What's New: June 2022

Updated October 31, 2022 20:32

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Filter Tip Pool Contributions by Sales Category for Toast POS

June 13, 2022

Set different contribution percentages in your tip pool based on the sales item category. Available for Toast POS contribution only.

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Learn more here: https://kb.7shifts.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417505157779-Tip-Pooling

Filter Tip Pool Contributions by Dining Options & Revenue Centers for Toast POS

June 13, 2022

Include or exclude specific types of orders or areas of your restaurant in your tip pool. Available for Toast POS contribution only.

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Learn more here: https://kb.7shifts.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417505157779-Tip-Pooling

Percentage of Sales Contribution for Toast POS Tip Pooling

June 13, 2022

Automatically sync sales data from Toast POS for employee contribution to your tip pool by a percentage of their net sales. Available for Toast POS contribution only.

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Learn more here: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417505157779

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Tasks Report

Get a detailed report of task completion at one, some, or all locations. Analyze the data to spot the most efficient locations and employees and identify areas for improvement.

Learn more here: https://kb.7shifts.com/hc/en-us/articles/6492980351763-Tasks-Report

Ceridian Dayforce Payroll Export

Download employees' worked hours from 7shifts, and import them directly into Ceridian Dayforce for payroll.

Learn more here: https://kb.7shifts.com/hc/en-us/articles/5127472139411-Ceridian-Dayforce-Export

Tip Pooling for TouchBistro POS

Save up to 8 hours per week by automatically syncing tips from TouchBistro POS. Set your restaurant's unique contribution and distribution rules once, then receive calculated tip outs for any date range.

Learn more here: https://kb.7shifts.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417505157779-Tip-Pooling#set-up

SpotOn POS Integration

Sync sales and labor data from SpotOn to 7shifts to access powerful features that'll help you optimize your schedule and reduce your labor costs.

Learn more here: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417505200915

Manual Contribution in Tip Pooling

You can now have full control over your Tip Pool by entering daily tip totals from any source.

Learn more here: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417505157779#manual

Employee Sync Improvements

With select POS integrations, you'll now be able to sync additional fields to the employee profile, as well as edits made to employee fields in the POS.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417514379923

Find Who's Available

With this mobile-exclusive feature, you can easily find employees to cover sick or no-show shifts. Avoid labor violations, overtime, and scheduling conflicts.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417505264787#mobile

Tip Pooling

Put up to 8 hours back in your week with automatic tip pool calculations based on the custom rules you set. Requires 7punches or a Toast POS labor integration.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417505157779

Send Tips to Payroll

Sync tips from your POS to 7shifts, and export tip data to payroll. Available for select POS systems and payroll providers.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417520070035-Syncing-Tips-to-Payroll

7tasks Access through the 7shifts app

7tasks users can allow their employees to access task lists from their personal devices. When enabled, your team can access and complete their tasks directly from the 7shifts mobile app.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417513751315

Schedule by Dayparts

Manage store performance by adding custom Daypart time frames to schedule staff appropriately.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417513751315

Hiring

With our new applicant tracking system, easily post jobs, track and rank applicants, and get new hires scheduled fast.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417514332691

POSitouch POS Integration (Shift4)

With a Shift4 Lighthouse Business Manager account, you can now access a POSitouch POS sales integration or sales & labor integration in the integration Marketplace.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417514332691

Future POS Integration

With a Shift4 Lighthouse Business Manager account, you can now access a Future POS sales integration or sales & labor integration in the integration Marketplace.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417505058451

Restaurant Manager POS Integration

With a Shift4 Lighthouse Business Manager account, you can now access a Restaurant Manager POS sales integration or sales & labor integration in the integration Marketplace.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417505051539

Harbortouch POS Integration

With a Shift4 Lighthouse Business Manager account, you can now access a Harbortouch sales integration or sales & labor integration in the integration Marketplace.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417519900563

Photo Completion in 7tasks

Configure tasks to be completed by uploading a photo.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417520173075

Qu Beyond POS Integration

Qu Beyond POS users can now integrate their sales and labor data with 7shifts to optimize scheduling, pull detailed reports, and sync employee information.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417504718611

Alerts for Missing Punches for 3rd Party Labor

Get manager and employee notifications for missed punches from 3rd party POS systems.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417513628307

Inactive Employee Update

Our inactive employee section now has name search functionality, so managers and admins can search the name of deactivated employees to rehire if and when needed.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417505066515

