Fatigue and roster review for shift work

Mitigate the risk in your roster. Find the opportunity in your workforce.

RosterWise checks your roster for the working patterns that build up tiredness: short rest between shifts, nights, long shifts, long runs of days and high weekly hours. It shows which shifts need attention and why, so you can decide what to change.

Synthetic roster · 6 people · 7 days

Schedule review

  • OK
  • Watch
  • Review
  • Limited data
Example schedule review. Each cell shows the status for that person's shift on that day; "Off" means no shift.
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Worker 01 · LatesOKOKOffOKOKWatchOff
Worker 02 · EarliesOKOKOKOffOffOKOK
Worker 03 · MixedOKWatchOKReviewReviewOffOff
Worker 04 · NightsOffOKWatchWatchOffOffOK
Worker 05 · LatesOKOKOKOKWatchWatchOff
Worker 06 · New starterLimitedLimitedOffLimitedLimitedOffLimited
Review

Worker 03, Thursday into Friday. A 23:00 finish followed by an 07:00 start leaves 8 hours between shifts, under the 11-hour daily rest reference. Evidence: both shift times from the uploaded roster.

Limited data

Worker 06, every supplied shift. No earlier shifts were supplied, so rest and consecutive-day checks stay Limited data rather than being assumed fine.

Synthetic example: six people, one week. Walk through this example →
How it works

Three steps.

  1. 1. Upload your roster

    Drag and drop your roster to get started.

  2. 2. See what needs attention

    Review the shifts highlighted in the calendar and why they have been flagged.

  3. 3. Decide what to change

    Use the findings to review your roster and decide what to do next.

See the steps in the product →

Why it matters

Tiredness on shift is a people and business problem.

HSE notes that accidents and injuries are more likely on night shifts, after a run of shifts and when shifts are long. Source: HSE

These patterns are easy to miss in a spreadsheet. Seeing them early gives you time to change the roster.

Up to £40bn

a year: RAND Europe’s 2016 estimate of what insufficient sleep cost the UK economy. Source: RAND Europe, 2016

3.5 million+

people work shifts in the UK, according to HSE. Source: HSE

Fatigue management and compliance

Show how you review working patterns.

Employers must assess and manage risks from fatigue. RosterWise gives you a consistent check of every roster, the reason behind each flagged shift and a record of what you decided. You stay responsible for the decision; RosterWise doesn’t certify compliance.

Compliance and your responsibilities →

The opportunity

See where staffing and trading are out of step.

Add your sales data and RosterWise lines it up with who was working, by site, day and two-hour period. Try a staffing change and the roster checks run again before you decide.

Synthetic store · Saturday

Sales against staff on shift. The dashed line models one fewer worker in the quiet morning.

Example data
£0 £400 £800 £1200 0 2 4 6 07:00 09:00 11:00 13:00 15:00 17:00 19:00 Sales Staff
  • Sales
  • On shift (observed)
  • Scenario (modelled)

This is a model. It becomes a saving only if you change the hours.

Plans

Business Pro or Enterprise.

Tell us about your sites and how you roster today. We’ll agree the plan with you and set up your accounts.