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Scheduling
Build cost-effective schedules quickly
Build schedules quickly, control labor costs, and give your employees more flexibility—in one system.
Staff scheduling software that reduces costs, risks, and turnover
Labor costs
Control labor costs with real-time visibility into your budget
Flag overtime for approval to proactively control labor spend. Easily track in real time how every shift affects your budget.
Compliance
Safeguard your business with automated compliance checks
Automatically flag overtime, break, and other labor law violations based on each employee’s work location. Get alerts if the schedule you’re building is noncompliant.
Employee Experience
See how Rippling Chat connects employeesImprove retention by giving employees flexibility & control
Empower employees to view schedules, swap shifts, and more, in an easy-to-use mobile app they’ll love. Add Rippling Chat to give them a seamless way to connect.
Employee scheduling software with everything you need
Real-time shift eligibility
Create accurate schedules with real-time visibility into time off, certifications, or any employee data.
Attendance tracking
Get instant alerts and log attendance points when employees don’t clock in or miss a shift.
Custom policies
Build self-enforcing policies to fit your needs, like role-specific certifications or limits on hours worked.
Shift swapping
Let employees easily swap shifts with eligible teammates to improve staffing and satisfaction.
Employee availability
Collect employee’s availability and shift preferences to build better schedules for everyone faster.
Labour planning
Enter your staffing needs to see whether you’re under or overstaffed while making a schedule.
Build smarter schedules in minutes
Rippling's schedule builder saves you time by offering real-time visibility into staff certifications, availability, and more as you create schedules.
“With Rippling, I can schedule ahead and make sure I’m assigning employees to areas that’ll have more work. They’re more productive and we’re able to get work through the factory more efficiently.”
Glenn Lemieux
Operations Manager at LightForce
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Most “all-in-one” software consists of acquired systems. These modules are disconnected, so your business data is, too. Rippling takes a platform approach, building products on a single source of truth for all business data related to employees. This rich, flexible data source unlocks a powerful set of capabilities.
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FAQs
What is employee scheduling software?
Employee scheduling software is a tool that allows managers to create, assign, and adjust work schedules for employees. This software provides real-time visibility into employee availability and work hours and compliance with labor laws.
What is the best employee scheduling software for small businesses?
Rippling’s employee scheduling software is highly rated in the employee scheduling app category for small businesses because of its user-friendly experience, world-class customer support, and platform extensibility.
What are the benefits of employee scheduling software for small businesses?
The benefits of using employee scheduling software include efficient shift management, employee flexibility, real-time schedule tracking, extra compliance safeguards, operational efficiency, and flexible staffing.
What is the best way to schedule employee shifts?
Building schedules with modern staff scheduling software, such as Rippling, significantly eases the administrative workload of scheduling while giving businesses great visibility into labor costs and employees more flexibility for claiming the shifts they want.
How do I communicate schedule changes and other updates to my employees?
The easiest way to facilitate communication across your workforce when you have schedule changes or other important updates is Chat, Rippling’s team communication software. It’s natively integrated with Rippling’s employee scheduling software, so you can easily share schedules, create channels from schedules, and more.