Rota planning software for any working pattern
Schedule shifts, record time & attendance to automatically filling vacant roles with NEW OPEN SHIFT feature with BrightHR's rota planner


Welcome to a new era of work rotas & NEW FEATURE: OPEN SHIFTS!
Still writing out rotas by hand? Creating complicated spreadsheets? Chasing up staff on the phone to confirm availability? Come on, you’re far too good for that!
Our smart rota planner makes it quick and easy to create rotas, add shifts, and assign staff—and publish your rotas online in minutes.
PLUS – NOW including OPEN Shifts.
Open shifts enables you as the employer to release shifts that are unfilled to your staff, giving real time alerts to your staff so they can pick the shift on a first come first served basis – automatically filling it.
Never have a shift left open and give your staff a chance to easily pick up shifts anywhere, anytime.
Our Rota tool with Open Shifts is the best rota management tool in the market. Check it out!
Sophisticated online staff rota software—kept simple
We know you’re too busy for fancy management talk and business buzzwords, which is why we’re going to keep it simple. Our rota management software works like this:
- Create rotas and add shifts in a simple table layout, then upload the rota to instantly notify your team.
- Copy shifts, duplicate rotas, and assign shifts across multiple days and employees—all in few clicks.
- Decide which staff can accept or decline shifts to give your team ultimate flexibility.
- Use the filters to easily find and edit someone’s shift and let them know about changes straight away.
- Need to remind someone to do a task or be somewhere? Just add a note to the shift for them to read.
- Still want a hard copy for your records? No worries. Just press print.
Always on the go? Use the smart BrightHR shift app
Running a business often involves a lot of running around—so you need rota software that lets you manage your staff shifts on the move.
BrightHR’s free iOS and Android app lets you easily manage everybody’s shifts from your smartphone. Our work rota app even sends staff instant notifications of new shifts. They can also use the app to request time off, so you always know who’s available to work when you’re planning rotas.
So whether you’re running to meetings or you have staff working in different locations, everyone can see the most up-to-date rota on their phones.
See BrightHR’s awesome shift scheduling software in action
Want to know more? Click play to check out our online staff rota software and our other smart HR tools, including:
- Absence management software
- Staff holiday planner
- Clocking in and out app
- Expenses and mileage tracker app
- Unlimited document storage
And if you want to try it out? One of our friendly experts will walk you through our awesome HR software over the phone, so you can see for yourself how BrightHR transforms your people management. Click below to book your free demo today.
See BrightHR’s smart shift app software in action