Splitting/ Not Splitting Shifts at Midnight at the End of the Work Week.

Understanding how splitting/not splitting shifts affect payroll and the scheduling dashboard.  

Site Setting:

It all depends the desired outcome. If you choose to split the shifts, the overnight hours will be accounted for in the next week's payroll. On the other hand, if you opt not to split the shifts, those hours will be included in the week the shift began. 

The challenge lies in the scheduling dashboard, which tends to cause confusion. When you don't split the shift, the dashboard will still display the after-midnight hours within the shift details and total hours for the following week, leading to some understandable confusion. However, this does not affect payroll. The payroll report will accurately reflect whether you've accounted for those overnight hours in the previous week's payroll (did not split) or if you've split the shift to include them in the next week's payroll.

Not splitting the shift:

Splitting the shift:

Additionally, the reason it still shows on the scheduling dashboard even if you choose not to split the shift, the hours worked overnight are still carried over for overtime calculation purposes. While these hours may have been paid in the previous week, they will also be factored into the calculation of overtime hours. Essentially, they will NOT be paid again in the next week but will be counted as part of the overall overtime hours calculation. This ensures that all hours worked beyond regular shifts are appropriately accounted for in accordance with overtime regulations.

***** Please be aware that altering the setting to split or not split shifts after shifts have already been scheduled on the dashboard will not retroactively modify existing shifts to reflect the change. Utilizing the "Re-calculate" function will also not enact any changes. To implement the new setting, you'll need to manually cancel or delete the affected shiftsin the past and then either split or combine them manually. Moving forward, the setting will only apply to shifts scheduled after its adjustment.

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