Shift rotations and patterns
Managing shift rotations and patterns is important in employee shift scheduling and includes:
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Managing shift rotations where employees work alternate shift patterns over set periods of time, for instance, 1 week of day shifts followed by 1 week of night shifts.
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Managing single day shift patterns such as split shifts.
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Scheduling multi-day shift sequence patterns. *Determining which shifts should be paired together, for instance, if employees work a Saturday shift, should they also work the Sunday shift?
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Managing overlapping shifts, such as on-call shifts that overlap with employees' regular shifts.
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Keeping the variation between shift starts times to a minimum where possible.
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Ensuring employees are not scheduled to work shifts without enough time between the shifts.
The following guides provide examples and explain how to manage shift rotations and patterns: