Ebooks

New for 2012 are our series of ebooks Shift Pattern Tools & Techniques, this series will give you all the tools you need to create and manage your shift pattern. All the ebooks are less than £7 each and cover a specific aspects of shift scheduling, so you can pick the topics relevant to your business.

Kindle ebooks can be on Kindles, laptops, desktop, smart phones and tablets, so now you can have the best information on shift working wherever it is most convenient. See here on Amazon for Apps

Our books in the series will cover:

• Holidays Excluded Shift Pattern
• Calculating How Many Staff Do You Need
• Holiday Management Plan
• Holidays Included Shift Pattern
• Shift Cover Arrangements
• Banked Hours
• Fatigue & Shift Work
• Incorporating Training
• Terms & Conditions of Employment
• Staff Questions
• Workload Analysis
• Calculating Shift Allowances
• Check List
• Creating a Shift Pattern

Currently available are two ebooks in this series: Calculating How Many Staff Do You Need and Holidays Included Shift Patterns.

Holidays Included Shift Pattern

These are now becoming a very popular choice of how to work shifts and should feature prominently in any review your organisation's shift working arrangements, or any new operation.

This book explains the most efficient way to operate your shift scheduling.

The aim of this book is to provide you with the tools and techniques to make a Holiday Included shift pattern run smoothly. The main objective of any shift pattern is to ensure you have the right people with the correct skills when and where you want them. The major issues, which are going to prevent you from achieving this objective, are staff holidays and absences.

Calculating How Many Staff Do You Need

Whether you are starting a new operation, had a change in workload or just think you maybe under or over staffed, this book will help you calculate the number of staff you require.

The aim of this book is to provide you with the tools and techniques to correctly assess your operation and hire the correct number of staff with the correct skills for any operation. This book is packed with examples, using holidays included and holidays excluded shift patterns, paid and unpaid breaks, shutdowns and variable workloads.