Staffing
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Staffing focuses on day-to-day changes, especially those needed within the next 24 hours.
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Staffing focuses on day-to-day changes, especially those needed within the next 24 hours.
When employees cannot work an assigned shift, they may be able to trade it with a coworker instead of requesting time off. In the scheduling solution, this is known as a shift swap or shift trade.
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A scheduling location is the area of an organization’s business structure where an employee is assigned to work, for example, a specific unit or department and job.
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In order to schedule employees appropriately to work, organizations use shifts. A shift is the specific start time, end time, and job for which an employee can be scheduled to work.
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When employees call out sick, or an unexpected need to cover extra shifts comes up in the schedule, managers and staffing officers need to identify and contact available employees quickly.
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Many employees work standard shifts that repeat over time. To simplify scheduling, organizations can assign shift patterns that define an employee's base schedule.
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Schedule rules are guidelines organizations enforce within employee schedules. These rules can come from company policies, union agreements, or legal regulations, and may apply to employees, locations, or the schedule itself.
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