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Effective shift and employee scheduling software

Employee scheduling has never been easier. Simply create and edit shifts, then notify your employees with the click of a button in Sage HR. Our shift management software is perfect for small and medium-sized businesses.

What advantages does employee scheduling software offer?

Explore how you could streamline your staff scheduling with effective shift management software designed for SMEs.

Easier, quicker staff scheduling

Efficient employee scheduler tools allow you to seamlessly plan, edit and circulate your team's shifts, so you don't waste time cobbling rotas together manually or updating messy spreadsheets.

Employee self-service

Shift scheduling software with employee self-service gives your team easy access to their rotas as they're published. With the right shift scheduler solution, your team can add their own preferred times and flag when they can or can't work.

Web and mobile app access

With a smart, cloud-based solution and user-friendly mobile apps, you and your team can access your shift management software from anywhere, 24-7, whether you're office-based, working remotely, or on the move.

Employee scheduling software : Key features

Sage employee scheduling software key features at a glance.

Easy-to-use shift scheduler interface

Our intuitive shift scheduling software interface lets you add, edit, move and copy shifts, making planning and scheduling simple.

Flexible employee scheduler template set-up

Save pre-defined shift templates to our employee scheduling software to save even more time going forward.

Shift planning for different groups

Split your company in different schedule groups and areas, with dedicated shift managers for each location.

Staff scheduling data exports and reports

Easily complete full data exports and create visual reports in just a few clicks with our staff scheduler.

Our employee scheduling software solutions

Discover the best staff scheduling software tools for your business. We have HR solutions for small businesses with less than 25 employees, which also come with payroll included, as well as software designed for medium-sized and growing businesses.

Sage HR

Flexible HR modules for small and mid-sized businesses.

For small to medium sized businesses that want a modular HR system that will simplify processes across the end-to-end employment journey.

  • Simplified end-to-end HR system that’s easy to administrate
  • Core HR and leave management with additional modules for performance, timesheets, shift scheduling, recruitment and expenses
  • Modular design, pricing and setup
  • Ready to go out of the box, no implementation required
  • Establish a single source of truth for all your employee data
  • Automate people processes to reduce admin and improve productivity
  • Easy to navigate employee self-serve for better employee experience

Employee scheduling software FAQs

Employee scheduling software is a software application that helps managers plan and keep on top of staff schedules, shifts and working hours.

With flexible templates, automated scheduling functionality and intuitive editing tools, a good staff scheduling solution makes it easy to set up, update, copy and remove or share schedules and rotas, without having to rely on spreadsheets or other documents.

Some shift management software can also give employees self-service access, track team members' working hours, help manage shift-swaps and export scheduling data and reports.

Cloud-based employee scheduling software can drastically cut down on manual admin work by moving the whole scheduling process online and automating large parts of it.

Using a simple but powerful shift management software tool that your whole team can access and use to communicate in real time will make it much easier to control shift planning and scheduling changes, minimising the risk of conflicts, mistakes and misunderstandings. Ultimately, this could save you a lot hassle and money on staffing hiccups.

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