Shift Requests

Owned by Carissa Warnock (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Jul 11, 2018

Employees can give shifts away, drop, and swap shifts. They submit shift requests through the UniFocus Mobile App. Managers then respond to those requests using the Shift Requests screen. This eliminates manual data re-entry. Once a request is responded to, the schedule for the employee is immediately updated.

Shift requests include:

  • Give Away—Managers can give a shift to a different employee.
  • First Come First Serve—Managers can give a shift to the first person who applies for the shift.
  • Absence—Managers can mark an employee absent if they can not attend a shift.
  • Drop—Managers can cancel a shift for an employee.

Task performed from this screen:

Shift Requests screen

This table describes the fields and controls found on this screen.

FieldsDescriptionsNotes
Controls
Request Type

Select the view for the Employee Requests screen.

Options include:

Default: Time Off Requests.

Availability Requests/Logs and Shift Requests appear only if an employee submits a request on the Mobile App.

Request Status

Select the request status to display:

    • Pending
    • Approved
    • Denied
    • All
Default: All.
On or After

Displays requests from a specific date and any requests after that date.

To change the date, either type a date in the field or select a date from the calendar menu.

Default: current date.

Filter Employees

 

Filters by division, department, or job. 

Search

Search for employees by name or employee ID. 

Print Export

Opens a menu to perform the following task:

    • Print—Prints the information that is displayed on the screen.
    • Export—Exports the information to a CSV file.
 
Columns
Employee NameName of employee.

Read-only.

Emp. IDUnique identification number of the employee.

Read-only.

Type

Type of shift request.

Options include:

    • Give Away—Managers can give a shift to a different employee.
    • First Come First Serve—Managers can give a shift to the first person who applies for the shift.
    • Absence—Managers can mark an employee absent if they can not attend a shift.
    • Drop—Managers can cancel a shift for an employee.

Read-only.

Give Away ShiftDisplays the name, the date, and time of the shift.

Read-only.

Trade For ShiftName of shift that employee wants to trade with.

Read-only.

Recipient of ShiftName of the manager that receives the information about the request.

Read-only.

Status

Select the status of the shift to display:

    • Pending
    • Approved
    • Denied

Read-only.

Entered OnDate on which the request was submitted.

Read-only.

Button  
Edit RequestEdit a request.Must select an employee first before selecting Edit Request.

 


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