Shifts and working days
Set working hours and the days people work (5, 6 or 7 days, alternate Saturdays), so leave and attendance are counted right.
A shift is two things: the hours people work, and the days they work. Get both right and leave, late marks and missing-day emails will be correct without anyone fixing them by hand.
Add a shift
Go to Attendance Management → Shifts and click Add.
- Start and end time. For a night shift that ends the next morning, just enter it (for example 10 pm to 6 am); Orgwise understands it crosses midnight.
- Break in minutes, and optionally when it is.
- Grace period. How many minutes late still count as on time.
- Working days. Tick the days this shift works. There are quick buttons for 5 days (Mon–Fri), 6 days (Mon–Sat) and All 7 days.
- Saturdays off. If you work Saturdays but give some off, choose 2nd and 4th, 1st and 3rd, or 1st, 3rd and 5th.
Then give each employee their shift in their profile.
Different teams, different days
Make one shift per pattern. For example:
| Shift | Hours | Working days |
|---|---|---|
| Office | 9:30 – 6:30 | Mon–Fri |
| Factory | 8:00 – 5:00 | Mon–Sat, 2nd & 4th Saturday off |
| Security | 8:00 – 8:00 | All 7 days |
If one week is different (a Sunday everyone works, or someone swaps a day), use the shift roster for that week instead of changing the shift.
What the working days change
- Leave: days off are not counted as leave. A 3-day leave from Friday to Monday on a Mon–Fri shift counts as 2 days.
- Missing attendance: nobody is reported missing on their day off.
- Automatic attendance: nobody is marked present on a Saturday their shift gives off.
- Weekend work: attendance on a day off is marked as weekend work.
Not working?
Leave counted a Saturday that was off. Open the person's shift and check the Saturdays-off option, and that the person is actually on that shift.
Someone got a "missing attendance" email on their day off. Their shift's working days include that day, or they have no shift and the leave policy's weekly offs are used instead. Give them the right shift.
I changed the working days but old leave didn't change. Leave that was already approved keeps its day count. Cancel and apply again if it needs recounting.
Frequently asked questions
What if an employee has no shift?
Then the weekly offs from the leave policy are used (Sunday by default), and the standard 9 to 6 timing.
Can one person work Monday to Friday and another Tuesday to Saturday on the same timing?
Make two shifts with the same timing and different working days.
Do holidays still apply on top of working days?
Yes. A holiday for the person's branch is off even if it falls on a working day.