Waive Meals in Timesheets

Employee Guide

Version
R2025.1.1
Waive Meals in Timesheets

Depending on how your time entry policy is configured, you can waive meals in Work > Timesheet.

To waive a meal, select Waive Meals in the drop-down list for the applicable timesheet row:

Drop-down list showing the Waive Meals option.

You can unwaive a meal by clicking Unwaive Meals:

Drop-down list showing the Unwaive Meals option.

A shift can have any of the following meal waiver statuses, each denoted by its corresponding icon:

Meal waiver icons
Icon Description
Employee waived meal icon. The employee waived their scheduled meal or break.
Manager waived meal icon. The manager waived the employee’s scheduled meal or break.
Icon indicating that both the employee and manager waived a meal. Both the employee and manager waived the employee’s scheduled meal or break.

Waive Individual Meals

Depending on how Dayforce is configured, you might be able to waive individual meals in Work > Timesheet.

In the drop-down list for the applicable timesheet row, select Waive First Meal or Waive Second Meal:

Drop-down list showing the Waive First Meal and Waive Second Meal options.

To unwaive the meal, click the drop-down list for the applicable timesheet row and select Unwaive First Meal or Unwaive Second Meal.

A shift can have any of the following meal waiver statuses, each denoted by its corresponding icon:

Individual meal waiver icons
Icon Description
Employee waived meal icon with the number 1 to indicate they waived their first meal. First meal waived by employee
Manager waived meal icon with the number 1 to indicate they waived the employee's first meal. First meal waived by manager
Icon indicating that both the employee and manager waived the first meal. First meal waived by both employee and manager
Employee waived meal icon with the number 2 to indicate they waived their second meal. Second meal waived by employee
Manager waived meal icon with the number 2 to indicate they waived the employee's second meal. Second meal waived by manager
Icon indicating that both the employee and manager waived the second meal. Second meal waived by both employee and manager