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Schedule shifts

Build the week on the shift grid, watch the cost KPIs, and publish when it's ready.

Updated July 4, 2026

The Schedule tab in Labor (part of the Growth plan) is a week-at-a-glance shift grid: pick a day, lay shifts onto your employees, and keep an eye on the KPI row as the labor cost adds up.

  • Build it out, then publish — arrange the week freely, then hit Publish to make it official and notify the team. (Publish marks it final and sends the alerts; it isn't a strict privacy wall, so staff with schedule access can see in-progress shifts — so publish once the week is set.)
  • The KPI row keeps you honest — watch scheduled hours and cost while you build instead of discovering the total after.
  • Employees carry their hourly rate (set on the employee record in the Employees tab), which is what makes the cost math real — the schedule multiplies each shift's hours by that saved rate.
Note: On the Pro plan, scheduling adds demand-forecast intelligence — staffing suggestions driven by predicted sales. On Growth, the full manual scheduling toolkit above is yours.
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Frequently asked questions

Questions about staff scheduling

Practical answers about staff scheduling in KitchenRush.

Does publishing a schedule hide earlier drafts from staff?

Build it out, then publish — arrange the week freely, then hit Publish to make it official and notify the team. (Publish marks it final and sends the alerts; it isn't a strict privacy wall, so staff with schedule access can see in-progress shifts — so publish once the week is set.)

How is scheduled labor cost calculated?

The KPI row keeps you honest — watch scheduled hours and cost while you build instead of discovering the total after.

Employees carry their hourly rate (set on the employee record in the Employees tab), which is what makes the cost math real — the schedule multiplies each shift's hours by that saved rate.