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Employee Shift Scheduling

    • Introduction
    • Planning AI concepts
    • Metrics and optimization goals
    • Getting started with employee shift scheduling
    • Understanding the API
    • Employee shift scheduling user guide
    • Employee resource constraints
      • Employee availability
      • Employee contracts
      • Work limits
        • Work limits
        • Minutes worked per period
        • Minutes worked in a rolling window
        • Minutes logged per period
        • Days worked per period
        • Days worked in a rolling window
        • Consecutive days worked rules
        • Shifts worked per period
        • Shifts worked in a rolling window
      • Time off
        • Time off
        • Days off per period
        • Consecutive days off in a rolling window
        • Consecutive minutes off in a rolling window
        • Shifts to avoid close to day off requests
      • Shift type diversity
      • Shift rotation and patterns
      • Fairness
      • Pairing employees
      • Shift travel and locations
    • Shift service constraints
      • Alternative shifts
      • Cost management
      • Demand and supply
      • Mandatory and optional shifts
      • Shift assignments
      • Shift sequence patterns: single day shifts
      • Shift sequence patterns: multi-day shifts
      • Shift sequence patterns: daily shift pairings
      • Skills and risk factors
    • Recommendations
    • Real-time planning
    • Time zones and Daylight Saving Time (DST)
    • Changelog
    • Upgrading to the latest versions
    • Feature requests

Time off

Managing employees' time off and making sure employees have enough time off from work is an important factor for meeting contractual obligation and employee happiness.

Time off can be managed in different ways depending upon the requirements which include:

  • Making sure employees are given the correct number of days off per period (for instance 2 days off a week or 8 days off a month).

  • Making sure employees are given the correct number of consecutive days off per period (for instance 2 consecutive days a week).

  • Making sure employees are given the correct number of days off in a rolling window (for instance 2 consecutive days off in a rolling window of 7 days).

  • Making sure employees are given the correct number of minutes off in a rolling window (for instance 2280 consecutive minutes off in a rolling window of 7 days).

  • Making sure employees are not scheduled inconvenient shifts next to a day off request that would negatively impact their time off (for instance a late shift before a day off).

The following guides provide examples and explain how to manage employee time off:

  • Days off per period

  • Consecutive days off per period

  • Consecutive days off in a rolling window

  • Consecutive minutes off in a rolling window

  • Shifts to avoid close to day off requests

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