TeleStaff can automatically manage bidding
Bidding for days off and shift assignments within public safety requires balancing many factors such as union rules, FLSA, department policies and/or traditions, and the preferences of your workforce. Public safety organizations usually conduct lengthy and complicated bids which entail fielding an endless number of phone calls, reviewing and organizing a countless number of paper bid forms, and processing the outcomes. While organizations are overwhelmed with the amount of manual effort and resources required to accomplish bidding, your workforce is left waiting for weeks on end to learn if they will be working their preferred shift or if their vacation was approved. Once bidding is complete, employees may be faced with final work schedules that conflict with other personal priorities, and problems may arise.
Now there is a way to automate bidding using Auctions. Through innovative bidding technology, employees are empowered to directly bid on or choose desired auction items (days off or vacation days) creating a more flexible staffing environment. With Auctions, employees are given more control over their schedules, and have better tracking capabilities during the bidding process while supervisors spend less time and resources conducting manual bidding, and more time on high priority activities.
Features and benefits for supervisors
- Reduced time spend on allocating days off and filling shift assignments
- Improved employee morale and satisfaction
- Decreased liability for non-compliance
- Enforced fair and equitable scheduling
- Controlled labor costs
- Elimination of paper and e-mail bidding and other related manual tasks
- Centralized bidding administration
- End Users can only access auction items they are eligible to bid or choose
- Targeted auction types based on preference or seniority
- Final award schedules are displayed in TeleStaff
- Secured auction environment
Features and benefits for employees
- Greater flexibility and control over schedule and day off preferences
- Improved morale and job satisfaction
- Increased ability to balance work and personal life priorities
- Promotes fair and equitable scheduling
- View, choose and 'instant win' feature
- Better tracking during bidding process
- Faster bidding and awarding
- Less paper forms to submit and wait on for processing and response
Auctions is an add-on module that works in tandem with TeleStaff.
TeleStaff is the most efficient way to schedule and communicate to your workforce while delivering the bottom line results you need.