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May 12, 2020

RP 755: Are You Compliant?

To review, RP 755 provides the refining and petrochemical industry with specific guidelines to improve worker safety by addressing worker fatigue. First published in 2007, RP 755 was the result of an investigation into a refinery incident. The RP 755 guidelines have been designated as an American Na...

May 12, 2020

How Automated Workforce Scheduling Can Help Reduce Hidden Costs

Imagine a day at your facility when an employee calls in sick, and your scheduling manager is not on-site. What do you do? In might go something like this. The acting supervisor will need to take time away from their regular responsibilities to find someone to cover the open shift. At companies wher...

May 12, 2020

3 Key Benefits of Automating Workforce Scheduling in Complex Industries

In today’s evolving world of work and industry, front-line managers are feeling additional pressure to keep up with the sophisticated demands of the workforce, unions, executives, and regulatory bodies. While investment into an organization’s tech stack continues to grow at a staggering rate, au...

Mar 31, 2020

Shiftboard and SchedulePro Join Forces Through Merger: Q&A with Sterling Wilson and Sachin Agrawal

Following the exciting news of the Shiftboard and SchedulePro merger, Sterling Wilson, CEO of Shiftboard and Sachin Agrawal, former CEO of SchedulePro and now CTO of Shiftboard, sat down to address questions about the deal and its significance. 1. Why did Shiftboard and SchedulePro decide to merge? ...

Mar 31, 2020

Shiftboard and SchedulePro Join Forces to Offer Enhanced Workforce Scheduling Capabilities

SEATTLE – March 31, 2020 – Shiftboard, a leading provider of enterprise workforce scheduling software, and EDP Software Inc., makers of SchedulePro, a workforce scheduling technology specializing in complex workforce scheduling environments, today announced that they will merge to become one com...

Mar 27, 2020

An Open Letter from the CEO

To the Shiftboard community, We are enduring an unprecedented time in our history. As we navigate the unknown, we find ourselves concerned for the safety and wellbeing of our families, friends and colleagues. Our thoughts and hearts are with everyone as we work through the challenging time COVID-19 ...

Feb 18, 2020

Minimize the Headache of Contingent and Mobile Worker Scheduling

Organizations are relying more and more on contingent or mobile workers to meet their staffing needs. From healthcare to manufacturing, companies are putting strategic plans in place to ensure operations run smoothly in the wake of dynamic business goals. However, scheduling these workers is often c...

Dec 9, 2019

Shiftboard Wins Technology Award

SEATTLE – December 9, 2019 – Shiftboard, a global leader in enterprise workforce scheduling, today announced that it won a coveted silver Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology Award for “best advance in time and labor management.” “It’s an honor to be recognized by the Brandon Hall...

Nov 27, 2019

2020 Vision: Labor Laws to Watch in the Year Ahead

They say, “Hindsight is 20-20,” but being well-versed on the new labor and employment laws in your state is critical to manage the future of your company. From minimum wage increases to mandatory paid sick leave, here are a few things you need to watch for in the coming year. Minimum Wage Increa...

Oct 23, 2019

Shiftboard’s Workforce Scheduling Solution Now Available on SAP® App Center

SEATTLE – October 23, 2019 – Shiftboard, a global leader in enterprise workforce scheduling, today announced that its hourly workforce scheduling platform is now available on SAP® App Center, the digital marketplace for SAP partner offerings. Shiftboard’s highly configurable workforce schedul...

Sep 26, 2019

What Can Employers Do to Improve Staff Retention?

How you nurture the quality of a relationship with an employee is similar to what it takes to nurture good relationships outside of work. For instance, when you meet someone new, you find yourself very interested in what they think, say, and do. There’s seems to be an opportunity to discover commo...

Sep 19, 2019

What Do Hourly Employees Want in Their Work Schedule?

Have you ever sat down to do a complex puzzle with thousands of pieces and spent hours carefully placing every piece in just the right position only to get to the end and realize you are missing a piece? This scenario is much like the challenges a manager faces when piecing together a schedule for [...

Sep 12, 2019

How Do Flexible Work Schedules Impact Retention?

If you knew the secret to increase both productivity and retention of your hourly workforce, would you be willing to make any changes necessary to achieve it? If this secret also helped your hourly employees feel more job satisfaction and pride in the work to be done, would it be worth the effort fo...

Sep 5, 2019

How to Reduce Hourly Employee Turnover

Companies in every industry are struggling to find and retain their hourly workforces. With turnover rates – and the expenses that go with them – on the rise, this epidemic is costly for many employers. It is critically important for organizations to address this issue head-on if they wa...

Aug 27, 2019

How to Put Out the Flames of Employee Burnout

It’s no surprise that employee burnout is on the minds of business leaders today. Low unemployment rates mean many employers are struggling to meet labor demands, and the World Health Organization (WHO) recently reclassified the term, defining it as “a syndrome…resulting from chron...

Jul 2, 2019

Shiftboard Named as a Best Place to Work in Washington

SEATTLE – July 2, 2019 – Shiftboard, a global provider of workforce scheduling software, today announced that it has been named as one of Seattle Business magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For. The award is based on confidential surveys that asked employees to report on 10 different ca...

May 21, 2019

Nearly Half U.S. Hourly Workers Would Take Pay Cut for Influence Over Work Schedule

SEATTLE – May 21, 2019 – Shiftboard, a global leader in workforce scheduling, today released findings from a new survey that uncovered insights into the hourly worker mindset and what matters most to them. “There are nearly 82 million hourly workers in the U.S., and they make up more than half...

Apr 23, 2019

Shiftboard’s New Mobile-First User Experience

New user experiences for schedulers, line managers, and hourly/shift workers to improve workforce scheduling productivity and worker engagement SEATTLE – April 23, 2019 –Shiftboard, a leading provider of enterprise workforce scheduling software, has released a new, completely redesigned mobile-f...

Feb 15, 2019

How Scheduling Technology Relieves Staffing Challenges of Long-Term Care

Employee scheduling, in and of itself, is an extremely time consuming and complex process. However, within the long-term care industry, employee shift scheduling also involves additional considerations such as severe worker shortages and increased demand for long-term care from an aging population. ...

Dec 28, 2018

Hourly Workforce Management: Top Stories from 2018

From important new research on work scheduling practices, to the enactment of far-reaching labor laws and the effects of the tightest labor market in 50 years, here’s our recap of some of the year’s top stories and discussions surrounding hourly workforce management. Predictable Shift Laws Sprea...

Nov 8, 2018

2019 Labor Laws: How Employment Laws Impact Your Business

For the latest updates on 2020 labor laws, please see our new article “2020 Vision: Labor Laws to Watch in the Year Ahead”. Labor and employment legislation around hourly workers is a key area of focus for businesses with large workforces. Changes to overtime policies, minimum wage, rest...

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