A work shift in Tempus is a reusable weekly working pattern: the hours an employee is expected to work Monday through Sunday. It is the template you assign to employees through an employee work-shift assignment.
Overview
A shift is a title, seven daily hour values, and an optional description. There is no per-day start/end time or rotating multi-week pattern. For alternating weeks or location-specific shifts, create several shifts and switch the employee's assignment over time. The shift's expected baseline is compared against actual time-points to compute overtime, lateness, and absence.
What it does
Each day's hours are picked from a fixed-step H:mm dropdown (weekdays default 8:00, weekends 0:00). The weekly total must match the contract's weekly expected working time for the shift to be assignable, so a 38-hour shift will not appear for a 40-hour contract.
Common patterns:
| Goal | Shape | Weekly total |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time Mon-Fri | 8:00 / 8:00 / 8:00 / 8:00 / 8:00 / 0:00 / 0:00 | 40h |
| 38-hour week (Lux. standard) | 8:00 / 8:00 / 8:00 / 8:00 / 6:00 / 0:00 / 0:00 | 38h |
| 80% (4 days) | 8:00 / 8:00 / 8:00 / 8:00 / 0:00 / 0:00 / 0:00 | 32h |
| Saturday only | 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8:00 / 0 | 8h |
A shift change applies from the next nightly recalculation, not retroactively. The Usage tab shows who is assigned and their date ranges, so check it before editing.
See also
- Employee work shifts - the assignment binding a shift to an employee over a date range.
- Contracts - the weekly-hours value that must match the shift's total.
- Employees - the people the shifts are assigned to.
- Time points - the actual hours compared against the shift's expected hours.
- Tempus schedules - a separate concept: recurring status schedules, not work shifts.