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title: "Automatic Breaks in Ontraccr"
url: "https://help.ontraccr.com/en/article/automatic-breaks-in-ontraccr"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2025-06-08T17:29:22.425Z"
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# Automatic Breaks in Ontraccr

## **⏸️ Automatic Breaks in Ontraccr**  
 

Ontraccr allows administrators to configure **automatic break rules** to standardize time tracking and support labor compliance. These rules deduct break time from shifts based on company-defined settings — with the option to **exclude specific roles** from being affected. This article explains how automatic breaks work and how exclusions are configured at the role level.

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## **🧭 What Are Automatic Breaks?**

Automatic breaks in Ontraccr are **global time tracking rules** that deduct break time from user shifts automatically.

For example:

-   Deduct 30 minutes from any shift longer than a defined threshold
-   Remove the need for workers to manually clock out for lunch

📌 Automatic break settings are configured globally, but can be applied selectively by role.

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## **🛠️ Where to Configure Break Rules**

Break settings are configured globally in:

**Settings > Time Tracking > Automatic Breaks**

From here, admins can define:

-   **Break duration** (e.g., 30 minutes)
-   **Thresholds** (e.g., apply after 5 hours of continuous work)

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## **🔧 How to Exclude Roles from Automatic Breaks**

You can **exclude specific roles** from automatic break deductions using the Roles & Permissions system.

### To do this:

1.  Go to **Settings > Roles and Permissions**
2.  Select the relevant role (e.g., Supervisor)
3.  Look for the **Automatic Breaks** setting
4.  Uncheck it if you want to exclude that role from automatic deductions

🧠 This allows your organization to apply breaks for workers in the field while exempting supervisors or office roles as needed.

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## **🧠 Use Case Example**

You’ve enabled automatic breaks for your company, but:

-   You want field **workers** to have standard breaks deducted
-   You want **supervisors** to be exempt (e.g., for flexible schedules)

You simply disable automatic breaks in the **Supervisor role** configuration — and those users will no longer have breaks automatically applied.

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## 📌 **Summary**

Ontraccr’s automatic break system ensures consistent time tracking while giving you flexibility to **apply or exclude break deductions by role**. There are no per-task exclusions or additional permissions required — control is handled entirely through **Roles and Permissions**.