February 26th 2025, Release Note: WFM UK | Scheduling: British Summer Time Warning Banner

Summary

Release date: February 26th 2025 

• Enabled by default? - Yes
• Set up by customer admin? - No
• Enable via support ticket? - No
• Affects configuration or data? - No

What’s Changing?

Introduction of an alert banner on the Scheduling page before, during, and after BST transitions, reminding managers to adjust shifts at 1:00 AM (GMT) in March and 2:00 AM (BST) in October.

Reason for the Change

To help avoid scheduling conflicts during BST changes.

Customers Affected

All Scheduling users in the UK with the English (UK/EN) language setting enabled.

Release Notes 

The alert banner cannot be dismissed and will be visible on the Scheduling page during the following periods:

• One week before a BST change
• The week of a BST change
• One week after a BST change

For guidance on adjusting hours for shifts, please see this article.

Fig.1 - Warning to adjust shifts if they are scheduled during the time change