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Oregon’s proposed “predictive scheduling law” is currently at the epicenter of the workers’ rights movement. The goal of this is to allow workers to have a more stable and predictable work schedule. The law is...

In a previous blog post, we talked about our pending Event Template feature and how it can be used in the Hospitality industry. This feature has just been released with our recent product, Time Xpress....

One of the tasks that someone at your company will need to do for payroll and billing is calculating the hours that employees have worked. This usually involves reviewing the employee attendance data and matching...

Buddy punching is a time & wage theft that is common amongst hourly workers. An employee gets another employee to punch the time clock for him (or her) because they are late or absent. This...

What are they? In a nutshell, a schedule template is a way of re-using the current schedule at any time in the future. Why would I want to use them? Nobody likes doing the same...

Author: Gavin Petch, Implementation Specialist In this day and age, the demands from customers is ever changing, therefore you want a software suite that can adapt to your business needs quickly and easily. We believe...

Employee scheduling can be a complex and time-consuming process. The schedule has to satisfy multiple requirements, and finding a good solution is challenging and maybe even impossible in some cases. Generic scheduling solutions for requirements such...

Author: Geoffrey McLennan, Developer At Celayix, we’ve noticed a common pattern in how our scheduling software is used by our customers in the hospitality industry. Very often, the type or number of shifts that need...

Authors: Calvin Ng, Developer and Merry Chen, UX Designer We’ve talked about what geofencing is in a previous blog post, but how does it all work under the hood? As it turns out, geofencing is...

Author: Ante Beslic, Senior Software Engineer A lot has been said about the importance of getting to the market early, making sure your product gets exposure, and positioning on the market by “being the first...

Authors: Maggie Ng, Developer & Martin Vondracek, Front End Developer Imagine you are a supervisor and need to create and communicate a schedule for a group of part-time employees week over week. Each employee has...

It certain industries, typically hospitality, work is allocated to employees based on fairness but subject to the employees’ availability. For instance, if all the employees are equally available, then they should be scheduled an equal...

Authors: Mitch Magureanu, QA Analyst & Chris Peckover, Support Specialist Why do we need QA and what is it?  QA stands for quality assurance.  Why do we need it? It can be summed up by a...

Author: Gavin Petch, Implementation Specialist In this day and age, where information is at our finger tips, there is now an expectation that all software should live up to this. Our client base at Celayix...

Authors: Ian Stewart, Developer and Godot Bian, Co-op Junior Developer To bring our clients more value with cutting edge technologies, Celayix has decided to make the transition from our eTime desktop application to a new...

Author: Dinesh Adithan, Director of Engineering In today’s business world, the scheduler has many challenges while planning out schedules and shifts. In particular, they must ensure that both the business’ and employees’ needs are met....

Author: Kieran Dhaliwal, Customer Success Manager Change is hard. Change in the workplace is especially difficult to get used it, particularly if it involves changing an existing legacy process or product. Even though we may...

If you own or operate a security business, there is a good chance that the safety of your employees is a concern that is always at the back of your mind. You work with these...

  Adapting to change is difficult. Convincing others to adapt to change can be excruciating. In the implementation of any change, whether procedural, structural, or something in between, there will always be push back. The...

Our developers have been hard at work to bring you new capabilities and improvements to our range of workforce management solutions. Specifically, we have made updates to eTime Xpress, Web Xpress and Web Xpress Mobile and...

Built on Microsoft Azure, the package allows secure handling of all communication in the cloud and a smooth integration for customers Vancouver, BC – July 17, 2015 Celayix Software and Evention are pleased to announce...

For those of you not familiar with Homejoy, they were one of the darlings of the online “On Demand” economy along with Handy, Task Rabbit and Uber. Homejoy’s business model was to disrupt the existing...

Celayix no longer supports Web Xpress. The updated product is Team Xpress. Click here to learn more! Celayix Mobile Solutions on Sprint’s Hardware and Network enables Healthcare and Security providers to confirm remote workers are...

The Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act, better known as California paid sick leave, went into effect July 1 and since then, employees have been able to accrue paid sick leave. As ignoring the law can...

  How the ACA impacts your company depends on the number of employees or the number of W2s in any given year. Any companies with 50 or more “full-time equivalent employees” (FTE) are required to...

In a lot of industries such as: home healthcare, commercial security or the hospitality sector, a remote-based, mobile workforce is a necessity. While there many advantages to employing a remote workforce, managing this workforce can...

It is no secret that flexible schedules in the workplace and other types of flex-work have gained tremendous popularity in the last few years. Not only do flexible schedules have significant cost savings for employers...

If your organization is looking to implement new human resources software such as payroll, recruiting, workforce management, or scheduling software, you know all about comparing pricing, features, and system requirements. However, the implementation of your...

May 21, 2014 The concept of a paperless business seems like common sense. In 2014, why would anyone still use an archaic medium like paper? As many business owners have found, transitioning to a paperless...

In a controversial move by the Obama administration, home care workers across America will now fall under the Federal Labor Standards Act as of January 1st, 2015. Supporters for low-wage workers have advocated for this...

Why Care about Turnover One of the most underestimated and understudied costs of operation; high employee turnover can negatively impact both the short and long term success of your business.  Therefore, it’s amazing how few...

The Changing Security Landscape Security is a labor-intensive, high turnover, low margin business. Covering shifts effectively depends on both good planning and effective management of last minute (short-notice) changes. To achieve this, businesses need to...

April 15, 2014 Many organizations struggle with replacing outdated software systems that no longer function efficiently. Even highly structured organizations such as NASA and the Federal Government struggle with legacy systems that are difficult to...