Holidays & absences
Holiday, sickness, time off in lieu, college – requested or entered directly, monthly overview for the team. On approval, affected shifts can be released as open shifts.
More features of uttek Rota
Weekly and monthly rota
Move shifts by drag & drop, copy with Ctrl, create them over several days. Shift types with times, break, colour, area and required cover per weekday; hours per person and the cover row at a glance.
Rules checked automatically
Rest period, maximum hours per day and week, breaks, days in a row, overtime, qualification, absence, preferences and under-cover – flagged as an error or warning right in the rota.
My rota on the phone
Published shifts, open shifts, the team of the week, preferences and holiday requests – as a web app for iPhone and Android, no app store. Calendar feed for phone and Outlook from Pro.
Swaps & take-overs with approval
Offer a shift to everyone, swap with a specific colleague or take an open shift. The planner approves; rules are checked again afterwards and everyone involved is notified.
Templates & copy week (Pro and up)
Save a typical week as a template and apply it to new weeks, or copy the previous week with or without people – absent staff are skipped.
Reports & fairness (Pro and up)
Target and planned hours per person, night, Saturday, Sunday and bank-holiday hours, fairness across the team. In Enterprise: premium-pay export for payroll and team leads per area.
uttek Connect: Time, HR, Dispo
Pro and up: planned shifts to uttek Time as target hours, staff and absences from uttek HR, jobs from uttek Dispo (also via a direct link to the Dispo interface), REST API and webhooks.
State-of-the-art security
Password policy with a check against leaked passwords, two-factor sign-in via authenticator app with backup codes (can be required per role), login lockout after failed attempts, “forgot password” by email, HTTPS/HSTS and encryption of sensitive fields – all switchable, nothing forced.