Staff scheduling for small teams

The schedule
that fights back.

Build the week in minutes and publish once. When reality hits — the 6 a.m. sick text, the surprise swap, the quiet budget blowout — WorkForward absorbs it and keeps the floor covered.

No credit card · Five-minute setup · Your data, your Firebase

Shift templatesRead receiptsOpen shiftsGeofenced punchesPTO balancesPrintable rotaCoverage alertsOvertime watchPayroll CSVKiosk PIN padAvailability gridPush notificationsShift templatesRead receiptsOpen shiftsGeofenced punchesPTO balancesPrintable rotaCoverage alertsOvertime watchPayroll CSVKiosk PIN padAvailability gridPush notifications
Coverage alertsOvertime watchPayroll CSVKiosk PIN padAvailability gridPush notificationsShift templatesRead receiptsOpen shiftsGeofenced punchesPTO balancesPrintable rotaCoverage alertsOvertime watchPayroll CSVKiosk PIN padAvailability gridPush notificationsShift templatesRead receiptsOpen shiftsGeofenced punchesPTO balancesPrintable rota

What's in the box

Everything a floor needs. Nothing gated behind “contact sales”.

Code Red call-out recovery

One tap ranks your bench by availability, hours headroom, and overtime risk, then sends staged offers. First yes wins the shift — you just watch it fill. No other scheduler has this.

6:02 AM

Marcus calls out sick

6:03 AM

Offer sent to top 3

6:16 AM

Priya accepts — schedule updated

Filled in 14 minutes

Labour intelligence

Budget vs scheduled, labour % of sales, coverage gaps — live while you build, not month-end.

Friday runs hot — flagged before it costs you

Payday preview

Staff see earnings as they happen — and what every open shift pays before they grab it.

Earned this week$412
Sat open shift+$88

Kiosk & honest clocks

PIN pad on the counter tablet, geo-stamped punches on phones. Off-site clock-ins get flagged.

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Type it, done

“give Marcus Friday off, cover with whoever's under 30h”

− Marcus · Fri 12:30p–7p

+ Emma · Fri 12:30p–7p (24h → 30h)

The AI proposes; you approve a visible diff. It never touches data on its own.

Fairness ledger

Clopenings, weekend load, hours whiplash — spotted before they become a resignation letter.

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balanced
E
4 clopenings
R
balanced

Schedules that find people

Publishes, offers, and approvals arrive as push. Installs like an app; the rota reads offline. Read receipts close the loop.

Your schedule is out

Shifts for Jul 27 – Aug 2 published

Time off approved ✓

Fri, Jul 31 → Sat, Aug 1

1

Create your workplace

Sign up, name the business, add positions. No onboarding call, no sales demo.

2

Team joins with a code

One 6-letter invite. Staff sign in on their phones and drop in their availability.

3

Publish your first week

Templates and copy-last-week do the lifting. Everyone's notified; confirmations roll in.

For your team

Managers plan. Everyone else just shows up.

Staff get an installable app that answers their only three questions: when do I work, how do I get this shift covered, and what's my pay looking like.

  • See the week the second it's published
  • Swap, drop, or claim shifts in one tap
  • Request time off against a live balance
  • Punch in from a phone or the kiosk
  • Know the pay before picking up a shift

Next week's rota,
done before your coffee.

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