We’re excited to introduce Shift Bids in Roster Manager, a powerful enhancement that brings bid visibility and management directly into the rostering workflow. With this update, managers can now view and action employee bids for shifts without leaving Roster Manager, enabling faster decisions, better visibility, and a more streamlined rostering experience.

Fill shifts more efficiently and with greater compliance, while empowering employees to express interest in the shifts they want to work.

Let’s dive in…

🔥 What’s New?

Shift bidding is now embedded directly in Roster Manager, allowing managers to review and allocate bids within the same interface used to manage rosters.

New capabilities include:

• Bid indicators on shift tiles so managers can instantly see which shifts have active bids.
• Active Bids / No Bids filters to quickly identify shifts that require attention.
• A Bid status label within the Fill Shift workflow to clearly identify bidding activity.
• Bid/Offer Time tracking to show when bids or offers were submitted, helping support fair decision-making.
• Priority ordering of employees, placing bidders first followed by offers and other eligible employees.

Managers can action a bid via the Assign tab, and then choose to ask the bidder for confirmation, or Assign it immediately where appropriate — all within the same workflow used to fill shifts today.

⭐️ Why it matters

Shift bidding creates a more dynamic and transparent way to fill open shifts.

For managers and businesses:

• Faster shift coverage by prioritising employees who have already expressed interest.
• Better decision-making with visibility of all eligible employees, bids, and offers in one place.
• Improved compliance through automated validation checks such as availability, qualifications, and maximum hours when assigning shifts.

For employees:

• Greater control and flexibility over the shifts they work.
• Improved fairness and transparency in how shifts are allocated.
• Higher engagement, as employees can proactively bid for shifts that suit their availability.

Together, these benefits reduce manual effort, improve rostering efficiency, and help ensure shifts are filled with the right people at the right time.

⭐️ Getting Started

Getting started is easy. To learn how to start using Shift bids in Roster Manager follow the step by step guidance in this Help Article.