Task List Timeframes in 7tasks

When creating a task list, set a time for the list to appear and a time for the list to be completed by.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417520173075

Number and Temperature Value Completion in 7tasks

Configure tasks to be completed by entering a number or temperature.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417520173075

Weekly Budget Tool Historicals

POS integrated customers can now compare their budget targets, projections, and actuals to how they did last week and last year, allowing them to make more labor-efficient decisions.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417514442771

Employee Tagging in 7tasks

Admins and Managers can tag individual Employees on a specific task, or assign an entire task list to an individual Employee.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417520173075

Mobile Schedule View Updates for Admins & Managers

Admins and Managers can now view and navigate from their Schedule a week at a time while having access to Events all in one place. (Please note, you may need to update the 7shifts app on your mobile device to access these updates.)

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417514210067

Weekly Budget Tool Actuals

Compare your Projected Sales vs Actual Sales or compare your Projected (scheduled) Labor costs and Actual Labor costs.

For more details, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417514442771

D.C. Split Shift Compliance

D.C. restaurants, on The Works plan or higher, can get automatic warnings for Split Shift compliance fees while scheduling and have any costs incurred included in their labor budget.

For more details on this feature, learn more here: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417513449875

Weekly Digest

Admins can now get a weekly high-level overview of 7shifts activity at each of their locations delivered straight to their email inbox.

For more details on this feature, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417513581971

Paid Time Off in Payroll

Paid Time Off, Sick Paid Time Off, and Unpaid Time Off can now be tracked and exported to select payroll integrations (ADP Run, ADP Workforce Now Integration [US], Quickbooks, Gusto) and exports (ADP Workforce Now, Paychex).

Shift Trading

Employees will be able to request shift trades with each other through the Shift Pool! This will not only make trading/swapping shifts easier for your employees, it will also streamline the approval process to save your managers time.

If the trades/swaps cause any labor infractions, they will be highlighted in order to prevent any accidental scheduling issues.

For more details on this feature, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417514302995

Labor Budget Tool Targets

Admins and Managers can now monitor their labor target success metrics within 7shifts with the addition of Sales Per Labor Hour and labor hours added to the Budget Tool!

For more details on this feature, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417514442771

Managing Inactive Employees

Simplify management of inactive employees with reasons for deactivation, fields for whether you'd rehire, sorting and filtering functionality. View inactive Employee Profiles and deactivate/reactivate employees from the Employee List, Inactive Employees or Employee Profile pages.

For more details on this feature, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417505066515

Alerts for Missing Punches

Always be in-the-know by receiving notifications if an employee hasn’t clocked in to or out of their shift within a certain period of time

For more details on this feature, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417513628307

Employee Health Check Customization

7punches users can now enable Customizable Employee Health Check! This check will help Admins and Managers screen team members for symptoms and risk factors of COVID-19 before they can punch into their shift. Supported in English, French, and Spanish. Available on plans Entree and above.

For more details on this feature, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417513628307

Multi-Department View

View more than one department on the schedules page to help you easily view, copy, and publish schedules for multiple departments at once.

Find out more here: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417514096915#multi-department

Operations Overview Add-on

Operations Overview offers the monitoring of real-time sales, labor, and employee performance/engagement across all locations in one view. Admins can course-correct underperforming locations and learn from those who are thriving.

For more details on this feature, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417504701587

CSV Exports for Scheduled Hours & Wages / Worked Hours & Wages Reports

Save time and improve efficiencies by downloading CSV or Excel Worked / Scheduled Hours & Wages reports in addition to viewing your reports on the web.

For more details on this feature, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417519622547

Exception Costs in Labor

Save money by viewing your total labor spend, including fees for compliance exceptions.

Find out more here: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417519539091

Buddy Punch Prevention

Buddy Punch Prevention allows 7punches users to have a photo taken of their Employees when they punch in and out, allowing Admins or Managers to validate the identity of the puncher.

For more details on how to enable this feature, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417513739539

Paid Time Off

Expanded functionality for Paid and Sick Paid Time Off allows employees to have the opportunity to request time off under various categories which will all be tracked separately.

Find out more here: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417519634835

Announcement Read Receipts

When an announcement is sent, Admins and Managers now have the ability to see who has and who has not read a message on both the web and mobile apps. For those who have not, they can easily send a reminder right through the app.

Find out more here: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417513445011#read-receipts

Auto Shift Flags

Have Shift Flags for Late and No-Shows populate automatically based on employee punches.

