Confirm your agreement, not a common example
Open Settings → Edit pay rules → Your rules. Optional rules remain off until you enable them. The app does not infer an agreement from your employer, local, job title, or location.
A calculation can only cover what the app represents and you confirm. Keep a missing-rule note rather than approximating an unsupported entitlement.
Daily overtime and additional tiers
Enable Daily overtime, then enter After worked hours and the applicable Multiplier. Use Add another overtime tier when your confirmed daily rule has additional thresholds.
A synthetic example: after eight worked hours at 1.5×, ten hours at a $50 base rate produce eight hours at $50 and two at $75: $550 before any other applicable rule. This is an illustration, not a default policy.
Multiple entries on the same payroll-local date share the daily overtime calculation. Unpaid breaks do not count as worked time. A weekly threshold is different from a daily threshold: do not enter 40 as a daily threshold to simulate weekly overtime.
Weekdays, dates, and outside-schedule pay
Sunday premium sets a Sunday multiplier. Under Other weekdays, add another weekday premium. Under Holidays and specific dates, use Add premium date for the particular dates and multipliers you have confirmed. The app does not maintain an automatically authoritative holiday calendar for your agreement.
Outside-schedule pay lets you enter the same daytime regular schedule on selected weekdays and an outside-schedule multiplier. Overnight schedule windows are not supported by this setup. This limitation is about the schedule definition, not recording actual overnight shifts.
When supported premiums overlap, the highest applicable multiplier wins; they are not added or multiplied together. Verify that this matches your agreement. Do not treat a result as complete when your agreement requires another combination.
Callout minimums
Enable Callout minimum and enter Minimum paid hours. Log the actual start and end of the callout and any unpaid breaks. The engine can add a separate guarantee component for a short callout, using its supported multiplier policy.
A one-hour callout with a confirmed four-hour minimum is still one hour of real work. Do not record four clock hours to represent the guarantee. A callout crossing a rule-change boundary can need review when the correct guarantee pricing is ambiguous.
Flat per diem
Enable Flat per diem and enter USD per worked date. This is a flat amount for a local worked date, not one payment per work entry. More than one shift on the same date does not automatically earn another daily allowance; work across local dates can affect the dates included.
Expected per diem is displayed separately from expected wages. When checking a paystub, you explicitly confirm whether its gross figure includes that allowance. LinePaycheck does not infer tax treatment.
Next: Change rules without changing the wrong work and check supported limits .
Still unsure? Keep your original records and get help before changing facts to make a total match.