Daily and weekly limits#
For: Admin
The daily, weekly, and rest fields on a work rule are the hard ceilings Shiftavo uses when it validates a schedule. They’re the difference between “this person is rostered” and “this person is rostered legally”.
What it does#
Three groups of limits sit in this section of the form:
Daily limits. The maximum hours a person can be scheduled in a single day before overtime kicks in or the shift is flagged.
Weekly limits. The maximum hours per ISO week — the same ceiling the Arbeitsgesetz (ArG, Swiss labor law) and the German Arbeitszeitgesetz (ArbZG, working-time act) use as their statutory cap.
Rest constraints. Minimum hours of uninterrupted rest between two shifts, and the minimum length of the weekly rest block.
You set the numbers; Shiftavo does the math whenever a shift is created, edited, or moved.
When it kicks in#
Schedule planning. When you draft a shift that would push someone past a daily or weekly limit, the shift form shows an inline validation badge. Save still works — limits are warnings by default, not blockers — but the badge stays on the calendar so a manager can spot it before publish.
Time entry submission. When actuals are submitted on the Timesheet, the same limits run again against the recorded hours, not the scheduled ones. Anything over the rest constraint or the weekly cap is flagged for the approver.
Reports. The Attendance and Overtime reports use the same fields to decide which rows count as overtime hours and which trigger a rest-violation warning.
How it shows in the app#
Calendar tooltips. Hovering a shift on the Shift calendar shows the running daily and weekly totals for the assigned person, with the limit alongside.
Validation badges. A red dot on a shift card means at least one limit is breached; click the card to see which.
Reports. Overtime and rest-violation columns on the attendance and payroll reports are derived from these fields.