Overview

Labor Sharing helps increase your shift coverage by looking at eligible and available employees on other schedules you currently have set up. Labor Sharing is useful when you need to fill vacant OpenShifts, backfill dropped shifts, or find coverage for employees’ planned PTO.

Labor sharing is accomplished by sharing OpenShifts with other schedules. You can edit current OpenShifts to enable them to be shared with eligible and available employees, or you can create brand new OpenShifts that are able to be shared.

Considerations

• Shared OpenShifts can be viewed in both position view and coverage view.
• Shared OpenShifts can only be created or edited with manager approval enabled.
• The manager on the borrowing schedule approves the Shared OpenShift. No approval is needed by the manager on the employee’s regular schedule.
• Repeating shifts and shift templates do not currently support Shared OpenShifts.

Configuration

Labor Share functionality is enabled in Scheduling Settings. Switch the toggle to enable Labor Sharing. Once you have enabled Labor Sharing you can start scheduling Shared OpenShifts which are OpenShifts that are shared across schedules.

Schedule Shared OpenShifts

You can schedule Shared OpenShifts on your computer using the When I Work web app, on your iOS device, and on your Android device. Scheduling a Shared OpenShift is similar to scheduling a regular OpenShift with a couple extra steps.

Schedule a Shared OpenShift on the web app

1. Create a new OpenShift from the Scheduler, then enter all the relevant details for the shift.
   Note: You can also edit an existing OpenShift and make it a Shared OpenShift.
2. Check Share Shift With Other Schedules in the shift details of the OpenShift. Require pickup approval is automatically enabled.
3. Click View Eligible Employees to select the employees on other schedules you want to be able to pick up the Shared OpenShift.
4. Click Save, or Save & Publish if you’re ready to publish immediately. The Shared OpenShift has the  icon.

Schedule a Shared OpenShift from an iOS device

1. Create a new OpenShift, then enter all the relevant details for the shift.
2. Tap the toggle for Share with other schedules in the shift details of the OpenShift. Require pickup approval is automatically enabled.
3. Tap View Eligible Employees to select the employees on other schedules you want to be able to pick up the Shared OpenShift.
4. Tap Save when you’re finished.

Schedule a Shared OpenShift from an Android device

1. Create a new OpenShift, then enter all the relevant details for the shift.
2. Tap the toggle for Share across schedules in the shift details of the OpenShift. Require pickup approval is automatically enabled.
3. Tap View Eligible Employees to select the employees on other schedules you want to be able to pick up the Shared OpenShift.
4. Tap Save when you’re finished.

Shared OpenShifts Requests

All Shared OpenShifts require manager approval to complete the request. Employees that are on other schedules are designated by the icon next to their name in the pending approval screen.

Process Shared OpenShift requests

1. Navigate to the OpenShifts Requests page, then select the OpenShift request you need to approve.
2. Select the employee from the other schedule.
3. Click Approve to complete the request.