SETTINGS>Employee Permissions (Global Settings)

EMPLOYEE PERMISSIONS

Managers (with permission to change Company Settings) can choose what all Employees are allowed to see and do when they sign in at WhenToWork.com.

EMPLOYEE PERMISSIONS

DISPLAY
Can see SHIFT COLORS on Schedules: Set to "Yes" to have Employees see the optional colors you may set for shifts instead of seeing them displayed as all black. Some Managers may not want Employees seeing colors if they use colors to rate the Employees performance on that shift or to mark them late etc. Normally it would be useful for Employees to see shift colors that the Manager uses.

Can see CATEGORIES on Schedules: This option allows Employees to see any shift categories you have set up - ex. in the Category Chart etc. Note that if this option is set to "No" the Employees will not see categories even if your corresponding Manager view displays them. This option might be set to "no" if you use categories to designate when an Employee is late or called out etc.

Can see EMPLOYEE COMMENTS field: This option allows Employees to see the comments you have entered about them from the Edit Employee window. Ex: You might want to enter accrued vacation in that field and them to see it.

PREFERENCES
Can Set their own Prefer & Dislike work time PREFERENCES:
Set to "Yes" means that when Employees sign in they can see and change the times they prefer and dislike working (there is no down side to letting Employees enter this information as it does not affect any existing shifts and you can choose to ignore it when using AutoFill). Setting to "No" means Employees cannot view or change their prefer and dislike and cannot work times.

Can set their own CANNOT WORK times:

Set to "Yes" means that when an Employee signs in their work time preferences will also allow them to paint times as Red (Cannot Work). (Cannot Work times are only used by AutoFill, they do not affect any existing shifts). If set to "No" then only Managers with permission to edit Employees can change the Cannot Work times for each Employee.

Can set Preferences for POSITIONS:

Set to "Yes" to allow Employees to see a list of the positions you have set them to be able to work and they can choose whether they like or dislike each position. Then if you AutoFill this preference will be considered. This can be useful if you have multiple locations and want them to be able to set which locations they prefer to work. When set to "No" the employees do not see the Position Preferences link and are not able to set these preferences - only Managers (with permission) can set what positions they prefer each Employee to work.

BULLETIN BOARD
Can ADD ENTRIES TO BULLETIN BOARD: The Manager can always add entries to the Bulletin Board and Employees can always view the Bulletin Board - to allow employees to post entries set to "Yes".

TIME OFF
Can REQUEST TIME OFF: Set to "Never" to have Employees not see the Time Off section, nor request time off through that system. "With Manager Approval" allows Employees to see and use the Time Off section where they can send in a request for full or partial days off and the Manager must approve it before it becomes effective. "At Will" allows the Employees to create a time off that goes into effect immediately, without the Manager needing to approve it. Any overlapping shift the Employee is assigned will be set to unassigned when the time off is approved.

VIEWING OTHER EMPLOYEES AND THEIR SCHEDULES
Note: If you want to prevent Employees from ever seeing other Employee names you must set all the options highlighted to NO.

Can view EVERYONE'S SCHEDULE: Employees can always see their own schedule when they sign in. If you set this option to 'Yes" they then can also see the full schedule that includes everyone. If you set this option to Yes then the format that is displayed for the Employees for each view - Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Chart, In-Out etc. is identical to the format you set on on the corresponding main manager view using the Change Layout links. Ex. if you set the In-Out chart to show two weeks then the Employees will see that same In-Out view when they log in.

Can see UNASSIGNED SHIFTS on Everyone's Schedule: If you allow Employees to see Everyone's Schedule you can also set this option to allow any unassigned shifts to appear on that schedule view along with the assigned shifts. Set to "Yes" to have any open shift display on their Everyone's Schedule.

Can see STAFF LIST and MESSAGE OTHER EMPLOYEES: Set to "Yes" allows Employees to see the Staff List and whatever information each Employee has set to be public. If you set this option to "No" Employees will not be able to see other Employees' names anywhere in the system. This setting overrides seeing everyone's schedule etc.

Can view other employees' AVAILABILITY: Set to "Yes" means that when an Employee logs into their Employee account and clicks on one of their own shifts a link will appear with the shift details saying "Availability of Other Employees for my Shift". Clicking the link will then show the Employee a list of all other Employees who could work that shift along with their relative availability (their preferences, shifts already working, approved time off, etc) during their shift time. This is designed to help an Employee trying to find a replacement for their shift. If you set this option to "No" then the link does not appear.

TRADEBOARD
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