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Shiftpedia

Set the schedule. Fix the clock. Approve the hours.

A free reference for managers of hourly staff. Each guide covers one task, lists the steps in order and names its sources.

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Newest guides

  1. Oregon travel time pay: 4 checks beyond 30 miles

    Review Oregon travel time pay beyond 30 miles with four checks on distance, travel hours, assignment type and records before approving timesheets.

    Timesheets · 10 min read

  2. Maine minor work permits: 5 rules for shift files

    Check Maine minor work permit files before teen shifts: review signatures, summer permits, school and physician certificates, and revocation notices.

    Shift schedules · 9 min read

  3. Driver's license on shift ads: 4 review checks

    Review driver's license requirements on Washington shifts with four checks covering driving tasks, applicant postings, current staff and job descriptions.

    Shift schedules · 11 min read

  4. Wisconsin safety-based shift limits: 3 checks

    Check job-related risk, evidence of necessity and accommodation options before imposing a safety-based shift limit on a worker in Wisconsin.

    Shift schedules · 12 min read

All guides

Four jobs, each with its own shelf

Shiftpedia sticks to the paperwork around an hourly team. These are the four jobs it covers and what a reader learns from each.

  1. 1

    Shift schedules

    Learn what to settle before you post a week, how to gather availability, and who may take an open shift.

  2. 2

    Shift swaps

    Learn what to write down when staff trade shifts, call out or miss one, and who may approve the change.

  3. 3

    Time clocks

    Learn what to do when a punch will not save, how to add a missed punch with a note, and which clock rules are law and which are house rules.

  4. 4

    Timesheets

    Learn what to check before you approve hours, how to flag a week that may cross the overtime line, and what to note when you correct a sheet.

What you get from a guide

One question
A guide opens with the question a manager is really asking, so you can tell at once whether it is the right page.
Numbered steps
The answer is a set of numbered steps in the order you would take them.
Sources at the foot
Every guide closes with the sources behind it, so you can open them and check for yourself.
A check date
The date of the last check is printed under the title, so you can see how fresh a guide is.
Marked examples
When a guide works through numbers, it labels the example and keeps the figures round, so nobody mistakes it for a real case.

Start with Oregon travel time pay: 4 checks beyond 30 miles, or browse the whole blog.

How each guide is made

  1. Sources come first. They sit at the foot of the guide, and anything that no source backs is cut or labelled as common practice.
  2. AI writes the guide. The disclosure page explains how AI is used.
  3. Next, software matches each fact to the source listed for it.
  4. A review model built by another AI company looks over the facts before the guide is posted. No editor rewrites the guide.
  5. Errors are fixed on the page itself, and the Last checked date moves forward. The corrections page says how to report one.

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