Break rules, applied to the shift for you.
Set the rules once and Shift Amp assigns meal and rest breaks to shifts, reminds people when to take them, and keeps the record. Built to help you stay on the right side of your local break laws.
Free for teams up to 10. No credit card required.
- Meal and rest breaks assigned automatically
- Reminders to start and end a break
- Free for teams up to 10
What you can do
Take a break, and log it properly.
Break compliance fails in small ways: a shift that never had a break on it, a break nobody took, a record nobody kept. Each of those has a setting.
The right amount of break time, on every shift
Decide what a shift of a given length should carry, and build it into the shift rather than leaving it to the day.
- Schedule custom-length breaks per shift
- Assign meal breaks, rest breaks or both, by type of shift
- Help keep your business in compliance and your team rested
Why it helps
What you stop doing manually.
Break reminders
You have better things to do than walk the floor reminding people that they are due a break.
Break tracking
Run reports on time spent on break, the number of missed breaks, and the rest of the record you may be asked to produce.
Rules that fit your area
Set the frequency and duration of employee breaks in accordance with the labor laws where you operate.
iOS & Android
The reminder goes to their phone.
Break prompts only work if they reach the person on the floor. They arrive on the device your team is already carrying, and the acknowledgement comes back the same way.
- Alert when a break is due to start
- Reminder when the break is over
- Staff confirm whether they took it or missed it
- Managers see the break record without asking
The rest of the platform
More than break management.
Breaks sit between the schedule and the time clock, and touch both.
Labor compliance
Break and overtime rules for every state, kept current.
Learn moreEmployee scheduling
Build the week on a grid, publish it, and let the changes handle themselves.
Learn moreEmployee time clock
Accurate clock-ins and timesheets that are ready for payroll.
Learn moreMobile time clock
Any phone becomes the time clock, inside the boundary you set.
Learn moreLabor costs
See what a shift costs while you are still building it.
Learn moreTeam communication
Messages, group chats and announcements next to the schedule.
Learn moreTask management
Assign the shift's work and see what actually got done.
Learn moreMulti-location scheduling
Staff several sites from one schedule and compare them side by side.
Learn moreFAQ
Employee breaks, answered.
What are employee breaks?
Paid or unpaid downtime that happens during an employee's active work shift. Depending on length and jurisdiction they are usually split into meal breaks and shorter rest breaks.
Why do employee breaks matter?
Depending on where your business is located, employee breaks may be legally required for certain shifts. Beyond the legal side, a rested team makes fewer mistakes, which matters most in exactly the shifts where breaks are hardest to take.
How do I manage employee breaks?
Set the rules once. Tell Shift Amp how many breaks your staff need and how often, and it assigns them to shifts automatically according to those rules rather than leaving it to whoever is running the floor.
Is Shift Amp good for managing employee breaks?
Yes. It automatically assigns breaks to your employees' shifts according to the rules you set, reminds staff when to take them, and keeps the record of what was taken and what was missed.
Can I track missed breaks?
Yes. Staff can be required to acknowledge whether they took or missed a break, and you can run reports on missed breaks alongside total break time.
Can I pay a premium for a missed break?
Yes. You can allocate a premium pay rate for missed breaks, which is a requirement in some jurisdictions and a reasonable policy in others.
Do break rules vary by state?
Considerably. Meal and rest break requirements are set at state level and some cities add their own on top. Our compliance hub has a guide for every state if you want to check what applies to you before you set your rules.
What does it cost?
Teams of up to 10 are free, forever, break tools included. Past 10 people it is $2 per user, per month for the same platform.
Pricing
Breaks, and the shift around them.
Break rules work alongside the scheduling and time tracking that produce the record. Start free and add them when you need them.
Free
The whole platform for a team of up to 10 people.
- Every feature in Pro
- Up to 10 people
- Scheduling, time clock and labor costs
- Messaging, tasks and documents
- iOS and Android apps
- No credit card to start
Pro
The same platform once your team outgrows the free plan.
- Every feature in Free
- No cap on team size
- Multi-location scheduling
- Payroll-ready timesheets and reports
- 14-day free trial
- Pay for the seats you use
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Put breaks on the schedule.
Start free, set your rules once, and stop assigning breaks by hand.
Free for teams up to 10. No credit card required.