A live hours balance, visible to whoever earns it
Hours above and below accumulate on their own, with the detail of how they formed. Nobody discovers at month end that they have forty hours to take back.
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Why balances swell
An hour bank fails the same way nearly every time: the credit grows, nobody looks at it, and by the time anyone notices it is too large to clear.
Only the scheduler sees the balance
If the hours sit in a closed file, people cannot ask to take them at the right moment, and they remember once it has become a lot.
No real deadline
Credit with no date to be used by gets deferred to the quiet season, which arrives once the balance is already unmanageable.
Overtime and time off in lieu blurred
They are two different destinies for the same extra hour, and the choice belongs at the moment, not at month end.
How the count is kept
- The balance builds itselfActual hours minus contracted hours, day by day, with a sign. No sums to redo by hand.
- The team sees it in the appEveryone checks their own balance alongside their shifts, so they can ask for time back when it suits both sides.
- Generation uses itIn following weeks the plan rebalances the load by accounting for who is in credit and who is short.
What actually changes
The count is always current
The balance updates from clocked hours, not planned ones: it is the number that survives a conversation.
Less overtime paid out
Heavy weeks get offset by light weeks that are scheduled, rather than ending up on a payslip.
A history you can read
Every balance keeps the detail of how it formed, so it stays defensible the first time it is questioned.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the hour bank the same for every contract?
- No. What goes in and how long it can be carried is set by your contract or agreement: Sked Solve keeps the count, the rules stay yours.
- Can staff see their own balance?
- Yes, in the app, alongside their shifts. It is the single thing that prevents the most problems, because it lets people ask at the right time.
- Does the balance affect later shifts?
- Yes, if you want it to: generation can rebalance the load in following weeks by looking at who has accumulated credit.