Overtime & Double-Time Schedule Rules

Define straight-time, overtime, and double-time rules — 4×10s, Sunday double time, holidays — so every estimate day classifies and splits hours automatically.

Why schedules matter

Two crews working the same hours can cost very different money depending on how the week splits into straight time, overtime, and double time. A schedule rule set captures those rules once, so every estimate prices hours the same way.

Create a rule set

1. In the sidebar, open Library → Schedule Rules and create a new rule set.
2. Set the shift & caps: hours per day and where straight time stops.
3. Classify each weekday under Day types: split days (ST up to the cap, then OT), full-OT days, or full-DT days — the classic turnaround week is 5×split + Saturday OT + Sunday DT.
4. Choose how holidays pay: unworked, worked all-OT, or worked all-DT.
5. Need odd rules? Advanced rules covers per-weekday DT thresholds and paid-lunch hours per shift.

Good to know

• Holiday dates live on the agreement (they come in with the Schedule A import); the rule set only decides how those dates pay.
• Make one rule set per working pattern you quote — straight 40s, 5-10s, turnaround weeks — and reuse them across estimates.
• Night work is priced two ways: a paid-lunch hours setting here (added before hours classify) and a wage differential on the craft rate. Per-diem travel pay lives on the estimate. See Charges, Per Diem & Shift Differentials.