Challenges may arise in the interpretation of working time on days when the clocks are changed either to summer or winter time. The interpretation of working time on these days largely depends on the environment settings, so the interpretation may vary between different setting groups depending on the settings and entries.
Changing the clocks
Changing the clocks mainly affects shifts worked during the night. It is worth bearing in mind that when the clocks are turned back, there are 25 hours in one day. This affects, among other things, the earning of accruals. If permitted working times or other restrictions apply during the day, these may also cause an incorrect interpretation for that day. When the clocks are turned forward, there are 23 hours in one day. This can similarly affect the earning of supplements and accruals.
On days when the clocks are changed, the administrator / supervisor should review the interpretation of the hours particularly carefully and make any necessary manual changes for that day to correct the interpretation.
Example 1. The clocks are turned back one hour and the length of the workday is based on the shift
If the length of the working day is set to be based on the length of the shift, all hours during the shift are counted as working time. For example, when the clocks were turned back on October 24th and there are eight-hour shifts during the week, that Saturday's shift is nine hours long, because an extra hour appears for the day during the night. In this case, any possible accruals are also accrued for one hour more than on other corresponding days. Even if the work entry's compensation is "Uncompensated", all hours worked within the shift are counted as working time, because the length of the workday is determined by the shift's start and end times and is not tied to a specific number of hours.
Example 2. The clocks are turned back one hour and the length of the workday is set for the day
In this example, the same shifts as in the previous example are used, but this time the length of the day is not based on the shift, but is defined separately in the settings. The length of the day has been set to 8 hours.
In this case, the length of Saturday's day is also 8 hours, and only that amount is recorded as working time if the work is targeted as "Uncompensated". Accruals are also accrued based on eight hours. In this situation, the length of the day should either be changed to nine hours, in which case the extra hour resulting from the clock change is also counted as working time, or the event's overtime targeting should be changed so that the time exceeding eight hours is compensated, for example, in the balance or in pay.