The Meal Break Premium Continuous Rule pays a premium to employees that don’t receive a specified amount of continuous meal or break times during their shift. If an employee doesn’t take a meal break within the specified time frame, they’re paid a premium until either the meal break is taken, or the shift ends. The premium is awarded as a payout for a configurable number of minutes at a specified rate.
This rule determine a shift’s start time by capturing the first pay segment that’s marked with a pay code configured in the rule’s Pay codes eligible as work setting. If a shift contains a tardy resolution code (for example, to mark a late start), the rule excludes that segment when determining the shift start time because it represents unpaid and unworked time.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Minutes worked threshold (=>) | The minimum number of minutes that an employee must work in a day for the rule to apply. |
| Minutes minimum contiguous for meal (=>) | The minimum number of contiguous minutes of unworked time that are then considered a meal break. |
| Meal must start after (>) Meal must start before (<=) |
Use these settings to configure when a meal is due and when it should be taken. When the shift exceeds the start threshold set by the Minutes worked threshold (=>) value, then a meal should be taken on or after the time set by the Meal must start after (>) value, but not later than the Meal must start before (<=) value. |
| Meal penalty rate type Meal penalty rate value |
Use these settings to configure how the meal penalty is paid, either as a multiplied rate or an incremental rate. For example, to award a premium that is paid at twice the employee’s pay rate, enter 2 in the Meal penalty rate value field, and select Multiplier in the Meal penalty rate type drop-down list. Similarly, to award a premium that is paid at $3 more than the employee's pay rate, enter 3 in the Meal penalty rate value field, and select Incremental in the Meal penalty rate type drop-down list. |
| Meal penalty pay code Meal penalty pay category |
The pay code and pay category Dayforce uses for meal penalty premiums. |
| Pay codes eligible as meal | The pay codes which mark eligible meal breaks. Pay details with one of the selected pay codes are considered eligible meal breaks by the rule and count towards the guaranteed meal break duration. |
| Pay codes ineligible as meal | The pay codes which mark ineligible pay details. Ineligible pay details aren’t eligible meal breaks and don’t count toward the guaranteed meal break duration. |
| Pay categories eligible as meal | The pay categories which mark eligible meal breaks. Pay details with one of the selected pay categories are considered eligible meal breaks by the rule and count towards the guaranteed meal break duration. |
| Pay categories ineligible as meal | The pay categories which mark ineligible pay details. Ineligible pay details aren’t eligible meal breaks and don’t count toward the guaranteed meal break duration. |
| Pay codes eligible as work | The pay codes which mark eligible work. Pay details with one of the selected pay codes are considered work and count towards the thresholds configured in the rule. |
| Pay codes ineligible as work | The pay codes which mark ineligible pay details. Ineligible pay details don’t count toward the thresholds configured in the rule. |
| Pay categories eligible as work | The pay categories which mark eligible work. Pay details with one of the selected pay categories are considered work and count towards the thresholds configured in the rule. |
| Pay categories ineligible as work | The pay categories which mark ineligible pay details. Ineligible pay details don’t count towards the thresholds configured in the rule. |
| Use Scheduled Meal Break Duration from Shift Start as Meal must start before | The rule uses scheduled shifts to determine when a meal break should commence by. |