Breaks are periods of time during the workday when employees are not required to work.
The break schedule defines the rules governing breaks in a workday. The break schedule is assigned to a personnel subarea grouping for daily work schedules. You can assign a break schedule to as many daily work schedules as you require.
The different types of breaks defined in Time Management are as follows:
- Fixed breaks:
- These are breaks that employees can take at a certain time (for example, from 09:00 to 09:15).
- Variable breaks:
- These are breaks that employees can take at any time within a specific interval. Employees can determine the time when their break begins and ends (for example, an hour break to be taken between 12:00 and 14:00).
- Dynamic breaks:
- These are breaks that employees can take after a certain number of hours are worked (for example, a 15-minute break must be taken after working for 4 hours). In the RefTime (reference time) field in the flextime working models, you can specify if a dynamic break is to be calculated from the start of planned working time or from the start of normal working time. The start of planned working time is the default setting in the standard system. Dynamic breaks can be defined in more detail in the DYNBR function in Time Evaluation.
- Overtime breaks:
- These are breaks that employees can take when working overtime. To specify a break type as overtime, you need to enter O in the Type 1 column.
You assign breaks taken after midnight during night shifts to the previous day by activating the previous-day indicator in the P field.
If break schedules change after they are assigned to work schedules, you must revaluate the applicable daily work schedules. You can manage your work schedules in Customizing by choosing Time Management → Work Schedules → Work Schedule Rules and Work Schedules → Generate Work Schedules Manually.