In this article you can find out how to manage contract types in Shiftbase.
Every employee in Shiftbase has a contract associated with a contract type. A contract type is a set of rules associated with a contract. An employee can only be associated to one contract.
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Contract types Overview
The overview of all contracts can be found in Settings>Employee>Contract types. In this overview you can see all closed contracts and the current active contracts of the employees.
Adding Contract types
If you want to add a new contract type, you can click the + Contract types button in the top right corner to open a new contract.
Editing Contract types
Changing a contract type is done by clicking on the Pencil icon behind a contract type.
Now you have the following fields to change:
Name: The name of the contract type.
Salary: This is used for payroll, and indicates whether the employee is paid based on hours worked or contract hours.
Rate card: The rate card that applies to the contract type. The default surcharge card is basically 100% unless set otherwise. The set surcharge card applies to the hourly record.
Plus-minus calculation: By turning on plus-minus calculation, the plus and minus hours are calculated for all employees with the concerning contract type.
Absence policy: Select here the absence policy that should be linked. Employees receive the corresponding absences and balances.
Overtime policy: You can set an overtime surcharge when overtime should be processed over the number of hours worked by an employee on a day or week basis.
