FREE Rota Scheduling Software

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

With free rota 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 rotas
  • Automatically calculate working hours
  • Give staff 24/7 access to their schedules
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Create tailor-made rotas for your business needs

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

  • Name your rota
  • Set a rota duration for weekly, bi-weekly or monthly staff rotas
  • Select a rota 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 rota 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 rotas 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:

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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, rota planning, GDPR compliance.

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.

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What our customers say about BrightHR

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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Why choose free roster software?

Simplify your rota planning

Ditch the paper and clunky Excel sheets. Our free digital rota software does the hard work for you.

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

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