Deputy
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Features
50 features across 18 categories
Analytics(6)
Enterprise-grade data customization, additional audit reporting, and automated report-sharing capabilities
Track forecasted to actual variance in sales and wage metrics, set custom metrics and performance benchmarks
AI forecasting tool that predicts staffing requirements based on trends in sales, delivery orders, appointments, and other demand signals
Optimize labor scheduling and staffing to control costs and improve efficiency
Keep employee data in one place with clear visibility of labor hours, costs, profits, and legal compliance
Track and manage wage and labor budgets with visibility into costs and spending
Automation(2)
Auto approve timesheets and only manually intervene when required
Automatically approve timesheets based on configured rules
Communication(2)
Share critical messages, documents, and videos in one place with confirmation when key updates or policies are reviewed
Enhanced messaging experience with shift-aware actions, role-based permissions, and smarter ways to reach teams
Compliance(7)
Automatically request attestation if staff clock in late, work unscheduled time, miss breaks, or leave early to create compliance records
Enhanced compliance features for complex labor law requirements
Schedule meal or rest breaks, prompt employees to take them, and flag missed breaks to ensure compliance with labor laws
Easily manage fair workweek rules and reduce the risk of penalties with straightforward tools and safeguards
Automatically screen employees for worrying symptoms to prevent spread of illness and trace contact with colleagues
Simplify compliance with meal breaks, fair workweek, overtime, and other wage and hour laws with automated guardrails
Receive alerts when staff are at risk of overtime and find staff who can work hours without penalties
Customization(1)
Add additional custom fields to each shift for specific business needs
Development(1)
Test and develop in a safe sandbox environment before deploying to production
Employee Engagement(1)
Gather real-time feedback from team after each shift to measure engagement and identify issues
HR(5)
Secure document management for employee records and compliance documents
Seamless experience from hire to first shift with personalized career hub, paperless onboarding, secure document management, and staff feedback surveys
Track leave requests, balances, and employee availability in one place, allowing employees to request time off directly
Streamlined onboarding process for new employees
Keep clear records of performance ratings and feedback, celebrate high-achievers, and identify staff needing guidance
Integrations(1)
Seamlessly connect with payroll and POS systems to export timesheets with one click and sync employee details and pay rates
Management(1)
Organize and manage multiple locations with hierarchical structures for roll-up and drill-down visibility
Mobile(1)
Easy-to-use mobile application for employees to manage shifts, availability, time off, and communication
Monitoring(1)
Real-time visibility into who's on shift, who's running late, and who's on break, with ability to find replacements with one tap
Payroll(3)
Manage pay centers for different business units or locations
Access library of labor laws and easily modify them to automate allowances, add shift differentials, or create custom pay rates
Streamline pay calculations for overtime, split shifts, missed breaks, and holiday premiums
Scheduling(8)
Advanced scheduling tools with additional controls and optimization options
AI-powered feature that automatically builds and fills shifts based on business needs, staff availability, budget, breaks, and training requirements
Schedule staff with drag-and-drop tools, view staff availability, training, and costs, and send schedules to teams via web or mobile
Schedule a shift across multiple areas within one shift and create game plans for employees
Require employee confirmation of published shifts to ensure acknowledgment
Find qualified shift replacements with one tap when an employee can't make their shift
Allow employees to swap shifts directly with suitable team members via the Deputy app without manager intervention
Create and apply shift templates for weeks, months, or custom periods to streamline scheduling
Security(2)
Define custom permission levels and access controls for different user roles
Enterprise-level single sign-on for secure access control
Support(2)
Round-the-clock live chat support for customers
Dedicated support specialist assigned to help with onboarding, strategy, and optimization
Task Management(1)
Assign one-time or recurring tasks to teams, set due dates, and see when tasks are completed
Time Tracking(5)
Enhanced timesheet functionality with additional customization and controls
Eliminate buddy punching by using kiosk with face-unlock technology for secure time clocking
Add additional custom fields, questions and attestations to timesheets
Prevent employees from clocking in based on geolocation to ensure accurate time tracking
Time tracking solution that records accurate employee hours on tablet, mobile, desktop, or web, replacing paper timesheets
Pricing
Lite
- ✓Basic Scheduling
- ✓Basic Timesheets
- ✓Basic Time Clocking
- ✓Labor Law Compliance
- ✓Shift Swap & Find Replacement
- ✓Leave & Availability Management
- ✓Basic Reporting
- ✓Messaging & News Feed
- ✓Payroll & HR integrations
- ✓Self-serve onboarding
Core
Popular- ✓Advanced Scheduling
- ✓Timesheet Auto Approval
- ✓Biometrics Time Clocking
- ✓Advanced Labor Law Compliance
- ✓Micro-scheduling
- ✓Auto-scheduling
- ✓Demand Forecasting
- ✓Labor Optimization
- ✓Wage and Labor Budgets
- ✓Customer success manager
- ✓Everything in Lite
Pro
- ✓Custom Access Levels
- ✓Advanced Timesheets
- ✓Location hierarchies
- ✓Pay Centers
- ✓Single Sign-On (SSO)
- ✓Dedicated customer success manager
- ✓Sandbox environment
- ✓24/7 Live Chat
- ✓Analytics+ included
- ✓Messaging+ included
- ✓Everything in Core
HR Add-on
- ✓Personalized career hub
- ✓Paperless onboarding
- ✓Secure document management
- ✓Staff feedback surveys and reports
Messaging+ Add-on
- ✓Shift-aware messaging actions
- ✓Role-based permissions
- ✓Enhanced communication controls
Analytics+ Add-on
- ✓Enterprise-grade customization
- ✓Additional audit reporting
- ✓Automated report-sharing
Enterprise
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Integrations
3 known integrations