Mandatory Breaks, Without the Spreadsheet.
Most countries require mandatory rest breaks once a shift exceeds a threshold — six hours in Switzerland and Germany, varying minutes elsewhere. Federal defaults ship pre-configured per supported country, but each rule can be overridden per location, per position, or per work rule when your collective agreement is stricter. Define when a break is due, how long it is, and whether it's paid or unpaid; the scheduler flags any shift planned without one, and the timesheet calculates paid versus unpaid time automatically as hours are recorded. Workers can clock the break manually if your operation tracks break start and end; otherwise it's deducted as a single block based on the rule.
Three Things You Stop Tracking by Hand.
When the break is due.
Tied to shift length. After X consecutive hours, a break is required. The calendar flags any shift planned without one — at planning time, not after the fact.
How long the break is.
Per-rule duration. Fifteen, thirty, sixty minutes — whichever your country and industry require. Workers can take it manually if your operation tracks break clocks; otherwise it's deducted automatically.
Whether it's paid.
Some countries treat short breaks as paid time, longer breaks as unpaid. Some industries pay them all. Configure per rule; the timesheet does the rest.
Defaults Reflect Federal Law per Country.
Each supported country comes with statutory break-rule defaults. Your industry's collective agreement may set stricter terms — every default is editable per work rule, so you can match the agreement exactly. Set the numbers once when you onboard; the scheduler enforces them from there.