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Life Cycle of a Schedule/Scheduling Process
Organizations might follow different processes to build and maintain employee work schedules, depending on their specific business needs.
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Shifts
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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Shift Templates
A shift template is a collection of shift attributes, such as name, shift type, start and end times, and transfers, if application.
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Shift Patterns
A shift pattern is a collection of recurring shifts that frequently apply to one or more employees. Shift patterns can easily be assigned to employees, making it easier for managers to create schedules.
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Schedule Groups
A schedule group is a set of employees who share similar scheduling details. Managers use schedule groups to quickly apply the same shifts, patterns, and/or pay codes to all group members simultaneously.
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Pay Types in the Schedule
Pay Types, also known as pay codes, time codes, or counters, can designate times in the schedule when employees cannot work their assigned shift, will be unavailable to work, are assigned to work a special type of shift, or are assigned...
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Scheduling Locations
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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Visibility Periods
A visibility period is a defined time period when employees can submit self-service request and the time period during which those events can occur. All types of employee scheduling requests require visibility periods.
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On-Call
On-call helps organizations with scheduling employees and ensuring critical workers are in place when needed.
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