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Ratelists: Custom units overview

Custom units count only the hours you choose, for example night hours, weekend hours or the hours after the 8th hour of work.

Types of custom units

  • Time range: hours that fall into time windows you set for each day of the week. For night, weekend or early morning work.
  • National Holidays: hours worked on national holidays, and on Saturdays or Sundays if you want.
  • Daily Overtime: hours above a daily limit, for example after 8 hours a day.
  • Weekly Overtime: hours above a weekly limit, for example after 40 hours a week.
  • Number of hours worked: a band of worked hours, for example from the 8th to the 12th hour of the shift.
  • Combined (intersection): only the time that two or more units have in common, for example night hours on a holiday.
  • Break penalty: extra pay or charge when a staff member did not get the required break.

Where you manage them

Custom units are on the Units tab of the Ratelists page. You can also create one directly in a rule: open the unit list and choose Add custom unit.

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How to create a custom unit

  1. On the Units tab, click Add custom unit.
  2. Choose the Type. Each type has a short description under its name.
  3. Enter a Name that tells you what the unit counts, for example "Night 22–06".
  4. Add a Description if you want, for example who uses it.
  5. Fill in the settings for the type.
  6. Click Save.

The unit is now available in the unit list of every ratelist.

Using a custom unit in a rule

Choose the custom unit as the unit of a rule, then set the rate and component as usual. The rate is paid for the hours the unit counts.

Example:

  • Unit "Night 22–06", Hour rate €5, component "Night bonus" → €5 for every night hour, on top of the base rate.

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Good to know

  • Unpaid breaks are taken out of the hours a custom unit counts, the same as with Worked hours. Paid breaks count as work.
  • Minimum hours, priorities and rounding work with custom units the same way as with Worked hours.
  • Transport ratelists cannot use Daily Overtime, Weekly Overtime, Combined or Break penalty. Tag ratelists cannot use Break penalty.

Changing, archiving and deleting

  • Once a ratelist with the unit is used on a job, the type and settings cannot be changed. You can still change the name and description. If you need different settings, create a new unit.
  • The unit shows how many ratelists use it (Used in X ratelists).
  • A unit that is used in a ratelist cannot be deleted. Archive it instead. It stays in the ratelists that already use it, but it is no longer offered for new rules.
  • You can unarchive a unit at any time.

Read more about ratelists