Employee availability and preferences

Employee availability determines when employees can and cannot be scheduled for shifts and allows employees to express preferences for which shifts they work.

Employees may need days off (or parts of days) when they have other commitments, such as medical appointments or caring for family members. Employees also have vacation days (or PTO), public holidays, and other paid days off.

Contractors might only be required or available for certain periods of time.

Employees might prefer to work certain shifts, at certain locations, or to perform certain roles.

For an employee shift schedule to be feasible, the employee shift scheduling solution must include availability information, and allowing employees to set preferences for when they work improves job satisfaction and performance at work.

The following guides provide examples and explain how to manage employees' availability and preferences: