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Employees and availability

Set employee scheduling preferences

Record preferred and disliked weekdays, shifts and locations.

For: Organization Admin
For: Department Manager

Configure preferences

  1. 1Open Settings, Employee profiles, then select the employee.
  2. 2Mark shift templates as liked, disliked or clear.
  3. 3Mark weekdays as liked, disliked or clear.
  4. 4When locations are enabled, configure location preferences and assignments.

How Auto-Assign uses them

Preferences help rank otherwise eligible employees. They do not replace leave, working rules, weekly limits or work-pattern eligibility. A disliked option can reduce suitability while a hard rule can make an assignment impossible.

Verified against ElShift · Aug 6, 2026

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