Time Away From Work

WFM-73613

Updated how Dayforce calculates partial time away from work (TAFW) for daily and weekly balances when your time off policy is configured to use specific TAFW calculation methods. This update was made so that Dayforce can more accurately calculate TAFW for shifts that cross midnight, and applies to shifts that were scheduled manually, or through shift rotations or work patterns.

This update applies if:

In Time Away From Work > Time Off Policy in the Time Calculation section, your time off policy is configured with the Schedule, Shift Rotation, or Work Pattern Net Hours calculation methods under Weeks or Days.

In Time Away From Work > Time Off Policy in the Partial TAFW section, your time off policy is configured with a partial TAFW definition.

See Shift Overlap with Time Away in the Dayforce Implementation Guide.

WFM-76142

Updated the functionality in Dayforce that excludes unpaid breaks from partial time away from work (TAFW) calculations. To support this update, the following changes were made in Time Away From Work > Time Off Policy in the Duration section:

The Exclude unpaid break hours from partial day requests checkbox was removed.

The Partial Day Break Handling drop-down list was added.

*Options in the Partial Day Break Handling drop-down list*
Option	Description
Count All Hours within Selected Times	Dayforce ignores all breaks and the TAFW reflects the total hours within the selected time. This option is selected by default when you create a new time off policy. This selection represents the same functionality as when the Exclude unpaid break hours from partial day requests checkbox was cleared.
Count All Hours within Selected Time and Subtract Overlapping Breaks	Dayforce deducts all overlapping breaks from the selected time period. The TAFW reflects the total hours within that period after subtracting any overlapping breaks, regardless of whether they’re paid or unpaid. This selection represents the same functionality as when the Exclude unpaid break hours from partial day requests checkbox was selected.
Count Scheduled Hours plus Paid Break Hours within Selected Times	Dayforce deducts only the overlapping unpaid break hours, including any partially unpaid breaks, from the selected period. The TAFW reflects the scheduled hours plus any paid break hours within the selected time period. Note: This option applies only if you’ve selected Schedule or Schedule Net Hours for your TAFW calculation method in Time Away From Work > Time Off Policy in the Time Calculation section.

To persist the functionality of any time off policies that were configured with the Exclude unpaid break hours from partial day requests setting, Dayforce will automatically set the new Partial Day Break Handling setting based on your configuration.

*Default selection in the Partial Day Break Handling drop-down list based on your configuration before Dayforce Release 2025.1.1*
Previous Configuration	New Default Configuration
The Exclude unpaid break hours from partial day requests checkbox was selected.	The Count All Hours within Selected Time and Subtract Overlapping Breaks option is selected in the Partial Day Break Handling drop-down list.
The Exclude unpaid break hours from partial day requests checkbox was cleared.	The Count All Hours within Selected Times option is selected in the Partial Day Break Handling drop-down list.

See Duration Settings in the Dayforce Implementation Guide.