What's New: July 2026

Nevada Labor Compliance

The updated Nevada labor compliance rules allow restaurant managers to track complex daily overtime using a rolling 24-hour window that automatically matches state regulations. This update calculates daily overtime based on your team's specific clock-in times and hourly pay rates to keep your business accurate and compliant.

• You can configure your state compliance settings by navigating to Company Settings > Labor & Compliance and selecting Nevada under the Jurisdiction tab.
• The system tracks daily overtime using a rolling 24-hour window that starts when an employee clocks in, instead of resetting at midnight.
• Daily overtime automatically applies to employees who work more than 8 hours in that rolling window and earn under $18 per hour.
• Weekly overtime continues to apply at 1.5 times the regular rate for any hours worked over 40 in a workweek, regardless of your employee's hourly rate.

Salary Allocation across Locations 

You can now split a salaried employee's wages across multiple locations by percentage, with a daily allocation setting to control which days the salary is distributed across. All changes are logged in Pay History for a full audit trail.

• Set custom percentage splits per location (e.g. 70% to Location A, 30% to Location B) or use the Split evenly across locations button to divide equally.
• Select specific days of the week for daily allocation to control how salary costs are distributed across your schedule.
• Schedule future-dated allocation changes. They appear with an Upcoming status in Pay History until they take effect.
• Available to all plans. Admins and managers with Can view wages and Can edit employees permissions can configure salary allocation under Team > Employees > [Employee Name] > Wages and payment.

Employee Training - Open Beta

7shifts Employee Training allows restaurant operators to create, assign, and track digital coursework directly alongside scheduling and team management tools. This training feature is completely free during our beta period until August 30, 2026, giving you full access to build and test courses for your team. After August 30, 2026, you will need to upgrade to the Premium plan to continue creating training and allowing employees to complete their assigned training. 

• Build structured courses out of reusable lessons, text prompts, or uploaded handbooks with the help of built-in AI tools.
• Set up customizable tasks like side-work checklists or shift shadowing that require employee comments or manager approvals before completion.
• Configure course quiz settings to track exact scores or provide practice rounds for your team.

• Monitor completion rates, quiz averages, and individual employee progress in real time through web reports or individual profiles. 

   

Multi-Day Shift Creation on Mobile

You can now select multiple days at once when creating a shift on the 7shifts mobile app, matching the web scheduling experience and saving you time on the go. Managers can build schedules quickly from their phones without entering identical shifts day by day.

• Choose all the days a shift applies to before saving your changes.
• Review any employee scheduling conflicts, like unapproved availability, directly on your screen before the shifts are saved.
• Available to all users with permissions to create and manage shifts. Available on all plans.

Update Employee Emails 

Managers can now update employee email addresses directly, making managing your team a smoother experience. To keep your account secure once the email is updated, it will end the employee's session and lock them out until a new invite is sent and accepted.

• You can update unaccepted invite emails on web and mobile, while accepted email updates must be done on the web app.
• Updating an active employee's email ends their current session and locks the account until they accept the new invite.
• Employees who belong to multiple companies must have their managers at each company update the email for them.

Employee Reactivation Changes 

Reactivated employees now rejoin your active team list immediately so you can schedule and manage them without any operational delays. All reactivated users must receive and accept a new invitation to regain access to their account. While their invitation is pending, a 'pending invite' icon appears next to their name on your active employee list.

• All reactivated users must accept their new invite to log back into the system.
• Reactivated team members appear as active immediately so you can add them to schedules right away.
• New invitation links expire after 5 days and require a resend if they are not accepted in time.
• New users must fully accept their invitation before they can access the company account.

Minor Labor Compliance Updates

The updated Minor Labor Compliance system now supports state-level rules and multiple school calendars to keep your restaurant compliant. These updates help you avoid labor penalties by applying local curfew and hour restrictions directly to your schedule.

• Set up multiple school calendars to accurately track varying schedules across different school boards and automatically assign new minor employees to a default calendar.
• View instant compliance warnings and specific jurisdictional rules directly on the schedule.
• The Minor Labor Compliance feature is currently available only to customers in the US and access may require an upgrade from your current 7shifts plan.

Custom Role Colors are back! 

When creating or editing a role under Settings, choosing the custom color option opens a fully functional color picker supporting RGB values and an eyedropper tool. If you select a color that is too dark or too light, the system automatically adjusts the brightness so text remains clear in both Light Mode and Dark Mode.

• You can pick from 20 pre-set options or select a custom color by using the eyedropper and RGB inputs.
• Your schedule and report PDF exports will accurately display these custom role colors without any missing selections.
• Your existing role color selections remain completely unchanged unless you explicitly decide to edit them.

• Navigate to Settings > Locations, Departments, & Roles > Roles > Click on the pencil icon to make edits to a Role.

  

Payroll Reporting Updates

Employee Export

The Employee Export report now includes critical payroll data to help Admin users seamlessly manage team details for 7shifts Payroll. You can now view essential information like Payroll Classification, Legal Name, Home address, Emergency Contact, Business Entity, and Payroll Employee ID directly from your export. 

👉 Check out our Knowledge Base for more details: Export Employees

Employee Withholdings & Exemptions

The new Employee Withholdings & Exemptions report allows Admin users to verify that federal and state tax withholdings are being calculated correctly for their team. This report helps you and your accountants quickly audit active W-4 elections and tax exemption statuses directly within the web app.

• The report automatically displays live data reflecting current W-4 elections on file with our payroll partner, Check Technologies.
• Column headers change dynamically based on the active tax jurisdictions for your specific business entity.
• The report lists all active W-2 employees, including salaried managers, but excludes 1099 contractors.
• You can download this CSV report by navigating to either Reports > Payroll reports or Payroll > Reports tab.