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Using a Customer-Hosted Database with Snap Schedule 365

How it works: Snap Schedule 365 is deployed on the reliable Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform, with an additional Microsoft Azure Government deployment dedicated to serving US Government entities. This choice of deployment ensures the software’s high availability, scalability, and redundancy, which are essential for meeting critical service level expectations. By leveraging the powerful capabilities of the Microsoft Azure cloud computing infrastructure, Snap Schedule 365 incorporates a robust foundation for… Read More »Using a Customer-Hosted Database with Snap Schedule 365

Los Angeles Retail Fair Work Week Ordinance Starts April 1 – Get Ready and Stay Compliant with Snap Schedule

The City of Los Angeles recently implemented the Retail Fair Work Week Ordinance, which aims to provide stability and predictability to retail employees. As a retail business owner, it’s essential to adapt to these changes and maintain compliance with the new law. This blog post will discuss the ordinance’s key provisions and how Snap Schedule can help your business comply, optimize scheduling processes, and enhance employee communication. Understanding the Retail… Read More »Los Angeles Retail Fair Work Week Ordinance Starts April 1 – Get Ready and Stay Compliant with Snap Schedule

HPPD and The Impact Of CMS’s July 2022 5-Star Quality Rating Changes

With the July 27, 2022 refresh, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) revised its methodology for calculating the staffing rating for long-term care facilities. In addition to existing staffing measures for registered nurses (RN) and total nurse hours per resident per day, the new staffing domain rating methodology includes four new measures: Total nurse (RN, licensed practical nurses, and nurse aids) staffing hours per resident per day on weekends.… Read More »HPPD and The Impact Of CMS’s July 2022 5-Star Quality Rating Changes

Streamlining Crew Callouts in Public Utilities for Maximum Efficiency

Public utilities play a vital role in the daily lives of millions of people. From electricity and water to natural gas and telecommunications, these essential services require skilled crews to maintain, repair, and upgrade infrastructure. As a critical component of the industry, effective crew callout procedures are essential to ensure the timely deployment of these skilled workers. However, inefficient callout processes can lead to increased costs, reduced productivity, and conflicts… Read More »Streamlining Crew Callouts in Public Utilities for Maximum Efficiency

Using Azure Active Directory for Single Sign On with Snap 365

How it works: Schedulers enter user name and passwords to log into Snap Schedule 365, while employees use employee codes and passwords. However, your company policies may require these users to log in from your organization instead of directly into Snap Schedule 365. Therefore, you can utilize Single Sign On (SSO) to authenticate schedulers and employees using your company-managed credentials instead of those within Snap Schedule 365. Each scheduler or employee’s login credentials… Read More »Using Azure Active Directory for Single Sign On with Snap 365

How Automating Employee Scheduling Can Increase Employee Satisfaction

In 2020, Deloitte analyzed global trends in human capital and found that 39% of the companies surveyed increased flexibility and predictability in scheduling. How you schedule employees matters and now, more than ever, companies are taking steps to enhance employee well-being. But what exactly does it mean to make your schedules more flexible and more predictable? Is it even possible to have both at the same time? That’s where automated… Read More »How Automating Employee Scheduling Can Increase Employee Satisfaction

COVID-19, Callouts, and Compliance: How You Can Automate Your Callout Process

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a lot of uncertainty and change for business and individuals. Employees are looking for additional control over their schedules and transparency into shifts now more than ever. By automating your scheduling practices, you can streamline your call-out process, stay compliant with union rules and labor regulations, and give employees more visibility into shift availability and scheduling. When conducting callouts it can be difficult to… Read More »COVID-19, Callouts, and Compliance: How You Can Automate Your Callout Process

Continental Shift Schedule for 24/7 Shift Coverage

The Continental shift schedule is a fast rotating shift pattern that uses 4 teams and three 8-hr shifts to provide 24/7 coverage. Each team rotates through a sequence of 2, 2, and 3 consecutive day shifts, swing shifts, night shifts, or days off. The following is a typical team schedule for a 4-week (28 days) repeat cycle: Week 1: 2 day shifts, 3 swing shifts, 2 night shifts Week 2:… Read More »Continental Shift Schedule for 24/7 Shift Coverage

New Enhancements: Three small improvements to Snap Schedule

The developers at Snap Schedule never seem to run out ways to improve scheduling software.  But this time, when thinking of new ideas, they looked to the customers for inspiration.  Apparently, some people felt the user experience could be smoother and suggested adding few small tools to the Task View screens. Snap’s developers listened, and created some great new enhancements. Time Option Maybe you’ve already noticed the first new improvement… Read More »New Enhancements: Three small improvements to Snap Schedule

Export to Payroll is Now a Snap

There are few administrative chores that take the wind out of your sails as fast as processing the payroll.  Second only to employee scheduling, payroll is a tedious and time-consuming task.­­ Often times, the simple concept of counting hours, calculating earnings and paying your employees gets bogged down with verifying and reconciling figures.  And that’s before considering the time spent transferring all of this data between software suites. The ability… Read More »Export to Payroll is Now a Snap