Employee Shift Schedule Planner — free Excel template

Plan, track, and optimize weekly employee shift assignments. Free .xlsx with formulas. Tracks Total Scheduled Hours (Month), Total Labor Cost (Month).

Operations · planner · CC0 public domain · Built by Sheetly AI

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About this template

This operations planner organizes indicators like "Total Scheduled Hours (Month)", "Total Labor Cost (Month)" and "Average Hourly Rate" so you can plan ahead. Edit the data in the Data tab and the plan adjusts — no need to build the spreadsheet from scratch.

Use this template to schedule employee shifts, track hours worked, and monitor labor costs over time. Enter each shift with the date, employee name, role, and assigned shift, along with the planned hours and hourly rate. The template summarizes total hours, headcount, and payroll to help you stay within budget and ensure adequate coverage. Update the schedule regularly to reflect changes, swaps, or added shifts.

Released under the CC0 license (public domain): download, edit and use it freely — including commercially — with no attribution required.

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Everything is a normal .xlsx: it opens in Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice and Numbers, with no add-ons, no macros and no locked cells.

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