Entering Overtime and Non-Base Hours in HR Direct

How to Enter Overtime and Non-Base Hours

If you have been asked by your supervisor or bookkeeper to override the account code when reporting overtime and non-base hours in HR Direct, please use the following steps.  Start by entering the overtime on a new line in the timesheet using the time reporting code OVS (Figure 1.1)

Figure 1.1 overtime entered on a timesheet

To override the HR Account Code (Speedtype) click on the Time Details button, highlighted in blue, to the right of the time reporting code field (Figure 1.2).

Figure 1.2 location of Time Details button

Click the Time Details button to open a dialog box (Figure 1.3).  Update the HR Account Code in the Combination Code field, highlighted in blue.  Once you have entered your overtime HR Account Code click done in the upper right of the Time Details dialog box.  Be sure you are using the box associated with Combination Code.  The Shift Combo Code will only affect shift differentials.

Figure 1.3 Combination Code field in the Time Details dialog box

Click the following link to watch a video showing this process

Overriding Non-base and Overtime Account Codes