# Schedules and attendance

![Schedules and attendance](/files/help/tour-calendar.mp4 "The calendar shows who is working.")

Shift & Attendance is where you build the month, and where people check in. Staff see a month after you publish it. Publishing does not create pay.

1. Open **Assign shifts** to place people on days, suggest a draft, and publish.
2. Open **Availability** to see who marked Preferred, Available, or Can't work.
3. Open **Open Shifts** to post a day that still needs coverage and review claims.
4. Open **Clock station** and leave the shared screen at the desk.
5. Open **Employee Portal** for a person's own home, schedule, and check-in.

## What you should see

Assign shifts shows the month with Draft, Published, or Updates waiting. Draft means staff cannot see that month yet. Updates waiting means staff still see the last published version.

The employee portal home has **Check in** and **Check out** when the time clock is on for that person.

## If something looks wrong

Staff still see the last published version until you choose **Publish updates**.

A person with no department to assign sees this on Assign shifts: No department to assign. Their own schedule is on **Employee Portal**.