Sample Rostering Rules
1 Is it a short shift and the employee has just finished another short shift
2 Does the client require or prefer the employee to be inducted?
3 Has the employee received the client's required or preferred inductions?
4 Is it a requirement that the employee be inducted (rather than 'preferred')?
5 Does the employee have the day off that is to be rostered?
6 Will making the employee work this day cause them to work more than 6 days in a row?
7 Will making the employee work this shift cause them to have less than the required minimum 8 hour break?
8 Will making the employee work this shift cause them to have less than the standard 10 hour break?
9 Has the employee volunteered to take 8 hour breaks rather than the standard 10 hours?
10 Will working this shift cause the employee to go into overtime?
11 Can (and has) the employee volunteered for additional shifts?
12 Has the job been copied from another
13 Did the employee work the same job the day before (the day to be rostered)?
14 Is it an away job and the employee will already be onsite (because rostered to site for the previous day)?
15 Is employee low on hours and might not make minimum hour requirements (eg 16 hours for PPT)?
16 How often has the employee worked for the client or foreman?
17 Is the employee preferred by the client or the foreman?
18 Has the employee been black listed by the client or foreman?
19 Is there a vehicle or equipment allocated to this employee?
20 Has the employee volunteered for additional work?
21 Is the shift an away job and the employee is casual?
22 Does the client have permanent staff applied
23 Is this employee one of those staff
24 Are Other applied staff still available
25 Is this shift longer than x hours and has the employee volunteered for longer shifts
26 Is the employee on a preferred list
27 is the preferred list for this company
28 are shifts still available for the preferred lists for other companies
29 is the employee casual
30 are there enough PPTs for the shift left
31 Are UBD Numbers Close
32 Do we penalise casuals
33 Handicap setting from contact status
Evaluation Matrix
