Assign Meals and Breaks

When creating a work pattern, you can optionally specify the meals and breaks the employee is entitled to for each day in the pattern.

In Schedules, when you generate schedules using work patterns, Dayforce respects the meals and breaks created in the Work > Work Contracts screen in People and ignores the meals and breaks configured for the organization’s time entry policy in Pay Setup > Time Entry Policy. If there are no meals or breaks specified for a day in the work pattern, Dayforce creates them based on the organization’s time entry policy.

To specify meals and breaks in a work pattern, do the following for each day of the week:

1. Go to People, open the employee profile, and click Work > Work Contracts.
2. In the Primary Work Contract section, expand a work contract record. Dayforce displays the Work Pattern Details tab, by default.
3. In the list, select the shift you want to add a meal or break to.
4. In the Meals and Breaks section, click Add.
5. In the Type drop-down list, click Break or Meal.
6. Enter the start and end times for the meal or break.
7. Note: Dayforce automatically shows the meal or break’s duration in the Duration (minutes) field based on the entered start and end times.
7. Click Save.