Appendix B - Alerts

Below is a listing of alerts available for use with TimeStar™. Any of these alerts may be disabled and some have configurable thresholds that must be reached before the alert will be generated. Please contact an Insperity Time and Attendance Professional Services Representative for assistance with alerts setup.

Absent – This alert is generated when there are no punches on a scheduled workday. The alert may be configured to not generate if an employee has hours on a scheduled workday.

Accrual Balance – This alert is generated when an employee’s accrual balance is less than the specified amount.

Accrual Maximum Balance – This alert is generated when an employee’s accrual balance is greater than the specified amount.

Approaching Weekly Premium – This alert is generated when an employee works more than a specified number of regular hours in the same workweek, but does not work more than the maximum number of hours defined.

Break Too Long – This alert is generated when an employee takes longer than the defined duration for a paid break.

Consecutive Hours – This alert is generated when an employee works more than a specified number of hours in a single day.

Create Holidays - This alert is generated when no holidays exist for the next calendar year.

Daily Hours Threshold – This alert is generated when an employee works less than the minimum number of hours specified or greater than the maximum number of hours specified in a single day.

Duplicate Punch – This alert is generated when two punches of the same type are recorded within a specified number of minutes from each other.

Early In – This alert is generated when an In punch is recorded prior to the scheduled start time (including any grace minutes).

Early Out – This alert is generated when an Out punch is recorded prior to the scheduled stop time (including any grace minutes).

Excessive Breaks – This alert is generated when an employee punches for more than the defined number of breaks per day.

Excessive Lunches – This alert is generated when an employee punches for more than the defined number of lunches per day.

Generate Pay Periods – This alert is generated when no pay periods exist for the next calendar year.

In For Day Again – This alert is generated when an In For Day Again (IDA) punch is recorded for an employee on any day.

Missing Punch – This alert is generated when a punch is recorded for a day that does not have a match. (An In punch must have an Out punch after it, and vice versa – if either is missing, a Missing Punch alert will be generated).

Last Out Punch – This alert is generated when an employee does not have an Out punch within a specified time from his/her In punch on the last day worked in a pay period. (This alert is used to help identify missing Out punches at the end of a pay period).

Late In – This alert is generated when an In punch is recorded after the scheduled start time (including any grace minutes).

Late Out – This alert is generated when an Out punch is recorded after the scheduled stop time (including any grace minutes).

Lifetime Hours Threshold – This alert is generated when an employee surpasses a specified number of hours in his/her entire employment.

Lunch Too Long – This alert is generated when an employee takes more than the defined duration for an unpaid lunch (including any grace minutes).

Lunch Too Short – This alert is generated when an employee takes less than the defined duration for an unpaid lunch (including any grace minutes).

No Lunch Taken – This alert is generated when an employee is required to take a lunch and no In From Lunch (INL) punch is recorded for the day.

Non Scheduled – This alert is generated when any punch is recorded for an employee on a day he/she is not scheduled to work.

Not Enough Breaks – This alert is generated when an employee takes less than the defined number of breaks in a day.

Period Hours Threshold – This alert is generated when an employee works less than the minimum number of hours specified or greater than the maximum number of hours specified in a pay period.

Points Threshold – This alert is generated when an employee’s points balance has reached a defined value.

Probation Pay – This alert is generated if an employee has Hours of a specified pay type prior to the defined required number of days since hire.

Punch Category – This alert is generated when an employee has a punch with the specified punch category for any day.

Punch During DST – This alert is generated when an employee is on the clock at the time when Daylight Savings Time begins or ends. Usually TimeStar™ will handle this time properly, but this alert identifies these employees so you may check their hour totals.

Punch Inverted Rounding – This alert is generated when rounding rules cause an In and Out punch to reverse positions.

Punches and Other Hours – This alert is generated when an employee has both Punches and an Hours entry for the same day.

Suspicious Punch – This alert is generated when an employee has more than one In For Day (IND) punch in the same day.

Transfer – This alert is generated when an Org Level Transfer (TXO) punch is recorded for any day.

Weekly Hours Threshold – This alert is generated when an employee works less than the minimum number of hours specified or greater than the maximum number of hours specified in a single day.