Staff rostering software for Australian teams
Cord8 is rostering and inventory software for independent retail and hospitality businesses in Australia. Rostering covers the whole week: build it, publish it, and let your team swap shifts or claim open ones. Sign-up is not open yet. Join the waitlist.
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Drag shifts into the week. Publish the roster. Alex sees the shift on a phone. Priya claims an open shift.
How do I build a weekly roster?
Start from a saved shift template, then adjust the shifts before you publish.
Weekly roster
Build a roster of shifts for each location.
Publish and reuse rosters
Draft a week, publish it when it is ready, and save shift templates to reuse.
Departments
Group your team into departments, and limit a manager to the departments they look after.
Public holidays
The roster shows public holidays for Australia, New Zealand, the US, the UK and Canada, plus days you add for your own store.
Blackout dates
Block out dates so time off cannot be requested on your busiest days.
Can my team swap shifts or pick up extra ones?
Shift scheduling software that lets your team swap shifts, claim open ones and see their own calendar.
Availability
Team members tell you when they can work.
Time off requests
Team members ask for time off and managers answer in the same place.
Shift swaps
A team member asks to swap a shift, a colleague takes it and a manager approves.
Open shifts
Leave a shift unassigned and team members can claim it.
Shifts in your calendar
Team members can download their published shifts to their own calendar as an .ics file.
Can Cord8 fill empty shifts?
Both of these are on a paid Employees plan.
Fill a draft roster On a paid Employees plan
On a paid Employees plan, Fill a draft roster puts people into empty shifts based on availability, role and department, and avoids clashes with their shifts at your other stores. Then you review it and publish.
Staffing suggestions On a paid Employees plan
On a paid Employees plan, see how busy each hour usually is, based on your past rosters.
How do labour cost estimates work?
Labour cost estimates On a paid Employees plan
On a paid Employees plan, Cord8 shows labour cost estimates from your roster, so you can see the likely cost before the week starts. Estimates only; check them against your own records.
Labour rate presets On a paid Employees plan
On a paid Employees plan, base your labour cost estimates on a rate preset for general retail, hospitality, restaurants or fast food, or on your own rates.
Labour cost figures are estimates to help you plan. Check them against the award or your adviser.
How do I tell the whole team something?
Post it once and the team gets a notification.
Announcements
Post an announcement to the whole store or to one department, and notify the team.
Team chat
Message team members one to one, with replies, reactions and search.
Can I track staff certificates?
Know whose certificate runs out next, and collect forms and checklists from the team.
Required documents
List the documents each team member must hold, such as certificates, and get a reminder 30 days before one expires.
Forms and checklists
Build forms and checklists, share them with roles, set reminders and review what comes back.
Free plans have a lower limit on required documents.
Rostering questions
Can my team swap shifts or pick up extra ones?
Yes, team members can swap shifts, and they can claim open shifts. A team member asks to swap a shift, a colleague takes it and a manager approves. Leave a shift unassigned and team members can claim it.
Can I roster casual staff and let them swap shifts?
Yes, you can publish a week of shifts, save shift templates to reuse, and let team members swap shifts or claim open ones.
What does Fill a draft roster do?
On a paid Employees plan, Fill a draft roster puts people into empty shifts based on availability, role and department, and avoids clashes with their shifts at your other stores. Then you review it and publish.
Does Cord8 check rosters against the award?
No, Cord8 does not check rosters against an award. On a paid Employees plan, labour rate presets and your own rates feed labour cost estimates, and you check those estimates against the award or your adviser.