Employee scheduling software helps employers administer their staffing needs with employees. This includes scheduling, budgeting, managing compliance, and communication all through a single platform.
Streamline your Scheduling
Nearly 60% of workers in the U.S. are hourly employees and we have the tools to support them. Managing staffing needs with budget and skills, juggling spreadsheets and bulletin boards, communicating scheduling changes – just making sure employees are in the right place at the right time feels like a massive production! Add in the need to stay compliant and…well, scheduling becomes a full-time job. The good news is it doesn’t need to be.
Scheduling Features
Make Updates on the Go
With the Paylocity mobile app, busy managers can view schedules and make updates wherever they are.
Streamline Communication
When you add, edit, or delete shifts on desktop or mobile, employees are notified in real time. They can also swap shifts — with or without manager approval.
Empower Employees
Set schedules and capacity needs and empower your employees to claim open shifts at times that work for them.
Easily Manage Compliance
Use templates, create recurring shifts, and earmark favorites, so you don’t need to start from scratch every time. Set established lunches and breaks, shift rules, and even view labor costs vs. shift budgets. Employee rates and overtime are automatically considered.
Access At-a-Glance Insights
Use the Scheduler Dash or library of standard reports to easily see who’s scheduled and any gaps, along with employees’ preferred or unavailable time, planned time off, and more.
Employee Benefits
Drive employee satisfaction and minimize missed shifts and tardiness.
With the Paylocity mobile app, shifts can be viewed anytime, anywhere,
ensuring employees know when they’re working.
Swapping with colleagues provides employees with flexibility should their schedules change.
Employees can provide managers with preferred or unavailable working
times and request to claim open shifts.
Mobile notifications alert employees when shifts are published or if changes are made.
Frequently Asked Questions
Employee scheduling software simplifies the scheduling process for companies by making it easy to update shifts on the go, streamline communication, manage labor law compliance, and provide employees the flexibility to swap shifts.
Employee scheduling platforms may also offer reporting features, such as schedule gaps and employees’ preferred or unavailable time – all of which saves you countless hours and resources that can now be spent on running the business.
Yes, employees can see their schedules on their phones through the Paylocity mobile app. With the employee scheduling feature, shifts can be viewed at all hours, from anywhere, ensuring employees know when they are working. They can even request time off or shift changes right from their phone.