Open shift
Workforce Management Glossary
Open shift
What is an open shift?
Put simply, open shifts are work shifts that have not yet been assigned to a worker. As an approved shift, it will be marked on the roster as available until someone looking for extra shifts or extra hours claims it.
What are the advantages of open shifts?
With the advent of rostering software, a lot of businesses have begun to implement the notion of open shifts. Approved by management, these shifts allow a dynamic approach to rostering. Instead of reaching out to employees to find someone for the shift, the shift is marked as available and the first person to claim it works those hours.
Allowing for accommodation methods whether someone has called in their sick leave or consumer demand has fluctuated upwards, managers can provide all employees with a choice to work rather than having to reach out to staff who may otherwise be feeling overworked.
How does a business implement open shifts?
Rostering can be quite a time consuming endeavour, in order to focus on other business critical tasks, businesses can implement seamless rostering software. While not only helping to build rosters and notify staff of their shifts, Roubler’s system allows for shift bidding.
This feature means that if employers want to leave open shifts on the roster, shift requests can be sent to all eligible team members with the press of a button. For employees, accepting or declining is as simple as clicking a button and the roster will be updated accordingly.