Overtime tiers

Overtime tiers#

For: Admin

Overtime in Shiftavo is tiered: the first batch of hours over the limit is paid at one multiplier, the next batch at a higher one. Five tier fields cover the common cases — daily, weekly, and consecutive days.

What it does#

Five separate tier blocks live on the work rule:

  • OT tier 1 — daily. Hours over the daily limit (and up to a second daily threshold) are paid at this multiplier — typically 1.25×.

  • OT tier 2 — daily. Hours past the second daily threshold pay at a higher multiplier — typically 1.5×.

  • OT tier 1 — weekly. Hours over the weekly limit (up to a second weekly threshold) at the tier-1 multiplier.

  • OT tier 2 — weekly. Hours past the second weekly threshold at the tier-2 multiplier.

  • Consecutive-day OT. A multiplier that kicks in once a person has worked N days in a row without the required weekly rest.

Each tier has two fields: the threshold (the number of hours, or days, that triggers the tier) and the multiplier (what the base hourly rate is multiplied by inside that band).

When it kicks in#

Tiers are evaluated on submitted time entries, not on the schedule. The rules:

  1. Shiftavo sums the hours actually worked for the day or the week.

  2. If the total exceeds the daily / weekly limit set under Daily and weekly limits, the excess is bucketed into tier 1 first, then tier 2.

  3. Each bucket multiplies the base rate. Tier 2 multiplies the base rate, not the tier-1 amount — there’s no compounding.

  4. Consecutive-day OT is checked separately, and applied to the qualifying day in addition to any daily / weekly tier on that same day.

A worked example: base rate CHF 30.00, daily limit 8h, tier 1 from 8h–10h at 1.25×, tier 2 from 10h+ at 1.5×. A 10.5h day pays 8h × CHF 30.00 + 2h × CHF 37.50 (tier 1) + 0.5h × CHF 45.00 (tier 2).

How it shows in the app#

  • Timesheet. Submitted rows show the tier breakdown when you open the row — base hours, tier-1 hours, tier-2 hours, consecutive-day hours.

  • Overtime report. One column per tier, totals per person and per period.

  • Payroll export. Each tier flows to its own pay code so your payroll provider can process the multipliers downstream.