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Configure Labor Codes

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When you have labor costs related to the type of work being done by your labor force, such as overtime, weekend rates, travel, holiday, maintenance, preventive, etc. You can let your labor force choose the correct labor code based on the work they are doing for more accurate labor rates on work order labor lines.

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What are Labor Codes?

Labor codes allow you to set rates for different types of work, such as: Regular Hours, Overtime Rate, and Weekend Rate.

Employees use labor codes to accurately reflect the type of work done in work orders.

After labor codes are turned on, you must set up them up at the Global level and then they can be assigned to work orders. When you have exceptions, these can be added at the Site and Employee level.

Enable Labor Codes

Before you can use the labor codes, these must be enabled in the Marketplace.

When the labor codes are turned on, then you must complete the set up at the Global Level so that the labor rates can be assigned to the work orders. The Site Level and Employee & Users Level can be used to set up exceptions.

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Learn more about Marketplace.

Notes

  • Before you turn off the Labor Codes, find out which Sites are using the Labor Codes before you disable them, as this will affect those Sites.
  • If you are not using the Labor Codes plugin, then you can set the Labor Rate at the Employee Level. 

Global Level

You can set up labor codes at the global level, where it will be used across your organization.

Here you will create each global labor code, such as Regular Hours with the cost of $25.00. Then this can be marked as the default. Then you can create departments if you plan to set specific labor rates at the Site Level or User Level.

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Learn about Labor Codes in Set up Employee Contacts and Labor Codes.

Site Level

If you need a labor code, such as Regular Hours to have a cost of $35 for a specific Site and Department, this can be set up at the Site Level.

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Learn more about Labor Codes in Set up a Site.

Employee & User Level

Then you may have an employee that has a specific role that is charged at a specific cost; for example, they are a highly skilled technician and their labor cost is $80. This can be set at the Employee & User level.

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Learn more about Labor Codes in Edit an Employee.