Casual roster
Workforce Management Glossary
Casual roster
What is a casual roster?
When employing casual employees, employers typically use what is known as a casual roster. This schedule will change from week to week depending on things like demand and other employees taking sick leave or PTO.
With casual employment, casual rosters will reflect the fact that sometimes the number of hours may be fewer than full-time hours while other weeks the hours may be more or in some instances, none at all.
Why do businesses implement casual rosters?
Casual employment is ever changing. While there is no obligation to provide casuals with a roster, some businesses choose to do a weekly roster in order to ensure that the casual employee is free and available to work when the business needs them.
What can businesses use to manage casual rosters?
Casual employment is beneficial to both workers and employers. For workers, there is a sense of flexibility that many enjoy. For employers, casual employment provides an additional pool of resources to choose from should demand peak or permanent staff fall ill.
Roubler’s online staff rostering software and app can make the introduction of casuals into a business seamless. With reusable roster templates employers can keep casuals on the same amount of hours during busy holiday periods such as the summer holidays.
Additional features such as shift bidding and shift swapping work to provide casuals with opportunities to increase their work hours at their own discretion without managers having to contact them to see if they are available and willing to work.