San Fran’s Retail Workers Bill of Rights & the Role of Technology
Late in 2014, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed an unprecedented city ordinance dubbed the “retail workers bill of rights”. It requires the city’s large chain retailers to post workers’ schedules at least two weeks ahead of time, and that workers will be owed additional pay if unexpected changes are made to their posted…
3 Things You Need to Know About an Integration vs Interface
When searching for a software solution, you have probably come across the words “integration” and “interface”. You might be asking yourself, “What do they mean? Are they interchangeable?” Both terms describe how a software solution will share data with other software. There are big differences between the two and that distinction introduces different risks and…
Rotations or scheduling? Which one are you using and what’s the difference?
A software implementation is an exercise in communication, and this is most clear when gathering requirements! Using shared definitions can help clarify your scheduling needs. The terms rotations and scheduling have very different meanings from each other, as well multiple definitions for each term. It’s important to know what the differences are to ensure that…
Moving to a Centralized Scheduling Environment
With managers and department heads trying to balance running their unit and management duties with the responsibility of scheduling their employees, the best solution can be to move towards a centralized scheduling model. This way mangers can spend more time taking care of their other departmental duties. What is Centralized Scheduling? Centralized scheduling is a…
Self Scheduling – What is it and What are the Benefits?
Self scheduling is a scheduling methodology that puts the responsibility for the creation of the unit or department schedule on the employees themselves, as opposed to a manager or scheduler making the decision of who works when. Instead of a manager or scheduler making the decision of who works when, available shifts are posted for…
