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AI that builds cost-effective schedules for you
Generate AI-assisted schedule drafts with your real-time workforce data already accounted for. Managers review, adjust, and publish from anywhere.
Scheduling software that reduces costs, risks, and turnover
Labor costs
AI-assisted schedules that keep you on budget
Generate a schedule first draft from a plain language prompt, a prior template, or last week's schedule, with overtime rules and labor costs already accounted for. Then track how every shift affects your budget in real time.
Compliance
Safeguard your business with automated compliance checks
Automatically flag overtime, break, and other labor law violations based on each employee’s work location. Get alerts if the schedule you’re building is noncompliant.
Employee experience
Everything your team needs to manage time, in one place
Employees see their next shift, clock in with one tap, swap shifts, and message managers all from the mobile app. Managers get real-time attendance, handle approvals, and edit the schedule from the floor.
Your workforce data does the scheduling work for you
Rippling AI creates and edits schedules, fills shifts, and surfaces critical insights.
Instantly view who’s scheduled to work but not clocked in.
Create and edit schedules.
Identify overtime trends.
Track employees and teams with the most scheduling instability.
Scheduling software with every feature you need
Real-time shift eligibility
Create accurate schedules with real-time visibility into time off, certifications, or any employee data.
Attendance tracking
Get instant alerts and log attendance points when employees don’t clock in or miss a shift.
Custom policies
Build self-enforcing policies to fit your needs, like role-specific certifications or limits on hours worked.
Shift swapping
Let employees easily swap shifts with eligible teammates to improve staffing and satisfaction.
Employee availability
Collect employee’s availability and shift preferences to build better schedules for everyone faster.
Labor planning
Enter your staffing needs to see whether you’re under or overstaffed while making a schedule.
Build accurate schedules in minutes
Rippling creates and manages schedules for you, all with real-time visibility into certifications, availability, and more.
“With Rippling, I can schedule ahead and make sure I’m assigning employees to areas that’ll have more work. They’re more productive and we’re able to get work through the factory more efficiently.”
Glenn Lemieux
Operations Manager at LightForce
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Most “all-in-one” software consists of acquired systems. These modules are disconnected, so your business data is, too. Rippling takes a platform approach, building products on a single source of truth for all business data related to employees. This rich, flexible data source unlocks a powerful set of capabilities.
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FAQs
What is employee scheduling software?
Employee scheduling software is a tool that allows managers to create, assign, and adjust work schedules for employees. This software provides real-time visibility into employee availability and work hours and compliance with labor laws.
What is the best employee scheduling software for small businesses?
Rippling’s employee scheduling software is highly rated in the employee scheduling app category for small businesses because of its user-friendly experience, world-class customer support, and platform extensibility.
What are the benefits of employee scheduling software for small businesses?
The benefits of using employee scheduling software include efficient shift management, employee flexibility, real-time schedule tracking, extra compliance safeguards, operational efficiency, and flexible staffing.
What is the best way to schedule employee shifts?
Building schedules with modern staff scheduling software, such as Rippling, significantly eases the administrative workload of scheduling while giving businesses great visibility into labor costs and employees more flexibility for claiming the shifts they want.
How do I communicate schedule changes and other updates to my employees?
The easiest way to facilitate communication across your workforce when you have schedule changes or other important updates is Chat, Rippling’s team communication software. It’s natively integrated with Rippling’s employee scheduling software, so you can easily share schedules, create channels from schedules, and more.