Manufacturing runs on shift patterns that repeat for months, and respecting rest between shifts and overtime ceilings is not optional. On top of that sits a compliance layer specific to the sector: equipment operating permits, periodic safety training and fitness-for-work certificates, each with its own validity period. When those live in separate files, the first time you learn something has expired is during an inspection.
Define the pattern once — three-shift, two-shift, continuous operation — and the system generates months of roster at a time, respecting minimum rest between shifts and limits on consecutive hours. Configured for working-time rules in Taiwan and for reporting to the labour inspectorate.
Entries and exits are captured on a terminal, badge or phone, and any gap against the planned roster is flagged straight away — late starts, early finishes, unrecorded shifts. Configured for working-time rules in Taiwan and for reporting to the labour inspectorate.
The system tracks weekly and annual overtime ceilings and warns before an employee exceeds them, rather than after payroll has already been run. Configured for working-time rules in Taiwan and for reporting to the labour inspectorate.
Equipment permits, forklift licences and periodic health-and-safety training all carry tracked expiry dates, with the responsible manager alerted well in advance. Configured for working-time rules in Taiwan and for reporting to the labour inspectorate.
See the real cost per department, line or shift — standard hours, overtime, premiums — and compare periods against each other without exporting anything to a spreadsheet. Configured for working-time rules in Taiwan and for reporting to the labour inspectorate.
Minimum daily rest between two working days is set by law, with a specific reduced floor for shift work. A roster generator that knows the pattern checks those intervals at every rotation and blocks combinations that would breach them, rather than leaving it to someone to catch during a manual review.
Average weekly working time including overtime is capped over a reference period rather than assessed week by week in isolation. Tracking therefore has to be cumulative across that period, which is why an alert before the ceiling is reached is more useful than a report produced afterwards.
Every permit, machine authorisation and periodic training session is recorded in the employee's file with its expiry date. The system alerts the responsible manager far enough ahead to rebook, so an employee whose certificate has lapsed cannot be rostered onto a post that requires it.
4softhr derives cost from recorded time, split between standard hours, overtime and premiums, and groups it by department, line or shift. Periods can be compared directly in the application, which shows whether a cost increase comes from volume, from overtime or from how the shifts are structured.
