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Set up a Flexible Working Hours policy

2025-06-27
NOTE
Only Admins can create flexible working hours policies.

▶ Looking for another work policy? Check the guides below:

- Fixed working hours >

Working hours stay the same every week

- Schedule-based working hours >

Each person works based on their assigned schedule

- Staggered working hours >

Employees can start work anytime within the pre-agreed time range

1. Start Creating the Policy

  1. Go to Dashboard (PC) > Company settings.
  2. Click the Work policy tab.
  3. Under Working system, select Flexible working hours.
  4. Click [New work policy].

2. Basic Settings

Enter a Work policy name. Duplicated names are not allowed.

3. Basic work policy

▪︎Work Cycle

1 month or from 1 to 4 weeks.If the cycle is one month, the start date is typically the 1st. If it is weekly, Monday is typically selected.

▪︎ Average daily working hours

This is the average daily working time during the selected work cycle. Usually set to 8 hours.

▪︎ Method for calculating contracted working hours

You can choose between [Calculated based on legal standards] or [Calculated based on number of workdays]. If there’s a difference, selecting [Calculated in favor of the employee] will always apply the lower value.

▪︎ Work days

Select which days of the week employees are expected to work. Unselected days will be considered holidays.

▪︎ Allow work assignment on holidays

This setting allows assigning shifts on holidays or non-working days not marked as regular workdays.

▪︎ Work hours limit

Set the available time range for schedule applications or assignments.

▪︎ Set core working hours

Set time blocks that must be included when applying or assigning shifts.

4. Overtime Policy Settings

▪︎ Overtime management

Only available when:

  • The [Overtime management] feature is available starting from the Standard plan. You can enable it under Feature settings > Schedule.
  • Overtime policy does not apply to members set as "Pregnancy" in compliance with Korean labor law.
  • What is the maximum total work hours allowed per week? (Including overtime)Set the maximum combined hours of regular work and overtime that can be assigned or requested per week. Under Korean labor law, this is typically set to 52 hours.
  • What is the maximum weekly overtime allowed?Only visible for members with the "Postpartum" policy. Set the maximum daily overtime hours that can be assigned or requested.
  • Allow extra overtime based on used leave?Set the total number of overtime hours employees can be assigned/requested per week. Under Korean law, this is typically up to 12 hours.
  • Allow extra overtime based on used days off?Only available when using the "Postpartum" policy. Set the weekly overtime limit during the postpartum period.
  • Allow overtime request on vacation days?If set to ‘No’, employees cannot request overtime on vacation days—and vice versa.
  • If the scheduled hours exceed contracted hours, is the excess automatically assigned as overtime?If set to ‘No’, even if work is scheduled beyond contracted or legal hours, it won’t count as overtime automatically. If ‘Yes’ is selected:
    • Selecting 'Yes' will automatically assign hours exceeding the longer of contracted or legal working hours as overtime.
      • Standard work: Hours exceeding the longer of contracted or legal working hours will be assigned as overtime.
      • Part-time work: Hours exceeding contracted hours will be assigned as overtime.
NOTE
Overtime policy only applies to members who are designated as eligible under Overtime > Settings.

5. Save the New Work Policy

Click the Save button at the top of the page. A popup will appear to set applicable members unless all employees are already assigned to another policy.

If the popup doesn't appear, go to the policy list and click the [Members] column to set targets.

  • Click [Add a member] to go to the member management page and change policies.
  • When you set [Applicable scope], the policy will auto-apply to new members in that group.
  • Use [Apply in bulk] to apply the policy to all current applicable members.
  • Check which members are [In effect] or [Scheduled] under the respective tabs.
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