Find out more here: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417513808403#auto-flags

Roster Talk for Chats

Roster Talk for Chats is a feature that allows users to create group messages for all employees working on a specific day and can filter by Location, Department, and Role.

Find out more here: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417519686547#Roster-Talk

Mobile Task Management

With 7tasks, you can now have employees complete tasks from their own personal devices. Enable Mobile Task Management and help reduce the potential health risks associated with shared devices.

For more information on how to enable Mobile Task Management, visit our support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417513751315

Mobile Punch for Employees

7punches users can now allow their employees to clock in and out of shifts and breaks from their personal devices with Mobile Punch! This helps reduce the risk in using shared devices, ultimately making your restaurant safer for your team and your customers.

For more information on how to enable Mobile Punch, visit our support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417513451155

Employee Health Check

7punches users can now enable the Employee Health Check! This check will help Admins and Managers screen team members for symptoms and risk factors of COVID-19 before they can punch into their shift. With real-time manager notifications and a secure Employee Health Check report, you can help in preventing risk to staff and customers.

For more details on this feature, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417513729555

Gusto Payroll Integration

Do you use 7punches or have a POS integration that includes labor on The Works plan or higher? If yes, you can access our Gusto payroll integration and send regular hours, OT hours, and double OT hours to Gusto.

For more details on how to set up this integration, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417519669267

Events feature updates

Users can now add events directly from the schedule page! Creating events from the schedule page allows for more options for event repetition - multi-day, daily, weekly, monthly, and annual. Admins and Managers can add end times as well as delete events.

For more details on this feature, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417514047379

Google Sign In

New users can leverage Google authentication when they are invited to a company for the first time. Are you an existing user? Use your Google account to get back into the app and reduce the number of passwords you have to remember!

For more details on how to use this feature, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417513405587

ADP Run Payroll

If you are using 7punches for time-clocking, or have a POS integration that includes labor, you can now export your worked hours directly to ADP Run.

For more details on how to set up the integration, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417514267411

7tasks

7shifts helps managers to step away from pen and paper and digitize their scheduling needs; 7tasks aims to do the same thing with sheets, whiteboards, and binders to track closing/opening tasks, temperature readings, and other measures that staff and managers need to track.

For more details on how to enable this feature, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417520173075

Philadelphia City Fair Work Week Compliance

Work in Philly? Employers in the restaurant industry must take certain measures to ensure that their employees have predictable and fair work schedules. The Fair Workweek report includes a list of all the Fair Workweek exceptions incurred.

For more details on how to enable this feature, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417504850579

Shift Feedback

You can now request feedback on specific days, change when Shift Feedback is sent, view a detailed Shift Feedback report, and grant / remove permission for managers to view feedback. New features are now live for companies on The Works and Gourmet.

For more details on how to enable this feature, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417519785875

Cake Labor

We integrate with Cake actual labor; this means that your actual labor costs will be pulled into 7shifts. Once enabled, your actual labor costs will be displayed on the Dashboard, allowing you to compare Sales vs. Labor.

For more details on how to set up the integration, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417519572755#actual-labor

Department Based Budgeting

You can now use Department Based Budgeting to control how your sales divide and projections are calculated for each Department, allowing you to more accurately project your labor when creating schedules.

For more details on how to enable this feature, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417504806163

Brink POS

7shifts now integrates with Brink POS, which will allow Brink users to always hit their labor targets with sales and labor syncing and schedule enforcement.

Are you ready to unlock the power of your Brink POS?

For more details on how to set up the integration, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417519850899

Heartland Restaurant

7shifts now offers an actual sales, labor integration, and punch enforcement for users with Heartland Restaurant POS. This means you can pull in your actual sales and labor data from your POS for accurate sales projections and consistently hitting the labor targets. What’s more, 7shifts can send your scheduled shifts to your POS, ensuring employees can only clock in with a scheduled shift.

For more details on how to set up the integration, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417504730259

Break Alerts

Now you can stay compliant with 7punches. Your restaurant doesn’t want to deal with costly labor compliance penalties, which is why 7shifts offers Break Alerts. When enabled, this feature notifies managers when an employee is at risk of missing an enforced break. Restaurants on The Works or Gourmet plan with 7punches can easily stay compliant with Break Alerts. 🎉 Already using “Custom/Enforced Breaks”? This feature will activate for you automatically! If not, go into your 7punches settings and mark your breaks as “enforced”.

For more details on break alerts, visit the support page: https://7shiftshelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4417504810899