FingerTec TCMS V2 User Manual
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Break Rules
Deduct actual lunch time 
(Resume-Break) from work 
time
Deduct actual dinner time 
(OT-OUT) from work time
Do not deduct any lunch 
time if employee works half 
day only
Lunch time duration 
for flexi-lunch range in 
minutes
Dinner time duration 
for flexi-dinner range in 
minutes
Do you want to Apply Auto 
Add Break Time when in-
clude lunch/dinner break?
Do you want to deduct 
extra lunch/dinner time 
from working hour?
Do you want to include 
lunch/dinner time into 
overtime hour?
Deduct no. of hours for 
break time from overtime 
hour
Click
Yes
if you want to deduct break time which is the period
you clock out (Break) until you clock in again (Resume) from the 
total work time. 
Click
Yes
if you want to deduct dinnertime which is the period
you clock out for dinner (OUT) until you clock in again (OT) from 
the total work time.
If this is the rule of your company, please click on the checker. 
Leave it if it’s not applicable to your company 
Specify the minutes the company allows for staff to have flex-
ible lunchtime. If the staff exceeds the time allowed, the extra 
minutes will be deducted from the total work time.
Specify the minutes the company allows for staff to have flex-
ible dinnertime. If the staff exceeds the time allowed, the extra 
minutes will be deducted from the total work time.
Click
Yes
if you want to apply the rule it means that the remain-
ing lunch/dinner time will be added into work time. This is to 
add the work time for the users who work during their lunch/
dinner break.
Click
Yes
if you want to limit the break time to only the permit-
ted hour by the company; any extra minutes taken will be de-
ducted from the total work hours. 
Since dinner usually exceeds OUT time, click
Yes
if you want to
include the dinner time into the overtime hour. Leave it if the 
company’s policy does not allow that. 
If you want to deduct the break time from the overtime, define 
number of hours that should be deducted if the overtime hour 
taken exceeds a certain value. 
First rounding time range
This function is entitled for the IN time only. You can round the IN time into the preferred 
time. For example: any transactions between 9.01am – 9.15am will be shown as 9.00am. 
Last rounding time range
This function is entitled for the OUT time only. You can round the OUT time into the 
preferred time. For example: any transaction between 5.01pm – 5.15pm will be shown 
as 5.00pm.
Specify the rules based on your company’s policy. Leave them blank if it’s not applicable 
to your environment. 
5 • BREAK RULES
Break is to determine the rules for break time allowed in the clocking schedule and the 
rules will determine the presentation of time in the attendance sheet. Learn about it in 
the table below. 
