Shift Rules

Shift rules enable you to define criteria for a schedule’s shifts, such as the minimum and maximum lengths of shifts. When the schedule is generated and staff is assigned, any shift rules defined for a location are addressed automatically.

These components are used with shift rules:

Staff Group

A staff group to which the shift rule applies.

Shift Length Min

A number representing the minimum number of hours a shift must be to be assigned to employees in this staff group.

Shift Length Max

A number representing the maximum number of hours a shift could be in order to still be assigned to employees in this staff group.

Shift Length Increment

Select one of these options:

• 60 minutes to indicate that the shift length increments by one hour.
• 30 minutes to indicate that the shift length increments by half an hour.
• 15 minutes to indicate that the shift length increments by a quarter of an hour.

Shift Window Start

A value indicating that the shift should start no earlier than this time.

Shift Window End

A value indicating that the shift should end no later than this time.

Shift Applies To

Select one of these options:

• All Days to indicate that the shift rule applies to all days of the week.
• A specific day to indicate that the shift rule applies to the specified day only.
• Weekdays Only to indicate that the shift rule applies to weekdays only.
• Weekends Only to indicate that the shift rule applies to weekends only.

Shift Start Increment

Select one of these options from the Shift Start Increment drop-down-list box:

• 60 minutes to indicate that the shift start increments by one hour.
• 30 minutes to indicate that the shift start increments by half an hour.
• 15 minutes to indicate that the shift start increments by a quarter of an hour.