Employee Scheduling Insights Blog Featured 4 Proactive Strategies to Manage Absenteeism: A Best Practices Guide Absenteeism—generally defined as the repeated pattern of habitual absence from work—has been a decades-long challenge for many companies. More recently, absenteeism has been especially acute in in... Read More ›
What Do Hourly Employees Want in Their Work Schedule? Hourly Worker Retention Series – Part 3 Think of how you feel after spending hours on a complex puzzle only to realize you are missing a piece. This scenario is much like the challenges a manager faces when piecing together a schedule for hourly employees. They must account for the many rules, reg... Read More › How Do Flexible Work Schedules Impact Retention? Hourly Worker Retention Series – Part 2 How Do Work Schedules Impact Employee Retention? Let’s say you knew the secret to increase both productivity and retention of your hourly workforce – as well as motivation and satisfaction – would you be willing to make the changes to achieve it? S... Read More › How to Reduce Hourly Employee Turnover Hourly Worker Retention Series: Part 1 What Are the Drivers of Employee Turnover? Companies in every industry are struggling to find and retain their hourly workforces. With costly turnover on the rise, it becomes critical for organizations to address this issue head-on to drive competitive advantag... Read More › How to Put Out the Flames of Employee Burnout Employee burnout continues to remain a top concern for operations leaders today. Fluctuating unemployment rates mean many employers are struggling to meet hourly labor demands, which can put added stress on the existing workforce. Burnout can also be a top reason for churn, as employees search for m... Read More › 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... Read More › 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... Read More ›
Insights by Industry Manufacturing Top 3 Chemical Industry Challenges: How Employee Scheduling Automation Helps Digitalization is a buzzword that resonates with all industries, but it’s an especially hot topic for chemical manufacturers today. So much so that analysts expect to see a surge of digitalization initiatives get underway in the short term. Workforce scheduling is one such initiative that is gaini... Read More › Oil & Gas API RP 755: The Why, What, and How of This Fatigue Standard Why Was API RP 755 Created? If you think safety program management is expensive for an oil and gas company, an accident involving employees and others can be even more costly to the company long term. In petroleum industries in particular, having clear safety rules and regulations for the workplace ... Read More › Healthcare 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. ... Read More ›
Manufacturing Top 3 Chemical Industry Challenges: How Employee Scheduling Automation Helps Digitalization is a buzzword that resonates with all industries, but it’s an especially hot topic for chemical manufacturers today. So much so that analysts expect to see a surge of digitalization initiatives get underway in the short term. Workforce scheduling is one such initiative that is gaini... Read More › Oil & Gas API RP 755: The Why, What, and How of This Fatigue Standard Why Was API RP 755 Created? If you think safety program management is expensive for an oil and gas company, an accident involving employees and others can be even more costly to the company long term. In petroleum industries in particular, having clear safety rules and regulations for the workplace ... Read More › Healthcare 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. ... Read More ›
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