Share contract rules with coworkers

Set up your agreement once and send it to the people you work with. In Contract rules, tap the share menu, then Share rules. It sends a .paycheq file by Messages, Mail, AirDrop or Files.

The file holds only the rules. Your shifts, rates, cheques, dues and banked time stay on your phone.

Opening a .paycheq file opens Paycheq. You see a preview of the agreement, rules and holidays, then choose which job to use it for, or start a new job. Paycheq asks before replacing rules a job already has.

During setup, the union step offers Have a rules file from a coworker? Import it. With a file, setup skips the overtime and holiday questions.

On the free version, imported rules are saved, and the Pro screen offers the free trial.

Shift options

A Shift options dropdown sits under Clock in, and under the rate pills while you’re on the clock. It covers Called in, On call and Bank the overtime for that shift.

Only the options your contract uses appear, and the row hides when it has none. Options start off for each shift and count toward the live estimate.

Each shift on a day’s screen has the same dropdown, and Paid updates as you change it.

Retro pay

A raise dated back now has My cheques pay the new rate. Until you turn it on, shifts are paid at the old rate, as your cheques are, and the difference builds up as retro pay owed.

A Retro pay card on Pay shows what you’re owed and what’s been paid. Record the payout picks the cheque it came on.

Retro pay is estimated as a cheque of its own, with its own tax, CPP, EI and net. Your regular cheque’s estimate and stub comparison aren’t affected.

Raises you entered before this update keep their figures.

More ways to match your contract

Saturday or Sunday rates after 40 hours: a rule can start once the week passes a set number of hours.

Double time until a rest break: once a day reaches its top rate, that rate carries on, even past midnight or into a call back, until you get a break of the length you set.

Shifts paid as set hours: for example, a shift worked for at least 7 hours is paid as 8.

Banked time paid out once a year: what’s left in the bank pays out on a set date, then the bank starts again.

Holiday eligibility by days worked: for example, worked 5 of the 30 days before the holiday.

Holiday hours count toward the week: a paid holiday you didn’t work can count toward weekly overtime.

Quarterly union dues: one cheque a quarter, and you choose which.

Remove agreement at the bottom of Contract rules deletes a job’s agreement and keeps everything else.

Your existing contract rules calculate exactly as before. The new options are off until you turn them on.

Easier editing

Swipe a day card left on Clock or Week to delete that day’s shifts. Paycheq asks first.

Fixes

The Week screen now starts weeks on the day your pay periods start. Before, a contract’s work week could push Sunday shifts into the previous week. Pay totals didn’t change.

Double time carries over from a long day only once the day’s hours actually reach double time.

Pay estimates load much faster, especially on the Pay screen.

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New articles: “More ways to match your contract” and “Share your contract rules”. The contract rules overview is updated.