Overtime is rates are defined from the overtime configuration screens. Multiple overtime rules may be configured and applied simultaneously using relevant payment rates as defined on the overtime rate sheet screens:

When multiple Overtime Rate sheets are defined, additional options for rates sheets are displayed against each overtime rule.

  • Approve by Default: Enables the automatic approval of overtime worked.  If this is not enabled then you can choose to pay overtime manually at payroll time.
  • Exclude Ordinary Hours: If an employee has an ordinary hours time sheet entry and this option is on then they will not get any overtime on their ordinary hours and that it does not contribute to cumulative overtime.
  • Exclude Pub. Hol. Leave: If an employee has a public holiday leave entry and this option is on then they will not get any overtime on that leave and that it does not contribute to cumulative overtime.
  • RDO Hours: Enables overtime calculations to include RDO Hours to pay overtime on RDO hours.  This will only apply to overtime conditions using Overtime configuration 01.
  • RTW Hours: Enables the calculation of overtime payments for time sheets containing ‘recall to work’ (RTW) hours.
  • Prior to Roster: Activates overtime calculations for time sheets where the hours worked are ‘prior to the rostered hours’.
  • After Roster: Activates overtime calculations for time sheets where the hours worked are ‘after the rostered hours’.
  • Days not ordinarily worked: Activates overtime calculations for time sheets where the hours worked are not specified in the employee's Working hours tab. For example, if they don't normally work on a Saturday and a there is a timesheet entry for a Saturday, then this day is included in calculating  overtime if the 'Days not ordinarily worked' is enabled.
  • Non-rostered shifts: Activates overtime calculations for time sheets where there are no rostered hours.  These are shown as 'None' shifts in the time sheet screen.
  • Over Specified Hours per Pay Period: Activates overtime calculations when an employee cumulatively works beyond a specified total number of hours during a pay period. Enter a value in the Hours Per field and select the period for which it is to apply.
  • Over Specified Shifts per Pay Period: Activates overtime calculations when an employee cumulatively works beyond a specified total number of shifts per pay period. Enter a value in the Shifts Per field and select the period for which it is to apply.
  • Over Ordinary Hours: If this option is on then the overtime will be accrued once the total of the time sheet entries for the pay period exceeds the ordinary hours defined against the employee's Working hours tab.
  • Over Specified Days per Pay Period: Activates overtime calculations when an employee works cumulatively beyond a specified number of days per pay period. Enter a value in the Days Per field and select the period length for which it is to apply.
  • Over Specified Hours Without a Break: Activates overtime calculations when an employee has worked a specified number of hours without taking a break.
  • Under Specified Hours Break between Shifts: Where a compulsory break is required, enabling this box and entering a number of hours will activate overtime payments for those employees who have not had the appropriate break between shifts.
  • Periodic OT: Activates overtime calculations when an employee cumulatively works beyond a specified total number of hours or days during the selected period.
  • Share rate sheet % Zone: This option allows rate sheet OT Zones to be shared amongst different OT types. This means that an OT zone can optionally be applied once per day only. For example, if we defined Zone 1 @ 150% for 2 hours, it would only be used once, any additional OT hours for the day – from any type of overtime - would move to Zone 2 @ 200%.

NOTE: ‘Recall to work’ hours are assigned to time sheets using the special role named ‘Recall to Work’ and may include the entire time sheet or a partial allocation of hours. See the section ‘Recall to Work’ hours for more detail. See the section setting up and using a rate for Recall to Work.


NOTE: Enable time in lieu to instruct ClockOn to convert all overtime calculated during payroll into time-in-lieu. The time in lieu accrual can then be taken as leave at a later period.