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FAQ: Holiday and weekend premiums

Premiums for working hours (holidays, weekends, night shifts) cannot be configured in Timebutler yet.

There are two ways to record them:

1. Have employees record additional hours

If you grant a 50% weekend premium, employees can book 50% more time than actually worked. If an employee works 4 h on a Sunday, they enter 6 h instead of 4 h. In the comment, they can note that the recorded time includes a 50% premium.

2. Use categories for premiums

You can define any number of categories for time tracking that employees can book time to. For example, create a category Weekend premium and a category Holiday premium. Employees then record their actual working hours as usual and, for weekend or holiday work, book the time to one of the two categories.

At the end of the month, you can review the entries and calculate the corresponding premium for all entries in the Holiday premium or Weekend premium category. The easiest way to do this is to export the data to Excel — nearly all views in Timebutler include a Download button to download the list view as an Excel file.

To create categories, log in to Timebutler as an admin, click Settings > More… in the bottom left, then click Time tracking on the right. Click the Categories tab.