Rules and warnings
Rest between working days, most hours a day and a week, days in a row, contract hours and young workers - shown as warnings on the board, never blocking.
Set your rules
Go to Settings > Rules & warnings. Start from these values and change them to match your business and the law where you work.
| Rule | Starting value |
|---|---|
| Rest between working days (hours) | 11 |
| Most hours in a day | 12 |
| Most hours in a week | 48 |
| Most days in a row | 6 |
| Tell me when a person is planned beyond their contract hours | On |
| Young workers (under 18): most hours in a day | 8 |
| Young workers: no shifts between 22:00 and 06:00 | On |
A person can have their own limit (Never more than) on their page. Mark a young worker on their page too.
Check the working-time rules where you operate, such as rest periods and weekly hours, and set them here.
What you see
A shift that breaks a rule gets a warning sign on the board; hover or tap it to read why. Each person's row shows their hours against their contract. The shift window shows the warnings for that person while you plan, and the Publish window counts shifts with warnings. Clashes with time off and with busy time from your other Ellibo apps show the same way.
Warnings never block a save. You decide - sometimes a short rest is agreed.
Preferences
Settings > Preferences holds the rest of your week: the day the week starts on (Monday, Saturday or Sunday), what shifts snap to (5 minutes to whole hours), the working day shown on the board, the usual hours a week for people with no contract hours, how people are told, what waits for a planner, and whether planners see the cost of the plan.