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How do I build and publish a roster?
Open your store’s roster builder, choose the week and add your shifts. Review the people, times and areas, then publish the roster when it is ready. Your team can see the published shifts in Orbit.
Read guide Guide · Fixing common issuesMy shifts or roster look out of date
Check the selected store and week, then refresh the screen. Confirm with your manager that the latest roster changes have been published. If the published shifts still do not match, tell your manager or contact support.
Read guide Guide · TimesheetsWhy approved hours differ from rostered hours
The roster is the plan. The timesheet is what happened.
Read guide Walkthrough · RosteringBuild and publish a roster
Add shifts to a week and send it to your team.
Open walkthrough Guide · RosteringHow rosters work
One store, one week, and what publishing actually does.
Read guide Guide · RosteringWhat publishing a roster actually does
The moment a week stops being a draft and becomes their week.
Read guide Guide · Getting startedA manager’s day in Orbit
The four screens worth knowing, and when to look at each.
Read guide Walkthrough · RosteringChange a published week
How a change to a week your team already has reaches them.
Open walkthrough Guide · Staff & store managersHow do I swap a shift?
Open your shift and look for the swap option. Follow the request process and wait for any required approval. If you do not see the option, ask your manager to help arrange the change.
Read guide Guide · RosteringWhy your team cannot see the change yet
Changes to a week that is already out are held until you send them.
Read guide Guide · The basicsWhat is Orbit Workforce?
Orbit Workforce is part of Orbit OS: one place for your roster, time and attendance, team communication and daily operations. Owners and managers use the web dashboard, while team members use the Orbit apps for their day-to-day work.
Read guide Guide · Staff & store managersWhere do I see my hours and earnings?
Check your timesheets for recorded hours and your shifts for the published roster. Where estimated earnings are shown, they are estimates. Your manager or payroll team can confirm the final hours and pay.
Read guide Walkthrough · LeaveApprove leave and time off
Where requests wait, how to decide one, and who hears the answer.
Open walkthrough Walkthrough · TeamBring your whole team in
Add everybody by email at once, before anybody has signed up.
Open walkthrough Walkthrough · TimesheetsCheck and approve hours
Why approval comes before pay, and how to work through a day.
Open walkthrough Walkthrough · Getting startedGetting started
Set up the handful of things everything else in Orbit hangs off.
Open walkthrough Walkthrough · Getting startedGetting started for managers
The four screens a manager lives in, and what each one is for.
Open walkthrough Guide · The basicsHow do I set up my store?
Open Stores in the web dashboard to add a store. Check its name, address and location settings, then add the people who work there. If you cannot add a store, ask your organisation owner to check your access.
Read guide Guide · Staff & store managersHow do staff clock in and out?
Open Home in the app and choose Clock in when you arrive at your store. Allow location access when asked, record your breaks and choose Clock out when your shift finishes. If a clock-in is missing or incorrect, tell your manager so they can review your timesheet.
Read guide Guide · Payroll, pay slips & timeMy timesheets aren’t showing
Check the selected person, store and date range. Refresh the page or app and confirm that the shift was clocked or entered. Ask your manager to review any missing time records before payroll is prepared.
Read guide Guide · Staff & store managersWhat can my team see in the app?
Team members can see the information available to their role, such as their published shifts, time records, leave and team conversations. Access to manager tools and other stores depends on the permissions assigned by your organisation.
Read guide Guide · Getting startedWhat Orbit needs before it is useful
Three things, in order, and why nothing works well without them.
Read guide Guide · TimesheetsWhy hours are approved before they are paid
The one rule in Orbit that cannot be turned off.
Read guide Guide · PayrollWhy some people cannot see pay
Pay is hidden unless somebody has been given it, deliberately.
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