Night hours help you identify time worked during a defined night-time period and apply the appropriate compensation rate. Once configured in an attendance policy, PeopleForce automatically classifies the part of an attendance entry that overlaps with the selected time window.
This makes it easier to prepare attendance data for payroll, track night work separately, and avoid manual calculations.
🌙 Night hours are configured separately for each attendance policy. Make sure you configure policies for each location you want to track.
Enable and configure night hours
Go to Settings → Attendance policies.
Open the attendance policy you want to update.
Open the Special hours tab.
Turn on the Special hours toggle. The Night hours classification appears in the list.
Select the settings icon next to Night hours.
Configure the classification:
Classification name: Enter the name that should appear in attendance data and exports. For example, Night hours or Night Shift Hours.
Classification code: Optionally add a code that helps your payroll team identify this type of time in exports.
Colour: Choose a colour for the classification.
Compensation multiplier: Set the additional compensation rate for time worked during the configured period. Use 0% when night hours should be paid at the base rate.
Start time and End time: Define when night hours apply. The time window can cross midnight, for example, from 22:00 to 06:00.
Click Save.
Select Next to continue through the remaining attendance policy settings, then save the policy.
🌍 The configured time range uses the local time zone of the employee submitting the attendance entry.
To change the night-hours configuration, go to Settings → Attendance policies, open the required policy.
In the Special hours tab, use the toggle in the Active column to stop applying the Night hours classification while keeping its settings available for later use.
How night hours are calculated
PeopleForce automatically separates the part of an attendance entry that falls within the configured night-time window.
For example, suppose night hours are set from 22:00 to 06:00 and an employee works from 21:00 to 02:00:
Time period | Classification |
21:00–22:00 | Regular working time |
22:00–02:00 | Night hours |
In this case, four hours are classified as night hours, while the remaining hour stays recorded as regular working time.
View night hours in attendance exports
Night-hour data is available in attendance exports and can be used when preparing payroll information. You can apply filters before exporting attendance data, and the export will include only the filtered results.
Depending on the selected export format, PeopleForce displays the classified time in different ways. This helps payroll teams distinguish regular hours from time that requires separate compensation.