Add Overnight Shifts To Your Employee Schedules

In this tutorial we show you how to add overnight shifts to your employee schedules

SINC Support Team
SINC Support Team
Oct 19th, 2021

Schedules have to be created using the web version, not the app. First, please navigate to users.sinc.business on a computer using Chrome or Firefox. Before adding a shift, it's important to review what a Scheduled Shift is: it's a way to let an employee know when they're working and what they'll be doing that shift. A Scheduled Overnight Shift starts on one day and ends on the next. A scheduled (overnight) shift is NOT by itself a shift that will be recorded against hours for the pay period; shifts and their hours are only recorded when an employee clocks in or out in the usual way.

On Web: Add an overnight shift by clicking the circular plus icon for the employee and day you want to add a shift for.

SINC web schedule grid with a pink circle around the plus icon to add an overnight shift

Toggle on Overnight Shift.

Add Shift popup with the Overnight Shift toggle circled, set from 9:00 pm to 5:30 am

Choose schedule overnight shift clock in time. This can be edited later.

SINC web Add Shift modal with the Overnight Shift toggle enabled and the From time field highlighted

Choose schedule overnight shift clock out time. This can be edited later.

Web Add Shift dialog with the Overnight Shift toggle on and the To time field highlighted in pink

You can add any important notes you'd like here as well. These can always be added or removed later.

SINC web Add Shift dialog with the Overnight Shift toggle on and the Add Note button circled

Click on Add Shift.

Add Shift popup for an overnight shift with the Add Shift button highlighted

You can now see the added shift on the schedule. The yellow circle on the corner indicates that this scheduled overnight shift has a note.

Web schedule grid showing an overnight shift with a yellow circle indicating an attached note

On Mobile: Tap on plus icon to add a scheduled shift.

SINC mobile Scheduling calendar with the plus icon circled to add a shift on Wednesday

Toggle on Overnight Shift.

SINC mobile Add Schedule Shift screen with the Overnight Shift toggle circled in purple and switched on

Add Note if necessary, then tap on next button.

Add Schedule Shift note step with the next-step arrow button outlined in purple

Click on Submit button to add the shift.

SINC mobile app Confirm Schedule Shift screen for an overnight shift with the Submit button outlined in pink

You can now see the added shift on the schedule. If the schedule has been published, the employee will receive a notification about a shift being added on that day. They can then view the details in the My Schedule section of their SINC App.

Mobile Scheduling screen showing shift blocks added across the week's calendar

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