Employee Scheduling Software | Staff & Workforce Scheduling

Scheduling is important.

We know how important great scheduling is to driving profits in restaurants, pubs and hotels.

But getting it right is hard. Under-staff and you miss sales, over-staff and you lose margin. You need to strike the right balance.

Intelligent Scheduling empowers you to ensure every shift counts. It’s the employee scheduling software solution your restaurant deserves.

Fourth’s employee scheduling software is designed specifically for the hospitality industry, supporting both restaurants and hotels. Whether you operate a single site or manage multiple locations, the platform helps you build accurate rotas, forecast labour demand, and maintain compliance with ease.

Smarter Scheduling

No more missed opportunities. Make smart business decisions every time with AI Forecasting.

Utilise accurate demand forecasts down to 15 min intervals, to schedule the right team for every shift. The Fourth AI engine factors in your past sales, local events, holidays and more.

Easier Scheduling

Identify optimal shifts with minimal effort using Fourth’s Auto-Scheduling software, powered by Fourth iQ. This intelligent rostering software removes the guesswork, automatically creating balanced rotas that meet labour demand and compliance targets.

Significantly reduce the effort for managers to populate shifts, while ensuring you always hit your productivity and compliance goals.

Connected Scheduling

Shift fulfilment is no long constrained by location. Maximise the potential of your entire employee base, and beyond, with Shift Pooling.

Offer open shifts to employees and agencies across any of your location through a simple and intuitive interface. Maximise shift fulfilment and increase your employees opportunity to work.

And much more.

Fourth’s employee work scheduling software includes powerful features such as:

MySchedule App for employees

Activity-based scheduling

Custom deployment rules

Labour demand based on sales categories and items

Granular cost and budget management

Analytics and Reporting

Seamless integration with your other Workforce Management solutions

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does my restaurant need employee scheduling software?
- Cloud-based employee scheduling software can optimise employee productivity, automate scheduling, track time and attendance, and ensure compliance with labor laws. They empower organisations, particularly in shift-based industries, reduce administrative work, forecast staffing needs based on demand, and improve employee engagement through self-service.
  Self service functionality can assist operations by giving employees and managers the ability to manage shift and availability requests.
How does scheduling connect with sales forecasting?
- Scheduling can integrate with POS providers via either API or SFTP to send sales data to Fourth.
Can managers build and share schedules from anywhere?
- Yes. Fourth is cloud-based and Mobile friendly allowing managers to create, publish, and update schedules on the go. Employees are notified instantly when a new schedule is posted.
Why should I choose Fourth for employee scheduling software?
- Fourth provides comprehensive workforce management software for businesses, helping operators build loyal teams, control labour costs, and deliver exceptional service. End-to-end workforce management software for HR, payroll, scheduling, engagement and analytics enables organisations to Save time, drive efficiency from onboarding employees to managing payroll. Whether you operate a single site or manage multiple locations, the platform helps you build accurate rotas, forecast labour demand, and maintain compliance with ease.
  Fourth has enabled businesses to deliver:
  – 15% uplift in sales
  – 22% reduction in overscheduling
  – 25% more accurate forecasts
  – £3m savings in labour costs
How many employees can you schedule with Fourth?
- The Fourth solution enables you to schedule employees with no limitation on the number of employees that can be scheduled.
What features does Fourth’s workforce scheduling software include?
- “Fourth’s employee work scheduling software includes powerful features such as:
  – MySchedule App for employees
  – Managers App for Managers
  – AI Forecasting and priority driven notifications
  – Activity-based scheduling
  – Custom deployment rules
  – Labour demand based on sales categories and items
  – Granular cost and budget management
  – Analytics and Reporting
  – Seamless integration with your other Workforce Management solutions
  – Time and Attendance Management
How is Fourth different than other restaurant scheduling software?
- Fourth delivers End-to-end workforce management software for HR, payroll, scheduling, engagement and analytics enabling organisations to save time, drive efficiency from onboarding employees to managing payroll utilising core scheduling functionality such as time clocking, uploading budgets, permission driven actions and POS integration. The My schedule app enables end user driven shift management utilising functionality such as Open Shifts, Unavailability Management, Swap/Give requests and shift pooling.
How does Fourth’s employee scheduling software help small businesses?
- For more than 20 years, Fourth has helped more than 50,000 customers in the hospitality industry build winning teams and transform their operations. Whether you run a single location or operate more than 1,000 locations, Fourth has powerful solutions to help you hire better, retain longer, operate smarter, and win with data-driven decision-making.

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