Practical guides for the people who run the rota and the people who work it. Worked examples with real numbers, checklists you can use today, and honest answers about your rights at work.
Running shifts, leave, tips and payroll without the paperwork.
How overtime is counted and paid: daily vs weekly limits, time-and-a-half and double time, weekends and holidays, breaks, and how to check your payslip. Worked examples included.
For employers, payroll and staffRead the guide →Plan a shift rota from hourly coverage, share hard shifts fairly, handle split and overnight shifts, publish with notice, manage swaps and track lateness.
For managers and HRRead the guide →Set up leave types, accrual or set allowances, carry-over, approval chains, cover rules and blackout dates, with worked examples of how leave balances add up.
For managers and HRRead the guide →How to split a tip pool or service charge by hours worked, with role points, caps and minimums, plus who's included, when to pay and what goes on the payslip.
For managers, HR and payrollRead the guide →A day-by-day plan to replace paper timesheets: choose punch methods, set overtime, break and rounding rules, run paper alongside, and compare results.
For managers, HR and payrollRead the guide →Plain answers to the questions staff ask most about hours, pay and leave.
Working early starts, late finishes or through lunch without pay? How to tell if it's overtime, work out what you're owed, and raise it calmly in writing.
For employeesRead the guide →Who qualifies for sick pay, waiting days, full-pay and reduced-rate days, the 60/40 split, certificates and what your payslip should show. Worked examples.
For employees and employersRead the guide →Who gets paid for public holidays, what working one should pay (often double), holidays on rest days or during leave, part-timers, and payslip checks.
For employees and employersRead the guide →Meal breaks, short rest breaks, working through lunch, rest between shifts and a weekly day off: what you're usually owed, how to check it, and what to do.
For employeesRead the guide →Your employer changed your hours, cut your shifts or sent you home early? What you're usually owed, how to check, and how to raise it calmly in writing.
For employeesRead the guide →Resigning, dismissed or made redundant? What your final pay usually includes: last hours, unused leave, notice pay and severance, with worked examples.
For employeesRead the guide →Which time and pay records employers usually must keep, for how long, who can see them, your right to see your own, edits, and disputes over missing records.
For employees and employersRead the guide →An honest look at the options before you buy.
Compare face, fob, PIN, QR, geofence and WhatsApp clock-in: real pros and cons, cost of ownership, sites with no Wi-Fi, and the questions to ask vendors.
For business owners and managersRead the guide →What buddy punching is, what it really costs (worked example), the early signs in your time data, and fair ways to stop it, with honest trade-offs.
For business owners and managersRead the guide →How geofence clock-in works, how to pick a radius for each site, GPS accuracy indoors and out, battery use, and how to be fair and open with staff.
For business owners and managersRead the guide →Employment rules differ from country to country and are often changed by contracts and agreements. These guides explain how things usually work and how to check the numbers. They aren't legal advice; for the rules where you work, check with your labour department.