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Plan and publish the rota

Build a week of shifts, check the cost and the rules, and notify your team.

Steps
5
Time
About 8 minutes
Updated
14 Nov 2026
empliora.co.uk/app
The week ahead
1 / 5

Plan a week, check the wage cost, and publish it to your staff.

Before you start. Your staff have their pay set on their profiles.

Step by step

  1. 01

    Open the Rota

    Open Work, then Rota. Move between weeks with the arrows.

  2. 02

    Add shifts

    Select Add shift, or click a day for a person. Give the shift a colour and label, or drag it to copy.

  3. 03

    Check cost and the rules

    Select Show cost to see the wage bill. Empliora blocks shifts that break the 11 hour rest rule or a seventh day in a row.

  4. 04

    Reuse a pattern

    Select Copy last week or Templates to start from a pattern, then adjust.

  5. 05

    Publish and notify

    Select Publish. Staff are notified and see their shifts in the app.

You are all set

The week shows as published and staff can see their shifts.

Next guide

Approve timesheets

Check real hours against the rota and approve them for pay.

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