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Free Roster Software

FREE Roster Scheduling Software

Still using paper rosters and Excel spreadsheets to manage your shifts and rosters? You don’t have to!

With free roster software, cut down on admin time - free of charge. A BrightHR Lite package allows you to:

Plan and adjust staff shifts
Schedule and send employee rosters
Automatically calculate working hours
Give staff 24/7 access to their schedules

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Create tailor-made rosters for your business needs

Simply choose to start from scratch or edit previous rosters from weeks ago. Making weekly and monthly roster planning as easy as can be!

Name your roster
Set a roster duration for weekly, bi-weekly or monthly staff rosters
Select a roster start date so your staff know when to review their schedule
Add employees from the employee hub to your schedule
Create individual shifts with start time, end time and break durations
Add notes for employees and opt to colour code shifts for even greater organisation
Use shift labels to help staff identify unique shift types

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Add and edit team members in your employee hub

Quickly set up your team with names and email addresses to get started. Opt to add further information such as:

Job title
Profile picture
Start date
Phone number

Making it easy for you to identify individual team members and assign shifts for any day you require.

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A shift scheduler ideal for small businesses

Our free roster software is ideal for small businesses just getting started. The easiest way to introduce a digital HR solution into your business. Enjoy the benefits of reduced admin time and HR costs with a free solution that works for small business.

Keeping businesses effortlessly organised, there's so many reasons to try an employee scheduling software. Many businesses are already using our free shifts and rosters tool, so why not join them?

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Upgrade anytime to unlock even more features

While using our free rota software, you can upgrade to our core HR software package anytime.

Transform your people management and upgrade for access to even more time-saving tools:

Boost your bottom line with BrightHR. Discover how much you could save with our payback calculator.

What our customers say about BrightHR

Huge reduction in admin time, removal of all paper based HR/Timesheet processes, easy ‘one-place’ access for our employees and roster planning.

FG Transport

I would definitely say to go with BrightHR having used it. I like the platform, it’s very easy to use and I think that’s important.

Vending Solutions

There is now a lot less paperwork to fiddle about with, and a lot of time has been freed up in the processing and accessing of information.

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Optimise Your Employee Scheduling

Why choose free roster software?

Automate and simplify your rota planning

Ditch the paper and clunky Excel sheets. Our free digital roster software does the hard work for you, so you can build accurate schedules in minutes, not hours.

Make workforce planning effortless

Quickly adjust shifts and keep your team in the loop with automatic reminders and instant notifications.

Stay organised and stress-free

Share rosters with your staff ahead of time and enjoy your weekends without the Sunday-night scheduling panic.

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