In manufacturing, workforce planning is capacity planning: three rotating shifts, line-side attendance without a computer, overtime ceilings and training or certifications that expire. 4mystaff generates the rotation, captures clock-in at a shop-floor terminal, and produces a working-time record that satisfies the EU Working Time Directive (2003/88/EC) before export to payroll.
Generate 8- or 12-hour patterns with automatic rotation and enforced minimum rest between shifts. Every change reaches the line supervisors instantly. Set up for Austria: working-time records follow AZG §26 — Aufzeichnungspflicht über Arbeitszeit und Ruhepausen.
Badge, kiosk or tablet clock-in at the plant gate, matched against the planned shift. You know who is missing while there is still time to re-staff the line. Set up for Austria: working-time records follow AZG §26 — Aufzeichnungspflicht über Arbeitszeit und Ruhepausen.
Overtime, night premiums and work on rest days are calculated automatically and stay inside the ceilings your working-time rules set. Set up for Austria: working-time records follow AZG §26 — Aufzeichnungspflicht über Arbeitszeit und Ruhepausen.
Safety inductions, machine authorisations and role certifications live in one register, with alerts weeks before they lapse. Nobody starts a shift on an expired certificate. Set up for Austria: working-time records follow AZG §26 — Aufzeichnungspflicht über Arbeitszeit und Ruhepausen.
Timesheets approved by the shift supervisor leave as a payroll-ready file. No re-typing hours, absences or premiums. Set up for Austria: working-time records follow AZG §26 — Aufzeichnungspflicht über Arbeitszeit und Ruhepausen.
You describe the rotation pattern once — five days on early, two off, five on late — and the system projects it across the year. It enforces the 11 consecutive hours of daily rest (Directive 2003/88/EC art. 3) and the weekly rest period (art. 5), and refuses a direct handover from a night shift into the following morning shift.
Through a terminal at the shop-floor entrance: badge, PIN or a code from their phone, in a single tap. The terminal keeps working when the network drops — clock events are buffered locally and synchronised when connectivity returns, so no shift start is lost.
Night workers’ normal hours must not exceed an average of eight hours in any 24-hour period, and they are entitled to a free health assessment (Directive 2003/88/EC art. 8 and 9). Total weekly working time, overtime included, is capped at a 48-hour average over the reference period (art. 6). The per-employee counter is visible in the roster before you publish it.
Yes. Each employee record holds safety inductions, machine-operator licences and occupational-health clearances with their expiry dates. The system notifies the responsible manager 30 days ahead and flags any rostered shift where the assigned person’s certification has lapsed.
