Week schedule
Drag-free shift entry, copy last week, positions and areas, labour cost per day and overtime warnings before you publish.
Alberta
Staff scheduling software for Alberta
Schedules, a time clock and approved hours for Alberta teams — with overtime after 8 hours in a day or after 44 hours in a week, worked out before the hours reach the pay run.
Hours in Alberta
What Alberta hours have to get right
Alberta payrolls swing with the seasons — energy, construction and agriculture bring overtime, bonuses and off-cycle runs.
Alberta has a daily overtime threshold as well as a weekly one, which is the part scheduling software written elsewhere tends to miss. A single long day earns overtime in Alberta even in a week that never reaches the weekly limit, so totalling the week and comparing it to one number gets it wrong. BooksAuto checks each day and the week, and separates the hours before they reach the pay run.
Staff punch in on a tablet kiosk by the door or on their own phones, with a photo on punch if you want one. Late starts, missed breaks, no clock-out and unscheduled shifts are flagged for a manager to look at, not silently corrected. Breaks in Alberta run to 30 minutes after five hours, and the time clock applies that.
Approved hours go into the Alberta pay run as regular, overtime, double time and statutory hours already separated — nothing typed in twice, and the time sheet behind any figure on a pay cheque is one click away.
Statutory holidays
General holidays in Alberta
Schedule around them, and pay them on any pay run. Holidays commonly observed in Alberta:
New Year's DayAlberta Family DayGood FridayVictoria DayCanada DayLabour DayThanksgivingRemembrance DayChristmas Day
Cities
Scheduling software in Alberta cities
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Scheduling & time clock
From the schedule to approved hours — without the paper.
Built for restaurants, shops, clinics and every team that works in shifts.
Tablet time clock
An Android tablet at the door: staff punch in with their Punch ID and a photo — even when the internet drops for a while.
Staff app
Staff see their shifts, ask for swaps and time off, set their availability and get their pay stubs on their phone.
Approved time sheets
Late starts, missed punches and unscheduled shifts are flagged. Approve a week in one click — overtime follows your province's rules.
Into payroll — or out
With BooksAuto Payroll, approved hours fill the pay run. On its own, export Excel/CSV or PDF, or email them to your payroll person.
Share with your accountant
Give your accountant a free view-only login to export your approved hours — or, if they use BooksAuto, connect so hours land in their pay runs.
Pricing
Pricing for Alberta businesses and firms
Same price everywhere in Canada — 50% off Payroll for your first year. Accounting firms: $3 Payroll + $3 Bookkeeping per client per month.
Questions
Alberta scheduling questions
When does overtime start in Alberta?
After 8 hours in a day or after 44 hours in a week. BooksAuto checks each day and the week against those thresholds and separates the hours before they reach the pay run, so overtime is not something you discover afterwards.
Do staff need an app?
No. They can see the schedule and punch in on their own phones through a browser, or on a tablet kiosk by the door. A photo on punch is optional.
What happens when somebody forgets to clock out?
The shift is flagged rather than guessed at, along with late starts, missed breaks and anyone working unscheduled. A manager fixes it, and the edit is recorded on the time sheet.
How long a break is owed in Alberta?
30 minutes after five hours. The time clock applies that, and a missed break is flagged.
Do the hours go into payroll?
Yes. Approved hours arrive in the Alberta pay run already split into regular, overtime, double time and statutory hours, so nothing is typed in twice and the time sheet behind any figure is one click away.
Other provinces
Staff in more than one province?
One account covers them all, each on its own overtime rules.
Also for Alberta
The rest of BooksAuto
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