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  • Getting Started
    • Setting up your first job
    • Your pay schedule from your last cheque
    • Clocking in and out
    • Entering a shift by hand
    • Reading the Week screen
    • Clock-in and clock-out reminders
    • Working more than one job
  • Your pay
    • Reading the Pay screen
    • Why your estimate can differ from your cheque
  • Overtime and rates
    • The overtime window (such as midnight to 6 a.m.)
    • Saturday, Sunday and other day rates
  • Union contracts & custom rules
    • Setting up your contract rules
    • The long-shift meal premium
    • Call-out minimums
    • How does banked time work?
  • Holidays
    • How holiday pay works
  • Your data
    • Backing up and restoring
  • Paycheq Pro
    • What Paycheq Pro adds
  • Troubleshooting
    • My figures don't match my cheque
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  1. Overview
  2. Union contracts & custom rules

Union contracts & custom rules

  • Setting up your contract rules

    Contract rules tell Paycheq how your collective agreement pays: overtime, day rates, premiums, call-outs, banked time and more. They replace your province's rules wherever your contract covers them.Contract rules are part of Paycheq Pro.Turning them onGo ...

  • The long-shift meal premium

    Many contracts pay extra on long shifts: half an hour at double time plus a $12 meal allowance once you pass 11 hours, and the same again once you pass 15.How it worksPaycheq adds up the paid time on each shift.When a shift passes a step's hours, Paycheq ...

  • Call-out minimums

    If you're called in outside your schedule, many contracts pay a minimum number of hours, such as 4, even if you work less.Setting it upGo to Jobs, tap your job, then Contract rules.Tap Add a rule and choose Call-out minimum.Set Minimum hours, such as 4.Ch ...

  • How does banked time work?

    Banked time saves your overtime as paid time off, instead of paying it on your cheque. Paycheq keeps track of what you bank, what you claim, and your balance.Setting it upGo to Jobs, tap your job, then Contract rules.Tap Add a rule and choose Banked time. ...

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