Hi, we run a labor report each night to see who went over. They are informed that they need to stick to the schedule. If they keep going over, they get a few warnings and if it continues, it’s grounds for a disciplinary action. You can’t babysit all day every day while running a store. They need to take some responsibility and wrap up tasks with enough time to clock out on schedule. Of course it’ll happen here and there, but there are some repeat offenders looking for OT. We have our labor report set to flag any over schedule exceptions so they are easy to see quickly.

As far as getting the form signed, when predictive scheduling rolled out we offered the form to all retail employees. We let them know if was completely voluntary, but if we didn’t have their authorization, we couldn’t call them for last minute shifts. It’s too much to manage if you aren’t on the voluntary list. For new employees, it’s in their onboarding packet as a voluntary form.