What's New: August 2024

Happy August!

Our team has been hard at work, enhancing the 7shifts experience and introducing new features. Discover the latest upgrades that will elevate your team management capabilities today.

Keep an eye on this page as it regularly gets updated with new and exciting developments!

7shifts Support Coverage (Aug 30 - Sep 2nd)

As we head into the long weekend, our teams will be taking a break to recharge.

From Friday, Aug 30th to Monday, Sept 2nd, we will be operating on a reduced schedule. This may result in slower response times via chat, ticket, and phone channels.

We understand that your business doesn't take a break, and neither does our commitment to you. Rest assured, we will be closely monitoring our support channels to ensure that any critical matters are addressed during this period.

As always, our Knowledge Base is packed full of content to support you when using 7shifts. We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding while we take a well-deserved break and prepare to serve you better.

Your User Type and Permissions in 7shifts

Aug 16 - Web

Users now have access to a new tab under Settings > My Account > Permissions. This tab displays a read-only list of their own permissions and user types. Knowing where to find your permissions can save time and reduce confusion, whether you're trying to access certain areas of 7shifts or are curious about your user type.

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Time Clocking: Closed Pay Periods

Aug 14 - Web

When you review your pay periods, you might notice a new lock icon next to certain periods. This icon indicates that the pay period is now closed, and helps you quickly identify which pay periods are complete! 

As a gentle reminder, we made an important update last month by removing the 'Lock Pay Period' option in Time Clocking, giving greater meaning to the act of closing a timesheet. Once a timesheet is closed, the labor data for that Location is locked, preventing any further edits to punches. With this change, we also introduced two new permissions, automatically enabled for all Manager/Assistant Manager users:

• Can close timesheets: This permission allows Manager/Assistant Manager users to close timesheets, ensuring no further edits can be made to punch data.
• Can reopen timesheets: This permission allows Manager/Assistant Manager users to reopen timesheets, enabling edits to the punch data as needed.

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