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'''Employee scheduling software''' [[automated planning and scheduling|automates]] the process of creating and maintaining a [[Schedule (workplace)|schedule]]. Automating the scheduling of employees increases productivity and allows organizations with hourly workforces to re-allocate resources to non-scheduling activities. Such software will usually track [[vacation time]], [[sick time]], compensation time, and alert when there are conflicts.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Pattie|first=Maes|s2cid=207178655|year=2000|title=Agents that Reduce Work and Information Overload|journal=MIT Media Laboratory|volume=37|issue=7|pages=30–40|doi=10.1145/176789.176792}}</ref> As scheduling data is accumulated over time, it may be extracted for payroll or to analyze past activity. Although employee scheduling software may or may not make optimization decisions, it does manage and coordinate the tasks.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Ernst|first1=A. T|last2=Jiang|first2=H|last3=Krishnamoorthy|first3=M|last4=Sier|first4=D|date=2004-02-16|title=Staff scheduling and rostering: A review of applications, methods and models|journal=European Journal of Operational Research|series=Timetabling and Rostering|volume=153|issue=1|pages=3–27|doi=10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00095-X}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Glover|first1=Fred|last2=McMillan|first2=Claude|last3=Glover|first3=Randy|date=1984-02-01|title=A heuristic programming approach to the employee scheduling problem and some thoughts on "managerial robots"|url= |journal=Journal of Operations Management|volume=4|issue=2|pages=113–128|doi=10.1016/0272-6963(84)90027-5}}</ref> Today's employee scheduling software often includes mobile applications. Mobile scheduling further increased scheduling productivity and eliminated inefficient scheduling steps.<ref name=":0" /> It may also include functionality including applicant tracking and on-boarding, time and attendance, and automatic limits on overtime.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} Such functionality can help organizations with issues like [[employee retention]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.workforce.com/news/common-scheduling-problems-addressing-staff-turnover-and-improving-retention|access-date=2020-07-14|website=www.workforce.com}}</ref>, compliance with [[labor laws]], and other [[workforce management]] challenges.

==Purpose==