June 29th 2023, Release Notes: HS| Labor 5.81: Auto-apply Predictability Pay for Late Post & Limit Right to Rest Schedule Creation – Fourth & HotSchedules Customer Success Portal

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Feature 2

Auto-apply Predictability Pay for Late Posted Initial Schedule

To better ensure compliance a setting to auto-apply predictability pay for late posted initial schedules is now available.

Limit Right to Rest Schedule Creation Options

To better ensure compliance we are limiting visibility for right to rest employees outside the Scheduler.

Release date for all features: June 29th, 2023

Auto-apply Predictability Pay for Late Posted Initial Schedule

Enabled by Default? - No
Set up by customer Admin? - No
Enable via Support ticket? - Yes
Affects configuration or data? - Yes
Roles Affected: - Managers and employee for clients using predictability pay.

What's Changing?

A new Predictability Pay setting allows for predictability pay to be automatically applied to all shifts when an initial schedule is posted inside the advance notice period.

Reason for the Change

When enable this feature will automatically apply predictability pay to all shifts if the initial schedule is created inside the advance notice period to ensure compliance.

Customers Affected

Fair workweek client where predictability pay is due if all shifts were posted late on the initial schedule.

Release Note Info/Steps

Customers with access to Pay Exceptions in the ASC can enable "Apply Predictability Pay to all shifts for schedules posted with less than ## days advance notice", which will automatically apply predictability pay to all shift if the initial schedule is posted inside the advance notice period.

Limit Right to Rest Scheduling Options

Enabled by Default? - Yes
Set up by customer Admin? - No
Enable via Support ticket? - No
Affects configuration or data? - No
Roles Affected: - Scheduling managers

What's Changing?

To better ensure manager compliance with right to rest violations:

Employees will not display as available options on shift swaps, smart select, or offer select if the shift would result in a right to rest violation.
Employees will not display as available for pickup if the house shift pickup or shift approval would result in a right to rest violation.

Reason for the Change

These changes ensure that right to rest shifts are a purposeful and well-informed action manager takes on the scheduler.

Customers Affected

Only customers using Right to Rest Pay Rules.

Release Note Info/Steps

Enabled by default as part of the release.