Employee scheduling software automates the process of creating, maintaining, and tracking employee schedules. Implementing an employee scheduling software system can help improve productivity and team collaboration, allowing for greater visibility into bandwidth on a company-wide scale. These systems typically track vacations, sick days, and other personal days. Some employee scheduling tools also include features such as automatic alerts to prevent scheduling conflicts. Scheduling data that is accumulated over time can be pulled into financial systems like payroll software. Employee scheduling software also offers some form of analytics that help manage and coordinate the tasks.
Employee scheduling software is not as robust as workforce management software, which typically fits into larger HRMS & HCM software or core HR software. These systems are often utilized in retail and other such industries for scheduling employee shifts.
To qualify for inclusion in the Employee Scheduling category, a product must:
Automate the creation and maintenance of schedules
Help manage and provide visibility into employee tasks
Include ability for employees to have self-service functionality for access to schedules, with tools such as messaging and shift swapping
