What's New: December 2025

Happy December!

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!

Employee AI Importer 🪄

Speed up your account setup with our new Employee AI Importer, specifically designed to help trial accounts get up and running in minutes. This AI-powered tool eliminates manual data entry by automatically pulling staff details from your existing documents. Simply upload your file, review the information, and instantly build your team roster so you can start scheduling right away.

• This feature is currently available exclusively for trial accounts to make your initial onboarding as seamless as possible.
• You can upload your team in almost any format, including photos (JPG, PNG), PDFs, or spreadsheets.

• Our AI automatically finds and fills in names, emails, and phone numbers so you don't have to type them manually.

• You'll have the chance to review all the information and assign roles/departments before anything is finalized.

Pay Schedule Frequency 

Updating your Pay Schedule in 7shifts just got easier! Admins can now adjust the Pay Schedule frequency directly within the web app to better align time clocking data with business needs—without losing any previous punch data.

• You can now switch between weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, or monthly schedules in just a few clicks. 
• The system handles any gaps between your old and new schedules automatically, so every punch is accounted for.

7shifts Payroll Users: If you have already run at least one payroll, you’ll need to contact 7shifts Support to update your frequency. Simply start a chat and let us know your new desired frequency and payday!

Schedule Enforcement with Square POS 

You can now ensure staff only clock into Square when they're scheduled to work. In turn, this allows you to control and reduce labor costs.

Here's how it works: Shifts are automatically synced to your Square POS. Staff clock in/out on Square. Square will then validate whether or not that employee is scheduled to work and can clock in. If they are scheduled to work, they will be allowed to clock in.

Mobile Dashboard - Request Blocks 

We've made managing your Employee requests easier! Critical requests are now displayed in Request Blocks right on your main screen. This new, prioritized view ensures you can easily address the most important actions on the main screen of the mobile app. 

At the top of the mobile Manager Dashboard, request blocks will display all pending Employee requests. Selecting any block takes you directly to the approval screen for the specific request type. 

• Shift Pool
• Time Off 
• Availability

Integrations Warnings in Time Clocking

(Rolling out gradually and may not appear in your account right away)

We’ve added a new Warnings tab to help you catch issues in your POS labor data before running payroll. As this feature rolls out, you’ll start to see a new section in your pay period that flags things like unmapped employees, unmapped roles, or punches missing a role.

You can resolve most issues directly from this tab, and you’ll still be able to close your pay period even if some warnings remain. This update helps ensure your payroll and labor reporting stay accurate.

Updated Tip Management Overview

We're updating the Tip Management Overview to create a more reliable and unified system that aligns with your existing Pay Periods in Time Clocking and allows you to track all paid tips in 7shifts. This change ensures accurate tracking and easier reconciliation for you and your team.

Key Changes: 

• Unified Pay Periods: Tip tracking is now fully aligned with your existing Pay Period cycle used for time clocking and payroll.

• Flexible Tracking (New Toggle): Admins can now choose to enable or disable Outstanding Tips. When enabled, the dashboard tracks a running total of unpaid tips; when disabled, the dashboard only shows tips earned within the active pay period.

• Improved Reconciliation: If you have Outstanding Tips enabled and pay tips outside of 7shifts (e.g., cash or external payroll), you’ll use the Mark tips as paid workflow to clear balances and keep your ledger accurate.

Note: This feature is being rolled out in phases. If you do not yet see the updated experience, your account will be updated soon.

7shifts Payroll: 2025 Year-End Payroll Checklist

Year-end is around the corner! If you're using 7shifts Payroll, it's crucial to ensure your restaurant is prepared for Year-End Filing as 2025 comes to a close and the new tax year begins.

We have enabled a helpful Year-End Payroll Checklist in your account to help guide you through your year-end payroll to-dos.