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Create a working pattern

How to add a new working pattern in Sage HR.

Written by Oliver Cook

Working patterns allow you to set up your employee's working hours for each working day. The default setup will automatically assign the Full-time working pattern to your employees. You can edit this default working pattern, but you can create new ones for employees working different shifts or part-time hours.

πŸ“ŽNOTE: An employee's working pattern won't reflect their non-working days on the calendar. Only non-working days on an Employment Status show on the calendar.


Add a working pattern

  1. Click your name on the top right, then click Settings.

  2. On the settings menu, click Employee data.

  3. Employment statuses & Working patterns.

  4. Scroll down to Working patterns.

  5. Click Add working pattern.​

  6. Name the working pattern.

  7. Select the Working pattern length. For example, 1 week, 2 weeks, etc. This is how you can create a multiweek working pattern.
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    Working pattern length dropdown.


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  8. To select the working days, click the sliders.
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    Sliders to use to mark a day as a working day. Sliding to the right turn it into a green block with a tick.


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  9. For each working day enter what time work starts and what time work ends.
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    If required, for each working day, enter the start and end times of the break.
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    Options for start and end times of a working pattern day, with hours and minutes options.


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  10. Once you type in the hours, at the bottom it gives you the total number of hours in that working pattern.
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    Total hours option at bottom of the working pattern.


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  11. Click Save.


Actions

Once you've added a working pattern, the following options are available from the Actions drop down.

Edit working patterns option on the Actions dropdown.


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