Build your scheduling foundation with reusable shift rules. Define start and end times, lateness policies, break patterns, overtime calculations, and pay rates. Create simple shifts with just start/stop times, or complex rules with every detail specified. These become your building blocks.

Once designed, use them across any rota, any group, any timeframe. Change a rule once, update everywhere it's used.

For predictable patterns, work schedules eliminate repetitive manual work. Create patterns that repeat over any timeframe - weekly, monthly, 90 days, 300 days, whatever your operation demands.

Assign the same pattern to everyone, or customise by group or individual employee. Set alternative schedules for day/night rotations, seasonal variations, or any pattern that alternates. Populate entire months or years in seconds by dropping work schedules into the rota.

Need someone to start their pattern on a different day? Use offsets to shift their schedule without creating duplicate patterns.

Combine work schedules and shift rules to build comprehensive rotas. Drag and drop individual shifts when you need flexibility. Copy entire weeks or months when patterns repeat. See real-time availability as you build - holidays, sickness, existing commitments from other rotas.

Focus supports multiple rotas for different groups whilst letting you share resources across them. View individual group schedules or multi-group views to track everyone's movements across your entire operation.

Define what you need before assigning who fills it. The Drafting Bench lets you set requirements for each shift:

- Headcount requirements
- Hour budgets (daily or weekly)
- Financial budgets
- Skills requirements (first aiders, supervisors, keyholders, specific qualifications)

As you build the rota, visual feedback keeps you informed. Green indicators show you're within limits. Warnings appear when you're over budget. Build with confidence that you're meeting requirements and controlling costs simultaneously.

Create custom skills for whatever your organisation needs to operate. First aiders, fire marshals, health and safety representation, supervisors, keyholders, specific qualifications - define them once, assign to relevant team members.

Set requirements in the Drafting Bench: "Every shift needs 2 first aiders and 1 supervisor." Focus ensures compliance as you build. Skills can have expiry dates, preventing you from scheduling staff whose qualifications have lapsed.

The system won't let you publish a rota that doesn't meet your skills requirements. Compliance is guaranteed, not hoped for.

Seasonal demand changes, special events, holiday periods, planned maintenance - create templates for your recurring scenarios. Drop them into the rota when needed, assign appropriately skilled team members, and you're done.

Templates eliminate the need to rebuild common patterns from scratch. Build once, reuse forever.

Build your rota requirements and share available shifts with your team through the Self Service app. Employees see what's available and request the shifts they want to work.

You see all requests in the order they were received. Allocate shifts fairly - first come, first served, or manual selection based on your needs. Remove the politics and uncertainty from shift allocation. Those who want the shifts and are available get them.

The system shows you conflicts before they happen - employees who've already requested other shifts that day, or who have existing commitments. Make informed decisions with complete visibility.

Build rotas with real-time information at your fingertips:

- Holiday and absence bookings
- Existing shifts (including from other rotas)
- Hour limits based on contract or age restrictions
- General unavailability marked by employees
- Skills and qualification status

No more accidentally scheduling people who can't work. No more discovering conflicts after you've published.

Set hour limits or financial targets - daily totals, weekly budgets, or varying amounts by day of the week. Focus tracks everything in real-time as you assign shifts:

- Total scheduled hours vs. hour budget
- Projected wage costs vs. financial target
- Live warnings before you exceed limits

Budgets can vary by group, allowing different departments different constraints. Adjust budgets as circumstances change - seasonal demand, special projects, staffing changes.

Build your rota with cost control built in, not bolted on afterwards.

After shifts are worked, the cost variance report compares what you planned vs. what actually happened:

- Scheduled hours vs. actual hours worked
- Projected costs vs. actual wage costs
- Variance by department, by period, by any dimension you need

Identify patterns. Understand where overtime occurs. Adjust future rotas based on real data. Continuously improve your scheduling efficiency.

Schedule multiple shifts per day per employee. When they clock in and out, Focus automatically assigns time to the correct shift rules. No manual sorting, no confusion about which shift applies.

Different groups maintain separate rotas. Share employees across rotas when needed. View individual group schedules for focused planning, or multi-group views to track everyone's movements across your operation.

Automatically enforce weekly hour limits based on age, contract type, or custom rules. Focus prevents scheduling anyone beyond their permitted hours. Compliance is automatic.

No more printed rotas with scribbled changes. No more email attachments with "FINAL v3" in the filename. Publish your rota to the Self Service app:

- Everyone receives their schedule instantly
- View weeks or months ahead
- Request available shifts  
- Request time off with visibility of team coverage
- See personal hour totals and budget status

The schedule is always current, always accessible, always in their pocket.

Schedule changed at the last minute? Push notification sent immediately. Add custom messages to explain adjustments - "Covering for Sarah's sickness" or "Extra shift for big delivery."

Everyone stays informed without phone calls, without checking emails, without wondering if they've seen the latest version.

Print the rota if you need physical copies. Email it to team members who want visibility. Focus supports traditional distribution methods.

But the app is smarter. It's always current. It's in everyone's pocket. It's the way scheduling should work.

Powerful reporting gives you the data to make informed decisions:

- Projected vs. actual hours analysis
- Cost variance tracking
- Budget compliance verification
- Skills coverage reports
- Absence impact analysis

Email reports automatically to stakeholders on any schedule. Export to Excel or PDF for further analysis. Share insights with those who need them, when they need them.