Plum Schedules - Standard Shifts

Introduction

Creating and using Standard Shifts streamlines scheduling by allowing managers to save and reuse frequently used shift configurations. Standard Shifts can be added via a dedicated module and while creating a custom shift, managers can save it as a Standard Shift for future use when creating a custom shift.

From Standard Shift [Module]:

Frequently used shifts are called the Standard Shifts. Users can add the desired Standard Shift of the Employees by clicking the “Add” [button], as shown in the following image.

On clicking the “Add” button, a dialog box will open with options to create a standard shift as shown in the following image: 

Following details will be required to be filled in the dialog box in order to create a standard  shift:

• Time: Time field requires the start and the end time of the shift.

• Position: Position field requires the position on which the employee is going to work. E.g. Manager, Floor Supervisor, Crew, Server, Bartender, Chef and Cashier.

• Break: This field requires a break time for employees in his shift. This field is tied up with the labor rule laws. In case the manager does not provide a break to the employee and labor rule law is enabled then scheduling screen will warn the manager for the same. 

To create shifts in the scheduling screen user can click on the “+” sign on the screen as shown in the following image:

After entering all the prompted information, in case a store manager feels the shift is frequently used in the store, then the manager can save that shift as a standard shift and can use that standard shift to pull directly as a schedule for a certain position.

Users will have an option to use those shifts while creating schedules.To use a standard shift user will have to click on the “+ “ sign in the box for employee where he wants to create a shift, as shown in the image below:

On clicking the “+” sign the user will have options to create shifts using standard shifts. User will have to select a standard shift as shown in the following image:

Once the user will click on any standard shift shown above then that shift will be added to the employee. By default the standard shifts added to the schedule pad are not published. Users can create the schedule and then publish it.