Overtime Calculations: California Rules

To start calculating overtime using California Rules inside of SINC, there are some settings you need to change. This guides shows you how.

Sam Dolbel

Mar 21st, 2023

Tap on Settings

Mobile app side menu with a pink arrow pointing to the Settings option

Tap on Organization

Tap on Overtime

Organization settings screen with a pink arrow pointing to the Overtime tab

First you need to select the overtime week start day which determines the overtime work week. Overtime work week is a period of seven days starting from the overtime week start day, i.e., for overtime week start day of Monday, the overtime work week runs from Monday to Sunday. Tap on Edit next to Choose Your Overtime Week Start Day

SINC web Organization Overtime tab with a pink arrow pointing to the Edit button next to Overtime Week Start Day

Tap on The day you want as Overtime Week Start Day

Toggle on Use California Rules

SINC mobile Organization Overtime tab with a pink hand pointing to the Use California Rules toggle switch

Once Overtime Week Start Day is set and Use California Rules is toggled on, Gross Pay on Overview and Employee Summaries is calculated and displayed with Overtime (Overtime is calculated for clocked out shifts, open shifts' gross pay don't include overtime calculations).

Mobile Staff Hours dashboard with a pink arrow on the gross pay stat card above hours and job charts

Web Staff Totals screen showing hours and overtime pay with an employee's overtime amount circled in pink

Details of the overtime calculations are displayed on the Exported Pay Period Summaries.

Exported SINC overtime summary spreadsheet showing daily and weekly overtime hours by employee

Exported SINC pay period summary spreadsheet showing overtime breakdown columns and shift details for an employee

If you are using the web version it will look like this:

Web dashboard bar chart of weekly hours worked with the Settings menu item circled in the sidebar

SINC web Settings screen with the Overtime tab outlined in pink in the top navigation

Web Settings Overtime tab with the overtime week start day dropdown outlined in pink

Organization Settings Overtime tab with the overtime week start day dropdown highlighted in purple

SINC web Overtime settings tab with the Use California Rules toggle highlighted in pink

Web dashboard Overview screen showing a weekly hours bar chart with the gross pay total outlined in pink

SINC web employee overview screen with the gross pay amount outlined in pink

Exported overtime summary spreadsheet listing regular hours, daily and weekly overtime, and seventh-day overtime columns for an employee

Exported spreadsheet showing an employee's overtime hours breakdown under California overtime rules

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