{"id":12341,"date":"2022-05-04T14:21:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T18:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/?page_id=12341"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:26:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:26:35","slug":"workforce-scheduling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/what-we-offer\/workforce-scheduling\/","title":{"rendered":"Workforce Scheduling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_pb_row_3-4_1-4 et_block_row et_block_row_3-4_1-4\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_4 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>What is Workforce Scheduling?<\/h2>\n<p>Given the new hybrid work reality, businesses increasingly face the need to handle more complex scheduling scenarios\u2014yet also seek ways to minimize disruption to employee experience. That's why effective workforce scheduling is vital to an organization\u2019s success. But incorporating a solution that keeps a business running smoothly does not just impact your bottom line\u2014it impacts your people. When you make work life easier for employees, it can pay off across every operational function.<\/p>\n<p>Companies with more complex scheduling needs \u2013 typically those in hospitality, retail and healthcare \u2013 demand robust scheduling solutions for identifying staffing opportunities and challenges from which to swiftly act upon.<\/p>\n<p>Workforce scheduling can improve the employee work\/life balance by empowering employees to request shifts or ask for shift coverage and improve collaboration between employees and managers on schedule availability.<\/p>\n<h2>GTM's Workforce Scheduling Solution<\/h2>\n<p>Are you fully optimizing your staff? Do staffing shortages impact your ability to deliver exceptional service? Are employees experiencing burnout and frustration due to understaffing? Meeting productivity and service demands with sufficient staffing is a win-win. The expectations of both your employees and customers are better met and your business prospers.<\/p>\n<p>As an enhancement to <a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/what-we-offer\/human-capital-management\/\">isolved<\/a>, GTM's HCM platform, isolved Workforce Scheduling allows employers to quickly schedule employees as large groups or an entire organization. Quickly categorize employees, set schedules, communicate shift shortages and requirements, and predict future workforce needs\u2014all within isolved People Cloud.<\/p>\n<p>isolved Workforce Scheduling provides for the secure creation, management, and visibility of employee schedules within a company\u2019s existing isolved People Cloud experience. isolved Workforce Scheduling removes the confusion and complexity around staff coverage and allows business leaders to focus on core business operations by enabling agility, predictability, and real-time communication.<\/p>\n<p>You can set rules for assigning shifts across employees; determine who is responsible to work each shift; quickly view when employees are unavailable to work; notify employees when schedules are created; manage shift and coverage requests and more.<\/p>\n<h2>Workforce Scheduling Features and Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>isolved Workforce Scheduling addresses even more complex requirements and allows you to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set customizable values for how employees are counted per shift\u2014number of work hours, occupancy percentage, number of beds<\/li>\n<li>Build staffing rules around employee count types and number needed per day<\/li>\n<li>Quickly add employees to shifts from a graphical scheduler view<\/li>\n<li>Assign employees directly to a shift versus a larger role<\/li>\n<li>Send notifications to employees who are eligible to fill open shifts<\/li>\n<li>Predict staffing requirements across employee groups and time periods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our workforce scheduling solution provides for the secure creation, management, and visibility of employee schedules. Let isolved Workforce Scheduling remove the confusion and complexity around staff coverage and allow you to focus on core business operations. You will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increase employee satisfaction and retention<\/li>\n<li>Provide an open employee communication platform<\/li>\n<li>Maintain compliance with local, state and federal labor laws<\/li>\n<li>Gain visibility on staffing challenges and opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Streamline manual scheduling processes<\/li>\n<li>Shift focus to value-added business operations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, our workforce scheduling solution gives you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flexible setup for shifts and schedule parameters<\/li>\n<li>Access to shift templates for recurring schedules<\/li>\n<li>Fast, easy approval process for shift swapping<\/li>\n<li>Ability to keep employees informed when schedules go live<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more about how Workforce Scheduling can help you boost customer experience and employee engagement by better syncing the fluctuating demands on your business with equivalent service delivery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/hcm-and-hris-demo-request\/\">Request a free consultation and demo<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about how this technology can help your business grow.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":2859,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-12341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12341"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18649,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12341\/revisions\/18649"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=12341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}