How does an Open-shift job work?

Open-shift jobs work as follows:

Scheduling Open-shifts

• Unlike a Fixed-shift, an Open-shift is added to the schedule without a start and finish time. Instead, you have a 'Days to complete' field that gives staff a set amount of days to complete the Open-shift
• Allocating the rates for an Open-shift
  • A day rate will give the staff a flat rate per Open-shift
  • An hourly rate will automatically create a total rate for the Open-shift based upon when the staff clock-in and clock-out.

Click here to download the schedule import template for Open Shifts

Agency booking staff to an Open-shift

• You can book staff onto an Open-shift as normal via the Shifts page
• This will book them onto the date added to the schedule for this shift
• Staff have the option in their staffarea to select an attendance date
  • This chosen attendance date will be shown on the attendance calendar tab
• Staff will then have the full date range allocated in 'Days to complete' to complete the shift

Staff booking themselves to an Open-shift

• You can allow staff to book themselves onto Open-shifts by first shortlisting staff to the job and shifts
• This shortlisting will give staff access to those Open-shifts in their staffarea
• Staff can then choose a date to book themselves onto that shift within the range of days available (Schedule date + Days to complete)

Attending the shift

• Staff can attend an Open-shift on any date within the range of days allocated (Schedule date + Days to complete)
• If staff book themselves onto an Open-shift they don't have to attend the shift on that day. They can still attend that Open-shift on any day within the range of days (Schedule date + Days to complete)
• Staff will Clock-in and Clock-out of the Open-shift,
  • When they must do this depends on the parameters applied in the Job Overview.

To see more details on how staff view, book and manage their Open-shifts see: Staffarea > Open Shifts