General Configuration

Punches

Punch Clock On

If disabled, even if the Time and Attendance module is installed on the system, all punch clock functions are disabled. The Punch Clock key does not appear on the touch screen. If this option is enabled, the Punch Clock key appears below the Function key on the touch screen enabling employees to perform punch clock functions.

Allow Punches

Enable this option allow the employees to punch.

Check Server's Functions

If this option is enabled, the workstation will verify before giving employees access to the service functions (Server, Barman, Order…). To use this field, each function must also be activated or not in Time & Attendance \ Setup \Tasks. If this option is disabled, no control is made and all functions can be accessed with all tasks.

Punch with Open Checks

If enabled, employees are allowed to punch out for the day even if they have checks or tables that remain open. If disabled, employees cannot punch out if they have open checks or tables. They must print those checks and close those tables, or have those tables transferred to another employee, before they can punch out.

Print Coupon

If enabled, the touch screen workstation will print a coupon each time the employee punches in and punches out. On this coupon, you will see the punch time, as well as the next shift scheduled if you are using the Time Schedule option. If disabled, no coupon will be printed

Gross Sales

If enabled, the labor report will use the Gross Sales.

Restrict Edition to Current Day

If enabled, you are forbidden to edit any punch older then the last End Of Day procedure, so that any such modifications can only be performed at the head-office. If an attempt is made, in a restaurant, to modify a punch from a previous fiscal day, or add a punch to a previous fiscal day, a warning message is displayed, and you can not proceed with the adjustment.

Administrative Punch

If this option is enabled, a manager can perform a punch in or out at a workstation outside of the employee's scheduled hours.

Minimum Punch Warning

Enable this option to display a warning statement if an employee punches out less then a minimum amount of time after punching in. If the employee agrees to this statement, a coupon prints with a signature line.

NOTE: Enter the number of minutes in the Minimum Work Time Warning Delay field below.

Time Rounding

When the employee is punching in and punching out, Maitre'D can round the time to different interval. The following table shows the options that appear when you press the drop-down.

1 minute	The time is recorded without modification.
5 Minutes	The time is rounded up to the next 5 minutes for more than 2 full minutes. Ex: 9:02 becomes 9:00 and 9:03 becomes 9:05.
15 minutes	The time is rounded up to the next 15 minutes for more than 7 full minutes. Ex: 9:07 becomes 9:00 and 9:08 becomes 9:15.
Next 5 minutes	The time is automatically rounded up to the next 5 minutes. Ex: 9:01 becomes 9:05.
Next 15 minutes	The time is automatically rounded up to the next 15 minutes. Ex 9:02 becomes 9:15.
6 minutes	The time is rounded up to the next 6 minutes for more than 3 full minutes. Ex: 9:03 becomes 9:00 and 9:04 becomes 9:06.
Next 6 minutes	The time is automatically rounded up to the next 6 minutes. Ex: 9:01 becomes 9:06.
+ or - 5 minutes	The punch in time is rounded up to the next 5 minutes and the punch out is rounded down to the previous 5 minutes. Ex: Punch in at 9:01 becomes 9:05. Punch out at 10:04 becomes 10:00.
+ or - 15 minutes	The punch in time is rounded up to the next 15 minutes and the punch out is rounded down to the previous 15 minutes. Ex: Punch in at 9:01 becomes 9:15. Punch out at 10:14 becomes 10:00.

Number of Punches Displayed

Enter in this field the number of shifts to show by default in Time & Attendance / File / Employee / Time Card

Days to keep

Enter in this field the number of days you want to keep your timekeeping information. The minimal value is 30.

Minimum Work Time Warning Delay

Enter in this field the number of minutes under which a warning statement is displayed if an employee punches out too soon.

NOTE: You also need to enable the Minimum Punch Warning option above.

Report

Labor Cost

If this option is enabled, Maitre'D prints the Labor Cost as well as the hours worked and the salaries paid in the Activity Report which is run at the touch screen workstation. If this option is disabled, the Activity Report will not include Time & Attendance related data.

Labor Dist. Use T&A

If this field is enabled, the reports use the Time and Attendance time which begins according to the entry in the Beginning Of Day field. If this option is disabled, reports use the accounting time, which is determined by the time the End Of Day is done.

Adjustment on Time Card

If this option is enabled, when a punch adjustment is performed at a workstation, the required Adjustment Reason is printed on the punch coupon.

Tip Declaration

Enhanced Tip Declaration

Enable this to use the enhanced tip declaration.

Tip Transfers

If you are allowing tip transfers between servers, this option must be enabled. Tip transfers could occur between any employees that are programmed in the Time & Attendance module. Therefore, a server will be able to transfer tips to a busboy or a hostess.

NOTE: Tips transfers are allowed only after a tip declaration.

Include Discounts

Enable this option if the discounts are included in the tipable sales. When this option is enabled, the tipable sales will be the sales minus the discounts. For example, if you have sales of 100$ and you are applying on those 100 sales discounts for 40$, and that the Include discounts option is enabled, the tipable sales would be of 60$ (100$ - 40$).

Limit Transfer To Declared Amount

Enable this option to limit the Tip Transfers to the Declared Tips Amount.

Setup

Us Configuration

If this option is enabled, Maitre'D will show the screens used in the United-States, which implies a lot of personal setup fields that are not used in Canada. If this field is disabled, the system will use simplified screens.

Beginning of Day

Enter the hour when a new 24 hours period begins. This time is used in overtime calculation.

First day of Week

Enter in this field the day of the week in which the pay period begins. This should coincide with the date Beginning of Pay Period date in Time and Attendance / Setup /Pay Period.