Overview: When using the scheduling feature, Administrators can create Open Shifts from the Buddy Punch website. Open Shifts enable you to create shifts without assigning them to a specific employee immediately.
Important! Employees cannot claim open shifts themselves — shifts must be manually assigned to them.
Instructions:
Create an Open Shift
1. To create an Open Shift, start by navigating to the Schedule page:
2. Once on the schedule, you'll see the Open Shifts line at the top. Click a day on that Open Shift line:
3. This will populate a shift creation box with the Assign Shift To defaulted to unassigned. Leave the Assign Shift To option unassigned and enter the other shift details. Click Add Shift when done:
4. Once added, you'll see the shift on the Open Shift line at the top the schedule:
Assign an Open Shift
1. To assign an Open Shift, you can either click the Open Shift and drag it to an employee:
2. Or you can click the Open Shift:
2. Click the Assign Shift To dropdown and select an employee's name:
3. And Save your changes once done:
