The unsociable hours option in contracts can be used for any instance you wish to deviate from the default hourly rate. If created these can account for evening, weekend or public holiday rates.
To set up unsociable hours on a contract, select the contract (or create a new one) and scroll down until you see the unsociable hours section. Click the :add: button and select a range. The default ranges you can select are:
Weekday - Useful if there are evening rates, or different rates within weekdays
Weekend
Public holiday
Specific day of the week
If you have created any special days (See: Calendar), you can also use these for your unsociable hour ranges.
There is a toggle to select all day which is the default option, you can deselect that if you want to create a specific time frame. If you are setting it up there are a couple of parameters you will need to be aware of:
When adding the finish time, the last minute is inclusive. As an example, if you want the rate to end at 18:00, you will need to enter the finish time as 17:59. The next range will begin at 18:00
When setting overnight rates, two separate ranges will need to be added, one ending at 23:59 and the second starting at 00:00
If you want to adjust an existing contract on an individual basis, you can add this by overriding the option on the person's assigned contract.
Payslips and Invoices
The unsociable hours ranges will be clearly defined on a payslip or invoice. Once the financial run has been created, you will be able to see these in the breakdown.
The above image shows two bookings in the same week, one with a standard hourly rate and another with a weekend rate. The individual rates are both shown before the total value on the right hand side.