Objective
The objective of this tutorial is to show you how you can trade a shift (swap shifts) with one of your coworkers.
Overview
Access from your: Computer
Applies to: Managers, Supervisors, Schedulers and Employees
If you're unable to work one of your shifts, you can trade the shift (swap shifts) with one of your coworkers.
Things to know before you begin:
- You must have a manager/admin, supervisors, schedulers and employee access privileges to trade a shift with your co-workers.
- 'Employees can trade shifts' must be enabled under the ‘Settings’ module to give access to your staff for this feature.
- Manager approval is required for shift trade which may delay how quickly a shift is offered to your coworkers.
- When you create a trade, the shift is still your responsibility until it is picked up by one of your coworkers.
- You will receive a notification via Email and SMS.
Shift Trade
Step 1: Go to 'ShiftPlanning' Module as shown in Image 1.
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Step 2: Click 'My Schedule' from the filter panel on the left-hand side as shown in Image 2.
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Step 3: Click on the shift that you want to trade, shift details will start appearing on the right-hand side. Click the 'Can't Work' tab from the right-hand side as shown in Image 3.
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Step 4: Select the 'Trade Shift’' tab as shown in Image 4.
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Note: Employees must always provide a reason in the box as shown below for each trade request so that both management and the potential covers understand why the request has been made.
Step 5: Click 'Continue' tab after entering the reason for your request as shown in Image 5.
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Step 6: Select an employee from the list or use search bar if you have a particular coworker in mind who could potentially be able to pick up that shift as shown in Image 6.
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Step 7: Click 'Send Request for an employee as shown in Image 7.
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That's it! Once you send the request, you will receive a notification detailing the further steps of the trade process.
If you have any further queries, please don't hesitate to reach us at support@humanity.com. Happy Scheduling!