Minimum Amount Rules

Minimum Amounts Overview

Minimum Amounts, also known as Minimum Call, Minimum Call-Out, Minimum Pay, or Guaranteed Hours, refer to the minimum number of hours an employee will be compensated for when reporting for work, even if they are sent home early. 

In WorkSight FLOW’s Minimum Amount Rules table, you can configure rules to bring employee’s hours up to meet Daily and/or Weekly Minimums. You can configure each rule so that it applies to all employees or only to specific employee groups based on qualifiers such as their shift details, occupation, or pay code. You can also configure each rule to apply a certain rate factor to the bring-up-to-minimum amount. 

This article will guide you through setting up basic configuration for the most common types of bring-up-to-minimum amount rules. 

Topics covered in this article: 

• Daily Minimums 
• Weekly Minimums 
• Call Back / Call In Minimums 

Daily Minimum Call 

WorkSight FLOW allows you to easily set up a rule that will automatically apply additional pay for employees who work less than the defined Minimum Number of hours in a day.  

Apply a Minimum Daily Amount 

To set up a basic Daily Minimum Amount rule in WorkSight FLOW, bringing the employees daily timecard hours up to 2, you will want to add a new row in the Timecard Rules > Minimum Amount Rules table. 

When complete, the row in the Minimum Amount Rules table should look like this: 

Example of a Minimum Amount payment in a Timecard: 

Note that the Regular worked hours plus the Minimum Call amount add up to 2 hours: 

Weekly Minimum Call 

To set up a rule that will automatically apply additional pay for your employees who work less than a defined Minimum Number of hours in a week.  

Apply a Minimum Weekly Amount  

To set up a basic Weekly Minimum Amount rule in WorkSight FLOW, bringing the employees weekly timecard hours up to 40, you will want to add a new row in the Timecard Rules > Minimum Amount Rules table. 

When complete, the row in the Minimum Amount Rules table should look like this:

Example of a Minimum Amount payment in a Timecard: 

Note that the employee did not work their full shifts on Wednesday and Thursday, and the Minimum Call is applying on the last worked day of the week. The Regular worked hours plus the Minimum Call amount for the week add up to 40 hours: 

Call In Minimum Call 

To set up a rule that will automatically apply additional pay for your employees who are called in to work and do not work enough to meet the defined Minimum Number of hours for a call-in.  

Apply a Minimum Call-In Amount  

To set up a basic Call-In Minimum Amount rule in WorkSight FLOW, bringing the employees timecard hours up to 3 with a factor of time and a half, you will want to add a new row in the Timecard Rules > Minimum Amount Rules table. Select an Hours Earned type that contains your “Call In” reason code.  

When complete, the row in the Minimum Amount Rules table should look like this:

Example of a Call-In Minimum Amount payment in a Timecard: 

Note that the employee was called back in after their regular shift ended for one hour. The Call-In worked hours plus the Minimum Call amount add up to 3 hours at a rate factor time and a half: 

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• For help with more advanced rule configuration, please see our article on Business Rules – Timecard  or reach out to our product support team with your exact specifications.