Employee Work Time Preferences can be used by WhenToWork for the following:<\/h3>\n\n- These preferences can be considered when AutoFill optimizes the schedule assignments each week<\/li>\n
- When you click any shift, the Shift Change window will show a list of employees who are available to work that shift. Employees who have set that time to “prefer to work” are listed first so that you will know the best employees to consider for that shift.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Employees normally set their own preferences when they sign in.<\/h3>\n
REPEATING Weekly Preferences (and FUTURE REPEATING Weekly Preferences) should be set first<\/strong><\/span>, then if certain dates are different, you can set those using\u00a0Set Date Specific Preferences<\/strong>. Date Specific Preferences always override Repeating Weekly Preferences.<\/p>\nTo delete the REPEATING WEEKLY Work Time Preferences for your employees\u00a0<\/h2>\n
From any page:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n- In the top menu, click\u00a0EMPLOYEES<\/strong>\u00a0to go to the Employee List page\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Click the\u00a0magnifying glass\u00a0
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<\/strong>\u00a0next to the employee name to open the Employee details window\u00a0<\/li>\n- Click the\u00a0Schedule\/Preferences<\/strong>\u00a0tab<\/li>\n
- Click the\u00a0Set REPEATING WEEKLY<\/strong>\u00a0button to open the preferences window (These are the normal daily preferences for the employee and can be set down to 15 minutes for each day of the week). Note each day shows Midnight to Midnight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n\n- To clear the times, click the white paint roller button and then “paint” over the times you would like to change by pressing the left mouse button and holding until you want to stop painting.<\/li>\n
- Click a day name to change that whole day to that color.\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Be sure to click the\u00a0SAVE<\/strong>\u00a0button<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n\n- You can save the preferences on the screen as a “Preference Template” to be used for other employees. For example, you can quickly add Cannot Work hours for minor employees by loading that preference template into each employee’s REPEATING Weekly Preferences grid.<\/li>\n
- Also, if these Repeating Preferences will change on a certain date, click the\u00a0Set FUTURE Weekly Preferences<\/strong>\u00a0button to have different preferences go into effect after a certain date<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
To clear\/delete any DATE SPECIFIC Preferences\u00a0<\/h2>\n
After setting the normal repeating preferences for an employee, you can then clear any dates that have different preferences using the Set DATE SPECIFIC Preferences<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/p>\n
Employees normally set their own preferences when they sign in.<\/h3>\n
REPEATING Weekly Preferences (and FUTURE REPEATING Weekly Preferences) should be set first<\/strong><\/span>, then if certain dates are different, you can set those using\u00a0Set Date Specific Preferences<\/strong>. Date Specific Preferences always override Repeating Weekly Preferences.<\/p>\n From any page:\u00a0<\/p>\n After setting the normal repeating preferences for an employee, you can then clear any dates that have different preferences using the Set DATE SPECIFIC Preferences<\/strong>\u00a0button.<\/p>\nTo delete the REPEATING WEEKLY Work Time Preferences for your employees\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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<\/strong>\u00a0next to the employee name to open the Employee details window\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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To clear\/delete any DATE SPECIFIC Preferences\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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