Stress Profiles are a way to control fatigue and overtime for your team members.
You can use Stress Profiles to control the following attributes of how and when a stress warning will trigger when scheduling with Deputy:
- Maximum number of hours per shift
- Maximum hours per week (Calculated based on the Week Start specified day)
- Maximum days per week
- Maximum hours per day (starting from midnight to midnight)
- Minimum hours between shifts (Only applicable for shifts finishing after 7pm and subsequent shift starting before 9am next morning)
- The gap between shifts (default 0 hours)
With these parameters selected, you will get a warning when you attempt to schedule your team member beyond the stress profile that has been assigned.
However, even if you set up your schedule to avoid stress, a timesheet can be altered from the original schedule so there may be instances where a new schedule may cause a team member to exceed their set stress profile hours.
Users with System Administrator and Advisor access can set up an optional Deputy extension to send a notification to managers to let them know a stress profile has been triggered.
You can configure the reminder to be sent for shifts at selected locations or all locations.
Read more about setting up a stress profile warning notification.