Configuring employee scheduling preferences 167
Configuring employee availability
NOTE: If you do not specify availability, Schedule Builder assumes the employees are available 24 hours a
day, seven days a week.
To configure employee availability
1. In YourSite Explorer, in the left pane, click Workforce Scheduling.
2. Click Employees.
3. Select an employee.
4. On the Workforce Scheduling tab, click Availability.
5. Select the Uses availability check box.
6. Under New Availability, after Work day, select the day of the week the employee availability applies
to from the list.
7. If the employee is available only during certain hours of the day, select Part of the day and specify the
hours the employee is available.
8. If the employee is available all day, select Full day.
9. Click Add availability.
10. On the ribbon, click Save.
Configuring employee time off
To configure employee time off
1. In YourSite Explorer, in the left pane, click Workforce Scheduling.
2. Click Employees.
3. Select an employee.
4. On the Workforce Scheduling tab, click Time off.
5. If the employee’s time off is carried over based on their start date, under Carryover date, select
Employee start date.
6. If the employee’s time off is carried over based on a fixed date, under Carryover date, select Fixed
date and specify the carryover date.
7. If the employee is permitted time off, under Available, select the time off type from the list and click >
to move the time off type to the Assigned list.
8. On the ribbon, click Save.
Overriding employee time off
To override an employee time off type
1. In YourSite Explorer, in the left pane, click Workforce Scheduling.
2. Click Employees.
3. Select an employee.
4. On the Workforce Scheduling tab, click Time off.
5. Under Assigned time off, select a time off type to override.
6. If you want to override the total number of time off hours allowed, select the Override total hours
allowed check box and specify the number of hours.
7. If you want to override a percent of time off hours based on time worked, select the Override % of
hours worked check box and specify the number of hours.
8. If you want to override the number of hours that can be carried over, select the Override allowed
carry over and specify the number of hours.
9. If you want to override the time off hours available to the employee, after Available as of, specify the
date after which the time off hours are available and number of hours that will be available.
10. On the ribbon, click Save.