Working away: overtime and nights on one timesheet
For engineers working away from home in the UK or abroad: Muster records the week's hours, works out the overtime and counts each night away for the claim.
One week away, worked out
A week away on the rules Muster ships with: overtime past 39 hours, Monday to Sunday, at time and a half; every Sunday hour at double time; travel counting toward the week; £15 for a night in the UK.
| Day | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Monday | 5 hours driving out, then 4 hours on site; a night away |
| Tuesday to Friday | 10 hours on site a day; a night away each |
| Saturday | 6 hours on site; a night away |
| Sunday | 7 hours driving home |
| Days | What it comes to |
|---|---|
| Monday to Saturday | 55 hours: 39 at basic and 16 at x1.5 |
| Sunday | 7 hours at x2.0, which do not push the weekday hours into overtime |
| Nights away | 6 UK nights, £90 at the shipped rate |
Your own agreement may differ, and its rules are the ones Muster uses: the threshold, the columns and weekend travel are in Settings › How I'm paid, and the night rates under Nights away in Settings › Features.
How each part is recorded
- The hours from Clock in and Clock out on Today, with the job and what you were doing. Driving is Travel, work is Labour. See Recording time.
- The night is the Overnight stay tick on that day's entry, with the country you slept in. Abroad, it is paid at the overseas rate. See Nights away and overnight allowance.
- A weekend day away, not worked, kept on site or in a hotel, is a Rest Day: a flat 8 hours at plain rate, outside the 39. Hours you log on a Saturday or Sunday are otherwise worked time. See Weekends and the onsite tick.
Before it goes to HR
Summary counts the period's nights, UK and overseas, and prices them in an Allowances row; Reports shows the overtime split, worked out on the server. Before you send the period, Summary lists what needs a look: working days with nothing on them, days with no country, which cannot claim a night, and days with no break recorded. If your employer gave you a timesheet workbook, Muster fills it in. See Your timesheet as Excel, CSV or PDF.
Every figure is an estimate before tax, worked from what you recorded, and never a payroll record.
Related
- Overtime worked out by your employer's rules
- Travel time tracking for field engineers
- The 48-hour week, and how close you are to it
- A timesheet app that works with no signal
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