---
title: "Time: Work patterns"
slug: "time-work-profiles"
description: "Configure your Work Profile to set employee working hours, auto clock out options, and manage public holidays effectively. Save changes easily!"
updated: 2026-08-11T09:38:11Z
published: 2026-08-11T09:38:11Z
canonical: "help.cintra.co.uk/time-work-profiles"
---

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# Time: Work patterns

Available in:

**Time**

Who can do this:

**HR Manager**

**Administrator**

> [!WARNING]
> **Important!**
> 
> **Work profiles** have been renamed as **leave profiles**. The working rota functionality previously configured here has moved to the new **work patterns** feature; everything relating to leave, sickness, and entitlements remains unchanged and stays in leave profiles. See [Guide: Work patterns](/hr/docs/guide-work-patterns) for the new feature, or [Guide: Leave profiles](/hr/docs/guide-leave-profiles) for what's changed.

A work pattern is a configuration which determines the Time settings for a user or group of users. It defines the working and non-working hours for employees as well as a few other settings. For more information, see [Work patterns](/hr/docs/working-patterns).

If you previously used work profiles and are looking for the Time-specific features (**auto clock out** and **allow override**), they have been moved to General settings. See [Clock out settings](/hr/docs/clock-out-settings).