To configure how Out of Shift and Unplanned Hours are handled in more detail, see Configure Out-Of-Shift (OOS) Work or Unplanned Work (USCH) Time.