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Tronc

Learn how to set up and manage troncs, assign tronc points, and settle tip distributions.

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Tronc Overview

To access Tronc:

  1. Navigate to Time & Attendance > Compliance > Troncs

A tronc is a system for distributing pooled tips among employees. In the platform, you can:

  • Create and manage multiple troncs

  • Assign departments and employees

  • Set up tronc periods

  • Allocate tronc points

  • Distribute tips fairly and compliantly

Create a Tronc

To create a new tronc:

  1. Navigate to Time & Attendance > Compliance > Troncs

  2. Click + New Tronc

  3. Fill in the following details:

  • Tronc Name: Give your tronc a clear name (e.g. “Front of House Tips”)

  • Departments: Select the departments the tronc will cover.
    → All users in selected departments are added to the tronc automatically.

  • Troncmaster: Assign the employee responsible for managing the tronc

  • Start Day of Week: Ideally, this should align with the pay period start date.
    → For monthly pay, use Sunday or Monday.

  • Interval: Choose how tips should be distributed:

    • Daily: Only users who worked on a specific day receive tips

    • Weekly: Tips are shared among users who worked during the week
      → In both cases, tips are distributed proportionally based on tronc points.

Distribute Tips

Once the tip jar is created, an allowance will be automatically created in the account that should be manually applied. You can configure the conditions of the allowance through Time & Attendance > Compliance > Allowances:

Distributed tips are displayed on the timesheets.

They appear as allowances on an individual timesheet:

View and Manage Tronc

Once created, the tronc will appear in your list. From here, you can:

  • Filter by name or search by tronc period

  • Edit departments or the troncmaster

  • Create tronc periods to begin entering and distributing tips

Create a Tronc Period

Each tronc period is when tips are collected and distributed.

  1. Select your tronc

  2. Click Create Tronc Period

  3. Enter the period range (based on your interval setting)

  4. Input the total amount of tips received for each day (or week)

You’ll see a breakdown of the tip distribution per day or week.

Assign Tronc Points

Tronc points determine how tips are divided among employees.

To assign them:

  1. Go to the Assign Tronc Points section

  2. Use filters to view users by department or tronc

  3. Assign points individually or use "Assign All" to give the same value to everyone

Employees can also be assigned "0" tronc points if they should be excluded or have opted out.

Settle a Tronc Period

When ready to distribute the tips:

  1. View Troncs > Select your Tronc

  2. Click Settle Tronc

  3. The system will run validations (e.g., check for missing tronc points or amounts)

  4. If everything is valid, you can proceed to settle the tronc

Note: The timesheet warning will only appear if timesheets that overlap the tronc period are exported for any users

Settling a tronc will:

  • Distribute the tips into each user's timesheet allowance

  • Lock the tronc period to prevent further changes

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