Automatic overtime calculations from scheduled and actual hours. Configurable thresholds. Real-time alerts before workers hit costly brackets. And because excessive overtime is a safety risk, ShiftArmor feeds OT data directly into your workforce risk scores.
Start Free TrialOvertime is the silent budget killer in manufacturing. A few extra hours per worker per week doesn't look like much — until you realize it compounds across departments, across pay periods, and across the year. Plants that don't track OT in real time routinely overshoot labor budgets by 15-25%.
But the financial cost is only half the problem. Research consistently shows that workers on extended hours have higher injury rates. Fatigue degrades reaction time, decision-making, and situational awareness. OSHA has published extensive guidance on the link between long work hours and workplace injuries. Yet most scheduling tools don't connect overtime data to safety outcomes.
ShiftArmor does. The overtime board gives you real-time visibility into daily and weekly hours across every worker, and those totals can be reconciled against actual punches and reviewed timesheets instead of assumptions. Configurable thresholds flag workers approaching OT limits before the shift is assigned, and overtime exposure feeds directly into the 26-factor risk assessment engine so departments with chronic OT show elevated risk scores.
Daily and weekly overtime computed automatically from the schedule and reconciled with clocked hours. Configurable thresholds for daily (8/10/12h) and weekly (40h) OT triggers.
Get warned before assigning a shift that would push a worker into overtime. Visual indicators on the schedule board show OT status at a glance.
Review open shifts, missed punches, and submitted hours before payroll. Supervisors can approve the right numbers without moving into a separate timekeeping system.
See the labor cost impact of overtime across your workforce. Identify departments where OT spending is highest and make data-driven staffing decisions.
Capture actual labor with employee self-service punches or a shared kiosk on the floor. OT totals get stronger when your time data comes from the same platform as the schedule.
Overtime data feeds into the risk assessment engine. Departments with chronic overtime show elevated safety risk scores — connecting labor costs to safety outcomes.
The difference between tracking overtime retroactively and tracking it in real time is the difference between explaining a budget overrun and preventing one. ShiftArmor's overtime board is live: it updates as you build the schedule, as punches come in, and as timesheets are reviewed. By the time a payroll surprise shows up in most systems, the money is already spent.
This proactive approach also matters for safety. When you can see that a third-shift worker is approaching 56 hours for the week, you can make a different staffing decision before fatigue becomes a hazard. That's the kind of connection that spreadsheets and standalone scheduling tools don't make.
Overtime visibility starts with the core platform at $499/month. Attendance dashboards, timesheet workflows, and risk-connected overtime scoring strengthen the model as you go deeper into the platform.
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