Create the perfect roster with Australia’s leading online employee scheduling software

Reduce wage costs and save hours managing your team with Deputy’s powerful rostering app.

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Tailor Deputy to your business

Whether you’re a small Australian business or a medium to large scale enterprise, online employee rostering software from Deputy will work for you. Easily manage multiple locations, departments, and roles in a single account.

Build rosters in minutes

Create new shift structures instantly, drag & drop existing rosters, build custom roster templates, or use auto-scheduling to create optimised, legally compliant rosters with a single click.

Share your staff roster

Publish and share staff rosters with ease. Notify employees about shift changes with the option to request confirmation, or share with entire departments using email, SMS, or push notifications.

Find & Replace

Easily manage changes to employee rosters. Offer open shifts to selected employees or entire departments. Allow employees to swap shifts automatically with one simple request.

Employee rostering software with smarts

Deputy AU Auto Scheduling Software
Auto-Scheduling

Create AI optimised rosters with a single click

Craft the perfect roster for your business using Deputy's AI powered Auto-Scheduling, reducing unnecessary wage costs with accurate labour forecasts.

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Roster Multiple Breaks For Staff
Break Planning

Meal and rest break compliance made simple

Roster multiple breaks and break types in a single shift. Our scheduling app frees your business from the worries of break compliance and coverage.

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Deputy AU Scheduling Software
Go Mobile

Manage your roster from any location

Simply create, copy, and publish rosters; manage shift swaps; and find replacements from any device with employee rostering apps for Android, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch.

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Powerful rostering tools at your fingertips

Easy to use, all in one employee rostering app that scales with your business.

  • Reduce wage costs

  • Reduce wage costs

    Accurately cost staff against sales data and never go over budget. Sync your employee’s pay rates directly from your payroll provider.

  • Training & Qualifications

  • Roster by skillset

    Roster employees according to their skills and qualifications. Whether it’s first aid, food preparation, or heavy machinery, track staff skillsets and roster accordingly.

  • Fatigue & Overtime Management

  • Manage fatigue & overtime

    Avoid employee fatigue by setting a limit on how many hours an individual can work per day or week. Part-timers can also have scheduled hours limited to avoid unnecessary overtime.

  • Leave & Unavailability

  • Cover leave & unavailability

    Our smart leave management system allows employees to independently request time off. Schedule more efficiently with clear, reliable availability and leave balance insights.

  • customize pay rates

  • Customise pay rates

    Deputy calculates employee overtime, penalty rates, loadings, and salary costing with every shift. Customise according to local laws or your own workplace agreements.

  • Monitor attendance & breaks

  • Monitor attendance & breaks

    Employees can clock on and off directly from their smartphone. Missed or unscheduled breaks are also flagged, so you can proactively manage unexpected compliance risks.

Australia’s #1 scheduling software

  • Westpac businesses of tomorrow award
  • Xero app partner of 2018
  • G2 leader award
  • Getapp leader 2019
  • Capterra top 20 award
  • Capterra value award
  • Capterra ease of use award

Employee scheduling software that integrates easily with your POS and HR systems

Sync employees from your HR software to build and maintain an accurate roster. Our scheduling app also integrates with a host of other services that already manage your accounting, payroll, POS, data storage, and more.

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Trusted by 165,000+ workplaces worldwide

Glam Corner

“Sometimes we’d have shifts available because full time employees called in sick and it was so difficult managing schedules in this Excel spreadsheet in front of me. Deputy was a breath of fresh air, suddenly the half day or a day a week just in admin, is now gone.”

Audrey Khaing-Jones, Co-Founder & COO

Frequently asked questions

What is rostering software?
Rostering software provides businesses of all sizes with a simple and intuitive method to manage staff rosters and shift structures. Most modern scheduling software also integrates with a host of other services like POS, accounting, payroll, data storage, HR systems, and more.
What is auto-scheduling?
Auto-scheduling is a powerful part of Deputy’s rostering software that uses metrics and AI learning to create an entire staff roster with a single click.
What makes Deputy’s rostering software different?
Deputy is a very powerful employee scheduling app. You can roster your entire team, plan their breaks, request individual shift confirmations, and much more. Deputy can even automatically roster your team for the week based on a variety of factors, and fill empty shifts with the click of a button.
Can I view my Deputy roster on my other calendar apps?
Yes! You can sync your Deputy roster with calendars such as Google Calendar, iCal, or Outlook.
Will Deputy work with my other systems?
Absolutely. Our scheduling app has been built to function seamlessly with all sorts of accounting, HR, and point of sale software including Xero, Vend, and iPayroll. For a full list of integrations, click here.
Does Deputy work offline?
Our scheduling software was designed to work with an active internet connection, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use some parts of Deputy offline. The Deputy Kiosk and Deputy smartphone app still have limited access while offline. When the internet connection is activated, full access will be available again.
Is Deputy available in other languages?
Yes! Deputy supports nine of the most common languages in the world. English, Spanish, French, Chinese, German, Japanese, Italian, Korean, and Portuguese are all available to help you schedule employees wherever they are in the world.
Do you have support available 24/7?
Yes, Deputy has live chat and phone support available 24/7. To get in touch use the chat bubble on our website, or in Deputy itself, or call us on 1300-DEPUTY (1300-337-889).
What if my employee does not own a smartphone?
Deputy can still send full-length roster information via SMS or email if a staff member doesn’t own a smartphone.
Do employees have to confirm a shift before the roster is set?
Confirmation is an optional way to publish your shift roster. When you publish a shift with confirmation required, the employee assigned to the shift will be sent an email and SMS, and must either accept or decline the shift. You can set the time frame in which the roster must be confirmed.

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Can Deputy help roster meal and rest breaks?
Yes! Deputy’s Break Planning feature allows you to schedule, manage, and track multiple employee breaks and break types in a single shift. This includes meal (unpaid) and rest (paid) breaks. Read more
Can Deputy help manage leave rosters and requests?
Yes! Our scheduling app allows you to export leave balance from selected payroll systems, as well as calculate and track any leave accruals, and deduct leave as necessary.

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How can I improve my rostering with Deputy?
Deputy offers a variety of smart features to help streamline your rostering. Schedule templates help you create rosters from scratch easily, the copy and import shift feature helps you roster more efficiently, and the clone shift function allows you to create empty shifts with a few clicks. You can also use bulk updates to make large scale changes with ease.
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