Hour rounding rules control how worked time is rounded when a pay agreement is set to compare actual time to the job schedule. They can apply rounding to time worked outside the job schedule, within the job schedule, or both, and are used alongside (or instead of) time rounding rules.
⚠ Important: You can only define an hour rounding rule if the Compare to Job Schedule option is enabled in the pay agreement header.
📌 Note: Only one hour rounding rule can be defined within each primary interpretation header in a pay agreement.
How Hour Rounding Rules Work
When the Compare to Job Schedule option is enabled in the pay agreement header:
Time rounding rules define rounding for time worked within the job schedule only.
Hour rounding rules define rounding for:
Time worked outside the job schedule only, or
Time worked within the job schedule only, or
Time worked both within and outside the job schedule.
Because of this:
If the same rounding parameters should apply to time worked within and outside the job schedule, you can use one hour rounding rule instead of configuring both a time rounding rule and an hour rounding rule.
If different rounding parameters are needed for time worked within the schedule versus outside it, you must define:
A time rounding rule for time worked within the job schedule, and
A separate hour rounding rule for time worked outside the job schedule.
As with a time rounding rule, an hour rounding rule defines:
A rounding type (for example, how times are rounded up, down, or to the nearest interval).
A rounding interval (for example, every 5, 10, or 15 minutes).
Before You Start
Make sure:
The relevant pay agreement is already created.
The Compare to Job Schedule option is enabled in the pay agreement header.
You know whether the rounding should apply to:
Hours outside the job schedule only,
Hours inside the job schedule only, or
Both inside and outside the job schedule.
Define an Hour Rounding Rule
Follow these steps to define an hour rounding rule for a pay agreement:
Open the Pay Agreement Entry screen, then open the pay agreement you want to configure.
Scroll down to the Primary Interpretation section, then click the Open button.
Click the existing primary interpretation header to which you want to add the hour rounding rule.
The options Primary Interpretation Header, Time Rounding Rule, Hour Rounding, Midnight Boundary Rules and Unpaid Breaks are displayed.
Click the Open button to the right of Hour Rounding Rule.
The Hour Rounding Rule Entry pane opens on the right-hand side of the screen.
In the Apply Rounding To field, select how the rule should apply:
Hours Out – the rule applies to time outside the job schedule only.
Hours In – the rule applies to time within the job schedule only.
Both – the rule applies to time within and outside the job schedule.
In the Type field in the Hour Rounding Rule Entry pane, select the rounding type that should apply.
In the Interval field in the Hour Rounding Rule Entry pane, select the rounding interval that should apply.
Click Save.
A confirmation message is displayed to confirm that the agreement has been saved successfully.