Know Who’s Available Before You Schedule a Single Shift

Staff book their time off in the TimeTally app. You see it all — including leave, TOIL, and bank holidays — before you assign anyone to anything. No more scheduling someone who’s unavailable.

“I used to send a group message asking who was free, wait for replies, and still end up with gaps. Now I just open the calendar.” — Sam W., retail manager

Staff availability calendar in TimeTally showing who is free before scheduling

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Availability you can actually use

From approved leave to conflict-free scheduling — everything on one calendar

Leave booked on a phone — you see it instantly

Employees book holiday, sick leave and TOIL from their phone, and you approve it in a tap. No text messages, no spreadsheets. Every approved day off lands on one calendar before you schedule a single shift.

Leave booked in-app
iOS app
Real-time calendar
No spreadsheets
Team availability calendar in TimeTally showing who is available and who is off
Manager view

Leave, TOIL, and bank holidays all in one view

TimeTally shows approved holiday, sick leave, TOIL days off, and bank holidays all in the same calendar. So when you schedule, you’re working with the complete picture — not just who says they’re free.

  • Approved holiday shown on the rota calendar
  • Sick leave and TOIL flagged automatically
  • Bank holidays pre-loaded for England, Wales, Scotland
  • One view, no switching between systems
Manager dashboard showing leave, TOIL, and availability in a single view

Spot gaps before they become problems

See immediately if you don’t have enough available staff for a shift — before you publish. Plan cover in advance rather than scrambling the night before.

Coverage gaps visible
Plan ahead
Last-minute avoided
Alert on under-staffing
Rota management view highlighting staffing gaps before schedule is published
Mobile

Employee sees their schedule — you see who’s off

It runs both ways. Staff book the days they cannot work; once you publish, they see their confirmed shifts. The gap between “I told you I was off” and “you’re working” is closed.

  • Staff book leave → manager view
  • Manager assigns → staff confirmed
  • Automatic shift notification sent
  • No back-and-forth messages
Employee view showing shifts assigned to a member of staff

Schedule with confidence, every time

Availability data at your fingertips — before you build a single shift

Zero scheduling conflicts

You can't schedule someone unavailable — the system shows you before you try

Staff in control

Staff book leave and request swaps from their phone; managers approve and schedule with confidence

One calendar for everything

Shifts, leave, TOIL, and bank holidays all in one view

What managers say

from UK teams

We had a constant problem with staff saying 'I told you I couldn't do that day'. Now it's a booked leave request in the app, so there's a record — no disputes.

LK

Laura K.

Care home manager

Knowing who's free before I start the rota makes the whole thing take half the time.

JF

James F.

Hospitality operations

Staff actually prefer it. Booking time off from their phone and seeing the rota the moment it's published makes them feel in control.

NC

Nina C.

Retail area manager

Does this sound familiar?

You schedule someone who told you verbally they weren't available that week

You find out staff are unavailable AFTER you've published the rota and have to start again

You're relying on a WhatsApp group to collect availability before every schedule run

TimeTally replaces all of this with one calendar where approved leave, TOIL and shifts all sit together.

Simple, Transparent Pricing

One price. Every feature. No surprises.

£3/employee/month

Billed monthly, incl. VAT. Cancel anytime.

Who's off — a live calendar of approved leave
Annual leave and sick leave shown alongside availability
TOIL and bank holiday flags built in
Rota and shift management included
Payroll exports — CSV, Xero, QuickBooks

Frequently Asked Questions

How does staff availability software work?
In TimeTally, availability comes from the records you already keep rather than from a separate form staff fill in. Approved holiday, sick leave, TOIL and bank holidays all appear on the same calendar as the rota, so when you go to assign a shift you can already see who is off. Staff book leave and request shift swaps from the app.
How do staff tell you which days they cannot work?
They book the day as leave in the app. Once you approve it, it appears on the rota calendar straight away, so the day is blocked before anyone is scheduled onto it. Days somebody never works are set once as their working pattern instead, so those are accounted for without a request each week.
What's the difference between availability and leave?
In TimeTally they are the same record. Leave — holiday, sick days, TOIL — is what makes somebody unavailable, and it is what the rota calendar shows you. There is no separate layer of unapproved preferences: if someone cannot work a day, it is booked and approved as leave, which is what puts it in front of you when you schedule.
Does availability sync with the rota?
Yes. Approved leave sits on the same grid you build the rota on, so you can see who is off while you are assigning shifts rather than finding out after you publish. Nothing has to be copied between two systems, because it is one calendar.
What happens when someone becomes unavailable at the last minute?
They book leave, or ask a colleague for a shift swap from the app. A swap goes to a manager to approve or reject, and TimeTally warns if the colleague picking the shift up already has approved leave that day — so cover cannot quietly create a second gap. Approved changes show on the rota immediately.

Know who’s free. Schedule without guesswork.

Shifts, leave, TOIL and bank holidays — all in one calendar before you assign a single shift.

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