What's New: May 2026
Welcome to your May update! Our team has been hard at work refining 7shifts to work even better for you and your staff. We’re thrilled to roll out these latest upgrades, built to streamline your operations and sharpen your management toolkit.
Keep an eye on this page as it regularly gets updated with new and exciting developments!
Minor Labor Compliance
7shifts now helps you track federal mandates for younger employees with the Minor Labor Compliance feature. You can easily identify minors on your schedule and receive proactive alerts to stay compliant with labor laws.
- You can enable compliance settings for 14 and 15-year-old employees to monitor school-day hour limits and curfew restrictions.
- The new M indicator identifies employees under 18 on the schedule, employee profiles, and shift pool requests.
- Admins and Managers receive real-time exception warnings when a shift conflicts with federal hour limits or curfew hours.
- You must enter birth dates in employee profiles to trigger compliance warnings and accurately track minor labor status.
- The Minor Labor Compliance feature that alerts for possible minor violations is currently available only to customers in the US and access may require an upgrade from your current 7shifts plan.
👉 Check out our Knowledge Base for more details: How to manage minor labor compliance
7shifts Payroll Reports Tab
The new Payroll Reports tab provides 7shifts Payroll Admins with a centralized hub to generate essential data and validate payroll accuracy quickly under Payroll > Reports. You can access a variety of reports including the Payroll Journal, Payroll Summary, Payroll Accounting Summary (Coming Soon!) and Employee Timesheets directly from this dedicated space.
AI Schedule Importer - Mobile
Admins and Managers can now use the AI Schedule Importer directly from the 7shifts mobile app to quickly build schedules during their trial. This update allows you to upload photos or files from your mobile device and automatically extract shifts, employees, departments, and roles into your account.
- Launch the importer from the schedule page during your trial if you skipped the initial setup.
- Choose to take a new photo, upload an image from your library, or select a document file to begin the extraction process.
- Review and modify extracted data to ensure your departments, roles, and employee assignments are accurate before finalizing.
- Add extracted shifts to your schedule instantly once you receive the mobile notification that processing is complete.
👉 Learn more about how to automate your setup: AI Schedule Importer
New Shift Flags and Updated Flag Icon
Additional Shift Flags allow you to track more specific attendance scenarios like "Called Off" or "Called In" directly on the schedule. This update helps you maintain an accurate schedule history and ensures your attendance reports reflect real-world staffing changes without needing to delete shifts.
- You can now select "Called Off" or "Called In" as standard flags when editing a shift on the web or mobile app.
- The web schedule now displays a dedicated flag icon on the shift block instead of the previous striped pattern for better visibility.
- These new flags are automatically included in your Attendance and Worked Hours & Wages reports for more detailed record-keeping.
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Admins/Managers with permissions can see flag icons on the shifts and can tap into the shift details to see the specific flag details.
👉 Check out our Knowledge Base for more details: Shift Flags - Track Sick Time, No Shows, and Lates
Clair On-Demand Pay
Clair On-Demand Pay now automatically enables for eligible companies, allowing your employees to access an advance on their earned wages directly through the 7shifts mobile app. This update provides your team with immediate financial flexibility without requiring any manual setup or administrative effort on your part.
- Offer your staff early access to their wages at no cost to your business and with zero impact on your current payroll or reporting.
- Admins retain full control over the feature with the ability to disable or re-enable the service at any time. Access the add-on by navigating to Settings > Add-ons > Clair On-Demand Pay to manage your company's preferences.
- Ensure a risk-free experience as Clair manages all funding, compliance, and repayments directly with your employees.
👉 Learn more about managing this feature: Clair | On-Demand Pay for Admins