Labor Preferences

The Labor preferences allow corporate users to determine how Labor Scheduling and Labor Schedule outputs will be handled. Most of the settings selected in this screen will be the default on the Labor tab in the Location Details screen when a new location record is created.

Under the Corporate menu, click Preferences.
All tabs are visible by default. To show/hide a tab, click on the Menu icon and select the Tabs option.
From the pop-up menu, check to show or uncheck to hide the desired tab(s).
Click on the Labor tab.
Configure the desired settings on this tab. To see details for each setting, click HERE.

Scheduling Based on — Options include by the 'Week', 'Days', 'Dayparts', 'Hours', '30 Minute Intervals', '15 Minute Intervals'; the setting in the Location Details screen is used as the default setting when creating staffing templates in Net-Chef. The global setting from the Preferences screen is used as the default setting when creating staffing templates in Enterprise Manager.
Labor Schedule Output Time Format — 'AM/PM' (default) or 'Military'; labor schedules will use the selected format for printable documents and schedules sent via e-mail.
Labor Actuals Adjustment Reasons — Indicates whether adjustment reasons are 'Available', 'Required', or 'Off' (default) when Labor Actuals are edited by a Net-Chef user.
Allow Duplicate Payroll ID Number — If checked, the same Payroll ID Number can be used for more than one employee. {Note}: This affects creating and exporting employee records. It is intended for use by Franchisees who may be using different payroll systems.
Allow Incomplete Employees on Labor Schedules — If not checked, employees can only be added to a labor schedule if all items on the Employee Checklist in the employee record are checked as "completed." If checked, employees can be added to a labor schedule regardless of whether these tasks are completed or not.
Require Memo for Labor Detail Alerts — If checked, the "Memo" field will be required in the Labor Rule Violation and Tip Credit Allowance alert windows that appear in the Labor Details screen in Net-Chef.
Exclude Terminated Employees from Payroll Export — If checked, the labor actual data exported to the payroll system will not include employees with a status of 'Terminated'.
Display Break Type on Labor Details — If checked, a "Break Type" drop-down will appear on the Labor Actuals tab of the Labor Details screen in Net-Chef, for a user to indicate that a shift row represents a Paid or Unpaid break.
Labor Schedule - Need to Create Dashboard task due ___ days before week begin — The value entered will determine the number of days before the week begins that Labor Schedule Create task(s) will appear in the Daily Tasks section of the Net-Chef Dashboard.
First Daypart for Scheduling — Determines the starting point for the Employee Availability grid in Net-Chef and works with the Scheduling Based on setting to determine the starting point for daily labor schedules. It also determines the order in which the Daypart reports in the Net-Chef Daily Prep module displays dayparts when reporting historical consumption of Prep Recipes by Daypart.
Employee POS export mapping for use in Net-Chef — Select an export mapping to use as the default for new locations.
Labor Schedule export mapping for use in Net-Chef — Select an export mapping to use as the default for new locations.
Business Day begins at (time in 24 hour format) — When a time is entered, Labor Schedule and Labor Actual shift hours from midnight up through the specified time will be applied to the previous day. An entry of ‘00:00’ represents midnight.
Export Employee information and Labor Schedule to POS system via Event Scheduling — If checked, exports will occur via Event Scheduling in Enterprise Manager. If not checked, employee exports will occur from the Employee Maintenance screen in Net-Chef.
Wage Matrix (only visible in Location Details; no global default) — Select a Wage Matrix to link a location in Australia to a list of wage rates that employees can be paid, depending on their age and job level experience.
Hours of Operation — Users can define 'Opening Time (Setup)', 'Opening Time', 'Closing Time' and 'Closing Time (Cleanup)' for each day of the week. These values are used to help set up staffing levels based on when employees start and end work versus the location's business hours. They can also be used along with the "Business Day Begins at" setting and the "Earliest Post Date Based on" and "Time Zone" Location Details settings to calculate when a location can Post.

In Location Details, the "Opening Time" must not be '00:00' in order for the following Daily Tasks to display on the Net-Chef Dashboard: Missing Buffet Consumption, Missing Labor Actuals, Missing Labor Schedule, Missing Menu Mix Sales, Missing Register Sales.

If necessary, click on any other tab as needed to configure settings on that tab. If not, skip to the next step.
Click the Disk (Save) icon to save your changes.
When finished, click the X (Close) icon to exit the screen.