What is the overtime balance and how does it work in Sesame?

The overtime balance is a feature that lets you accumulate hours worked outside the regular schedule so they can be compensated later with time off or pay, based on the company's policies. In Sesame, this process is handled automatically, logging the hours and making compensation easy to manage according to the rules you set.

How are overtime hours logged in the system?

Sesame's system monitors employee clock-ins and clock-outs in real time. When someone works beyond their scheduled hours, the system automatically detects and logs those hours as overtime, based on the rules the company has set.

Can overtime be compensated with time off or pay?

Yes, Sesame lets you choose between compensating overtime with time off or with pay. The company can configure this preference based on its internal policies and its employees' needs.

Who can manage and view the overtime balance?

Depending on the access assigned, HR, team managers, and employees themselves can access and manage the overtime balance. This keeps things transparent and makes it easy for employees to manage their own hours.

How does overtime get included in payroll?

Overtime logged in Sesame can be exported in formats like Excel, CSV, or PDF, making it easy to include in your payroll process. This helps ensure compensation is reflected correctly in employee pay.

How are changes to the work schedule communicated?

Any change to the work schedule should be communicated to the employee in advance, in accordance with the applicable legislation in each country. Sesame makes this easy with automatic notifications and system clock ins/outs.

Can I set custom rules for accumulating hours?

Yes, Sesame lets you configure specific rules for accumulating and compensating overtime, adapting to your company's internal policies and any agreements you have with employees.

What reports can I generate on overtime?

The system lets you generate detailed reports on hours worked, accumulated overtime, and compensation given. These reports can be customized and exported in different formats for analysis and record-keeping.

How does the overtime balance benefit the company and employees?

The overtime balance gives both the company and its employees flexibility. For the company, it helps absorb fluctuations in workload without immediate extra cost. For employees, it offers a way to balance work and personal life by compensating overtime with time off or pay.

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Sesame HR overtime balance dashboard showing the team and its performance

Measure your team's extra work

With our overtime program, you'll always know your balance in real time, including hours already compensated and hours still pending.

Generate automatic reports

Easily check total scheduled hours, hours actually worked, and accumulated overtime and supplementary hours.

Compensate the overtime balance

Compensate overtime however works best for your company's needs.

Set up your overtime balance program

Choose how to compensate the overtime balance based on your preferences and your company's needs. With the time-off option, a new type of time off is created specifically to compensate your employees' overtime.

You're free to choose how you want to compensate extra time worked, with a solution that fits both your interests and your team's.

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Accumulate, compensate, and track overtime without touching a spreadsheet

Automatic detection, flexible compensation policies, and a dashboard with predictive alerts, all in a single flow.

Automatic tracking: every overtime hour is calculated by comparing actual hours worked (clock in/out data) against contracted hours. Full transparency for both employee and company.

Flexible compensation: set global or per-employee rules: time off, payroll pay, or a hybrid model. Configure annual accumulation limits, and the system applies them automatically, so you don't have to keep track yourself.

Dashboard and alerts: view overtime trends by department in real time. Get automatic notifications when an employee approaches the configured threshold, before it turns into a legal or cost issue.

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Generate overtime reports to support decision-making

Whatever way you choose to track your teams' hours, you'll find all the information in one place. Your HR team can manage clock ins and clock outs for every employee and check who's working on-site, remotely, or on a break. That simple.

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How does Sesame's overtime balance program work?

View logged overtime

Go to your overtime balance area to see your employees' overtime.

Choose the compensation

Compensate each employee's overtime, either with pay or with time off.

Check the history

Review the history of your employees' overtime balance. You'll be able to see how each employee's overtime was compensated.

Create your overtime balance report

Create your overtime balance report easily and automatically in Excel, CSV, or PDF.

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The overtime balance is a feature that lets you accumulate hours worked outside the regular schedule so they can be compensated later with time off or pay, based on the company's policies. In Sesame, this process is handled automatically, logging the hours and making compensation easy to manage according to the rules you set.
Sesame's system monitors employee clock-ins and clock-outs in real time. When someone works beyond their scheduled hours, the system automatically detects and logs those hours as overtime, based on the rules the company has set.
Yes, Sesame lets you choose between compensating overtime with time off or with pay. The company can configure this preference based on its internal policies and its employees' needs.
Depending on the access assigned, HR, team managers, and employees themselves can access and manage the overtime balance. This keeps things transparent and makes it easy for employees to manage their own hours.
Overtime logged in Sesame can be exported in formats like Excel, CSV, or PDF, making it easy to include in your payroll process. This helps ensure compensation is reflected correctly in employee pay.
Any change to the work schedule should be communicated to the employee in advance, in accordance with the applicable legislation in each country. Sesame makes this easy with automatic notifications and system clock ins/outs.
Yes, Sesame lets you configure specific rules for accumulating and compensating overtime, adapting to your company's internal policies and any agreements you have with employees.
The system lets you generate detailed reports on hours worked, accumulated overtime, and compensation given. These reports can be customized and exported in different formats for analysis and record-keeping.
The overtime balance gives both the company and its employees flexibility. For the company, it helps absorb fluctuations in workload without immediate extra cost. For employees, it offers a way to balance work and personal life by compensating overtime with time off or pay.