It's not uncommon to find that many UKG customers use On-Call Pay Codes when they need to schedule On-Call Shifts. However, this scheduling practice can open your process up to errors. Ready to improve your process? Great! Here are six easy steps to better On-Call scheduling.
But first, if you are using Pay Codes for this scheduling task, why change now? Simply put, there are a few issues with using On-Call Pay Codes to schedule On-Call. First, doing so can be cumbersome because managers must manually handle Call Backs, which can cause issues. Second, there's no way to evaluate On-Call coverage easily.
The better alternative is to schedule On-Call using Shifts. This will eliminate the manual work around and allow managers to easily evaluate On-Call coverage. In addition, employees will easily be able to use your system's self-scheduling features with On-call Shifts.
6 Steps to Improving On-Call
The good news is that if your Call-Back Work Rule is already defined, you are more than halfway there. The key is the Call-In Rule associated with your Call- Back Work Rule.
Your Call-In Rule determines how On-Call is paid and how Call-Ins and Call-Backs are handled. Of course, UKG provides multiple configuration points allowing you to configure system behavior that matches your policy.
For example, whether Call-In is deducted from On-Call, whether a shift guarantee applies to the On-Call shift or each Call-In. This functionality is available in both UKG Workforce Central and UKG Dimensions products. The functionality is the same in both Central and Dimensions. So let’s get right to it!
Step 1
Create your On-Call Pay Code Distribution.
Yes, this is a bit of a cheat in that it is two steps, but you can't have a Pay Code Distribution without Pay Code Combinations. If you have only one pay result from On-Call shifts, your distribution may be a single Pay Code. You will find as you continue reading, it's not really a cheat.
Step 2
Create your On-Call Work Rule. Generally, this will be empty except for your On-Call Pay Code Distribution.
Step 3
Create your Call-In Rule.
Review the options on the Scheduled Call-Back and Call-Back tabs, as they determine things like whether Call-Back is deducted from On-Call pay, what should happen for a scheduled shift versus an unscheduled Call-Back. Note that the Shift Guarantee can be set here, at the "per on call shift" level, or within the Call-Back Work Rule if multiple shift guarantees are appropriate.
Step 4
Update your Call-Back Work Rule to use the new Call-In Rule.
Step 5
Schedule an On-Call Shift by creating a Shift with a Work Rule Transfer to the appropriate Call-Back Work Rule for the employee.
Step 6
Enjoy the improved results in your employee’s timecard.
On-Call only
On-Call, with a Call-In, deducted from On-Call.
Sometimes just making a few minor shifts in your process can seal up potential pitfalls in your scheduling. This is one of many examples of how a subtle shift in process can improve your overall scheduling efficiency and outcomes.
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