FAQ: Validate button in Scheduling page, how does it work?
Overview
The Validate button calculates the total working hours of a Field Care Professional based on their Pay Period. This allow administrators to see how many hours a staff member has worked and will work for a certain pay period, enabling them to verify these hours once they are pushed to Carevision Payroll.
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Validate button only computes for PUBLISHED BOOKINGS and PUBLISHED SHIFT PATTERNS
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Total hours computed:
1. Service Bookings
2. Shift Patterns
3. Service Bookings + Shift Pattern
Prerequisites
1. Pay Period - needs to be setup to be able to be selected on Staff Profile > Staff Pay Details
2. Staff Profile > Pay Details
Sample Scenario
1. Staff - Seph Alfon
2. Pay Period - Fortnightly; Start Date - July 1, 2024 (to July 14th)
3. Bookings - 1hr * 8 days = 8hrs
4. Shift Pattern - 8hrs * 1 day = 8hrs
5 Total Hours - 16hrs
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The Total Hours vary and are influenced by whether the staff's bookings consist of Run Shifts or Broken Shifts. For more information, see
Run Shifts vs Broken Shifts.
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Yellow exclamation point on the Staff icon means that their Staff Pay Details are not yet setup.
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