Work Pattern Enhancements

Anchor week

You can now define which week in the work pattern cycle to use as the anchor while assigning a multiweek work pattern to a worker. The cycle then starts with the anchor week for that particular worker assignment. For example, the work pattern has a 2-week cycle and given the worker assignment start date, the worker will start in the second week of their cycle.

New Work Pattern Page Showing the New Anchor Cycle Field

Define nonworking weeks

You can now define shifts as nonworking weeks to use in multiweek work patterns and work pattern templates.  For example, you have workers who work 2 consecutive weeks and then have 1 week off. You create a work pattern template and work pattern where the third week is a nonworking week shift.

New Work Pattern Shift Page with Set as a Nonworking Week Enabled for the Specified Week of a Multiweek Cycle

Work Pattern Template Page with a Nonworking Week Shift

Work Pattern Page with a Nonworking Week Shift

Validation across multiple assignments

When a worker has multiple assignments with fixed work patterns, you can validate that the work patterns don't have overlapping start and end times. You can also validate that the work durations don't exceed 24 hours.

New Work Pattern Page Showing a Validation Message about Overlapping Work Patterns

These enhancements help you define accurate work patterns for your workers.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

The times and durations need to be in 15-minute intervals for all schedule inputs, including:

• Enterprise shifts
• Work pattern type breaks
• Work pattern templates
• Worker work patterns