How Smarter Scheduling Improves Employee Productivity
The article explains how Swipeclock’s cloud-based scheduling tool, TimeSimplicity, enhances employee productivity and profitability by enabling flexible scheduling and self-service shift management, which increases employee satisfaction, reduces turnover, minimizes short-handed shifts, and frees managers from time-consuming scheduling tasks.
The Scheduling-Productivity Connection
Business owners and managers can significantly increase productivity through smarter scheduling with TimeSimplicity from Swipeclock.
An Employee Perk For Your Employees (That Doesn’t Cost You Any More)
When employers respect their employees’ life outside of work by offering flexible scheduling, team members are happier and more focused on their jobs.
Flexible Scheduling ROI
- 1.Engaged staff members are more productive.
- 2.Flexible scheduling reduces turnover, which may be more costly than you realize.
“Scheduling … is having a huge effect on the bottom line. Increasing scheduling effectiveness offers a competitive edge that can make HR a budget hero.” — Workforce management consultant Lisa Disselkamp
Scheduling Self-Service Delivers Benefits for Management and Employees
TimeSimplicity has a virtual trade board which permits employees to request a schedule change and pick up shifts without having to reach out to a manager.
With the Virtual Trade Board, managers can view and approve shift changes without having to contact staff members. When a manager approves a shift change, TimeSimplicity automatically sends a notification to each affected worker.
When employees are trusted to manage their own schedule changes, they have increased job satisfaction and feel a greater ownership in the business. This improves profitability in the ways mentioned previously and also curtails the number of short-handed shifts. In addition, when supervisors don’t have to call and text team members to cover shifts, they can be far more productive in their positions.
Improve Scheduling to Boost Profitability
TimeSimplicity is the cloud-based scheduling solution that integrates with TimeWorksPlus in WorkforceHub.
Source:
Joan Williams, “Dilemmas Faced by Hourly Workers,” Human Resource Executive Online, July 11, 2011, http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/view/story.jhtml?id=533339737
Swipeclock offers WorkforceHub, the unified Human Resources portal that makes it easy to optimize the performance of your managers, employees, and company.
WorkforceHub includes TimeWorksPlus, TimeSimplicity, and TimeWorks Mobile. Onboarding, benefits enrollment, performance reviews, and employee engagement are also included. WorkforceHub is developed for busy employers who need to streamline scheduling, automate time and attendance tracking, maintain regulatory compliance, and decrease labor costs.
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Headache-Free Scheduling with TimeSimplicity
TimeSimplicity by Swipeclock is an advanced scheduling tool integrated with the TimeWorksPlus system in WorkforceHub that streamlines employee scheduling through automation, customizable templates, real-time alerts for coverage gaps, and drag-and-drop ease, empowering managers and staff to reduce overtime, prevent over-staffing, and efficiently fill shifts while optimizing workforce management.
SwipeClock LLC Acquires TimeSimplicity and Now Offers Advanced Employee Scheduling
SwipeClock LLC acquired TimeSimplicity to enhance its cloud-based workforce management platform by integrating advanced employee scheduling with its existing time and attendance solutions, enabling partners to offer a comprehensive, affordable system that reduces administrative overhead, lowers compliance risks, and improves job costing accuracy through features like drag-and-drop scheduling, real-time notifications, and self-service portals.
Case Study: Hotel Employee Scheduling & Shift Management
The Bayside Hotel and Resort, a 135-room complex with diverse departments, overcame complex workforce management challenges such as last-minute schedule changes and compliance tracking by implementing Swipeclock's WorkforceHub and TimeWorksPlus mobile time tracking system, which streamlined employee scheduling, improved communication, ensured accurate timekeeping, and enhanced operational efficiency without increasing labor costs.
The Easiest Way to Comply With Predictive Scheduling Laws
The article explains that predictive scheduling laws, also known as fair or secure scheduling laws, are increasingly being implemented across the U.S. to protect employees from unpredictable work hours by requiring employers to provide good faith schedule estimates at hire, give at least 14 to 21 days' advance notice of schedules, accommodate employee scheduling preferences when possible, and restrict last-minute shift changes, thereby balancing employer staffing needs with workers' stability and fairness.
Case Study: Hotel Workforce Management
A small 45-room ski resort hotel owner, facing competition from a large budget chain, gained a competitive edge by adopting WorkforceHub's TimeSimplicity scheduling and TimeWorksPlus attendance tools to reduce labor costs, streamline scheduling, accommodate employee preferences, and improve workforce management efficiency, enabling her to attract better staff and avoid hiring additional managers despite business growth.
The Most Advanced Biometric Time Clock for Small Business
TimeWorksTouch by Swipeclock is an advanced, affordable biometric time clock featuring fingerprint recognition, schedule enforcement, a 7-inch touchscreen, Wi-Fi and offline capabilities, and break tracking, ideal for small businesses including construction sites, while its WorkforceHub platform integrates time tracking with HR functions like recruitment and benefits to streamline workforce management and compliance.