Stay ahead of overtime and understand every shift cost—right from your schedule.

What is it?

A new scheduling update that alerts you to overtime risks and gives you a detailed breakdown of shift costs, so you can make confident, cost-effective decisions.

Why we built it

To help you avoid surprise overtime costs and make it easy to see exactly what’s driving your wage spend—so you can schedule smarter and stay on budget.

Why will you love it?

• Spot overtime early: Get instant warnings when a shift will push someone into overtime.
• See every cost detail: Click any shift’s cost to view a full breakdown—no more guessing why costs differ.
• Take action before payroll: Adjust schedules proactively, not after the fact.
• All your shifts up to date: We calculate the whole period so if one shift causes overtime on another, we keep you in the loop

How to use it

1. Set an appropriate pay rates
This will work for our key library rates as well as anything built on our pay rate builder. If you have a specific pay rate that isn't yet supported, we'll be adding these in thefuture

2. Location settings:
Go to your Location Settings and turn on “Show Overtime Warnings.” This will enable overtime alerts for all schedules at that location.

3. Clicking on cost breakdowns:
When adding or editing a shift, click the cost shown in the shift pop-up. You’ll see a detailed breakdown of what makes up the total cost—including regular, overtime, and any other pay components.

4. Observing warnings:
If a shift will push an employee into overtime, you’ll see a clear warning right in the shift pop-up. Click the warning for more details, so you can adjust before costs add up.

You can see our full guide here and this will be progressively rolling out over the next 4 weeks.