In "AutoLunch Deduct" we now type in the amount of time we will deduct for the Employee's lunch break.
Which also in hours so we use a decimal place to represent time less than an hour as here I get a half an hour lunch
(.5) auto deducted after I have been on the clock for 4 hours.

If you set up auto lunch but have punches from the past you can 'regenerate totals' and the Auto Lunch punches will generate and be in the Transaction table.

 Another report which will help to identify any abnormalities or to verify that the lunches are being correctly handled is the Time Detail Report:


   Here we see the time of the punches, the Auto Lunch punch will always be made at the start of the days shift after the rules are met. As we see on the 15th I only was on the clock for 3.83 hours thus no Auto Lunch was deducted but the following day I had 4.5 hours on the clock so my half an hour lunch break was deducted.

Presume Lunch:

We now have set Auto Lunch up for our employees but some of them punch out for lunch at times so in order for us not to deduct twice for lunch we now set up our "Presume Lunch" rule. To make adjustment go to the Software Options window. Use the navigation window to open up the Software Options window by click on SetUp/Program Options.
 

    Now we click on the Punch Rules tab to get to the correct screen where we make our Assume Lunch settings. In the picture to the right you see the "Presume Lunch if Off Clock" settings. They will be greyed out until you place a check mark in the box. All entries here are in minutes.

 
     Our first adjustment will be the "Presume After"; this is the amount of time I have to be at work for the rule to come into affect. Here we have 180 minutes which translates to being at work for 3 hours or more be for the Presume rule will look at the punches.