Go to Rotas
Select Week View
Navigate through the calendar by clicking on the icon
Select your workweek
Click on Add shift
Method 1: Assign shift to employees
Using this option, you'll impose shifts on a list of eligible employees. At the end of the process, employees will receive a notification with the shift details.
Click on Select worker and Next
Choose a work location from your existing list of sites
Optionally, assign a category to the shift
Choose a starting and ending time
Determine the meal break duration: according to HMRC, meal breaks are not counted in the working time.
Set the total rest break duration
Click on Next
Optionally, if you want to make sure that your employee is available for the shift, you can require an answer from them by ticking "worker as to confirm shift"
Tick Only show workers assigned to location "location name" if you want only to display employees assigned to the specific site on the search engine.
Type the employee's name you are looking for in the search bar
Click on the + sign to add them to the shift
You can add as many employees as you need to the shift
Click continue
Method 2: Create an open shift
Using this option, you'll create a list of eligible employees who will be able to apply to the created shift. At the end of the process, employees will receive a notification with the shift details.
Click on Open shift and Next
Choose a work location from your existing list of sites
Optionally, assign a category to the shift
Choose a starting and ending time
Determine the meal break duration: as per HMRC rule, meal breaks are not counted in the effective working time.
Set the total rest break duration
Click on Next
Enter the total workers required needed
Select the shift attribution mode
First win: the first eligible employees replying to your offer will get the slots.
Send application: you will assign the available slots amongst the eligible employees who replied to your offer.
Tick Only show workers assigned to location "location name" if you want only to display employees who are assigned to the specific site on the search engine.
Type the employee's name you are looking for
Click on the + sign to add them to the shift
You can add as many employees as you need to the shift
Click continue