Shiftboard Blog - Employee Scheduling News & Tips

Shiftboard has a new infographic – Seven steps world-class organizations use to cut through the complexity of scheduling large staffs.

It should come as no surprise that smart staff scheduling can be a competitive advantage. Growing headcount, newly minted laws, time-off request… Everything adds to the complexity. Businesses need help and having the right tools will create opportunities.

One out of every six employees in the U.S. works in a shift-based job with an irregular schedule. Erratic schedules transfer the cost of unforeseen downturns in customer demand from the employer onto personnel. Predictive scheduling preserves the work-life balance and financial stability of employees through fair-minded shift scheduling. Find out why employers, unions and law makers are all getting onboard.

Did you know you can use a QR code at conferences, events and festivals to handle mobile timekeeping, ID verification, & more?

Workplaces can use demand estimates to schedule the perfect number of employees at all times, neither understaffing peak periods nor overstaffing slow ones. Learn all about the five benefits demand forecasting can deliver to your organization.

Tracking credentials to avoid non-compliance penalties can bog down an organization. Most companies still use separate processes to manage credentials and schedule employees. This necessitates going back and forth between two systems, a task that becomes more and more complicated with every additional staff member. Combining the two functions makes it easier to stay within necessary compliance standards, will save money and offer competitive advantages.