Staff planning for the shop, without Excel and chat groups
Plan shifts, record working hours, manage holiday: everything for the sales team in one system.
- A rota in minutes instead of hours
- Casual and part time staff properly under control
- GDPR compliant, hosted in Germany
In short
Shift planning for changing opening hours, temporary staff and the mini-job threshold, with the plan on the phone instead of on the stockroom wall.
An end to rota chaos in the shop
In retail the shifts change constantly: casual staff, part time, busy periods. MetronHR brings planning, time tracking and holiday together in one system.
The plan lives in Excel and a chat group
Every change means asking around, and nobody knows for certain which version applies.
Somebody off sick on the busiest day
If somebody drops out on a Saturday, the hunt for cover starts by phone in the middle of trading.
Hours and marginal-job limits kept in your head
Keeping track of casual staff hours and the marginal-job limit costs nerves and money.
One staff system for your shop
Plan shifts by drag and drop, the team sees the plan in the app, clocks in on site, and holiday, hours and premiums run along automatically.
Faster shift planning
Instead of half an office hour a week, the weekly plan is ready in minutes.
How MetronHR works in retail
From setting up to the payroll, in three steps.
Step1
Create the team and the shifts
Set up people, opening hours and shift templates once, and the assistant suggests fitting shifts.
Step2
Plan and clock
Build the weekly plan by drag and drop, and the team clocks in and out with the app.
Step3
Report and close the month
Hours, holiday and premiums are brought together automatically, as a monthly overview per person in Excel or CSV.
Features for retail
Everything a shop needs for its staff, with nothing surplus.
Shift planning by drag and drop
Weekly plans in minutes instead of hours
Create shift templates and patterns once, then drag them onto days and people.
The plan in the staff app
Everyone has their plan with them
People see their shifts, swap with each other and are reminded before a shift starts.
Clocking in and out with the app
Real working hours, with no paper
People clock in and out with the app or in the browser, and breaks are calculated automatically under the Working Hours Act.
Holiday and sick notes
Requests digitally instead of on paper
Holiday is requested, approved and flows straight into the shift planning.
Hours account and the marginal-job limit
Never break the marginal-job limit again
Hours worked per person live in view, including a warning before the marginal-job limit is reached.
Automatic conflict checking
Rest periods and absences checked automatically
Rest periods under the ArbZG, approved absences and overlaps are detected on every assignment.
A monthly overview per person
The month end is ready without recalculating
Target, actual, balance, night, Sunday and public holiday hours and the absences stand per person in one file for the accountant.
For every role in the shop
Whether you own the shop or work a few hours, everyone gets what they need.
The plan is ready without costing half a day
The weekly plan eats hours every week, and by Monday it is wrong already.
Apply shift templates, have conflicts detected automatically, publish, done.
Shifts always on your phone
When am I working? The plan hangs in the stockroom or sits in a chat group.
Your own plan in the app, swapping shifts and clocking hours, all from the phone.
Secure and lawful in retail
Personnel data belongs protected, and the time records have to hold up in law.
- GDPR compliant, developed and hosted in Germany
- Working time records under the Working Hours Act
- Encrypted transfer and storage of all data
Frequent questions from retail
Answers to the main questions shops ask.
Yes. People offer shifts for a swap or apply for open ones, and every change goes through your approval.
Yes, through the free staff app for iOS and Android, including a reminder before a shift starts.
No. You adjust the number of licences yourself every month, up and down, with no discussion and no minimum term. The floor is the number of seats currently in use. Anyone booking ten casual staff in December is back to the core team in February.
Yes. MetronHR shows the hours worked per person live and warns before the marginal-job limit is reached.
By clocking in and out with the app or in the browser. Breaks are taken into account automatically under the Working Hours Act.
Yes, fully GDPR compliant, developed and hosted in Germany.
Usually in under an hour: the setup assistant suggests shifts that suit retail.
Question not answered here? Every step is explained in the help centre.
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