How would the below considerations affect how you create a roster?
Award provisions for leave	The number of vacation days an employee is allotted willimpact the rostering process. This is because the number of employees that need to be scheduled will increase when vacation days are considered. For example, if an employee is allotted four weeks of vacation per year, then the rostering process will need to consider the possibility of absences lasting up to four weeks. This may mean scheduling more employees than would be necessary if vacation days were not taken into account.
Mandated breaks between shifts	Employees may need to be scheduled for additional hours to accommodate the break. For example, if an employee is scheduled to work 8 hours, but is required to have a 30-minute break, the employee may need to be scheduled for 8.5 hours. Breaks may need to be scheduled at specific times. For example, if an employee is scheduled to work 8 hours, but is required to have a 30-minute break, the break may need to be scheduled at the halfway point, or after 4 hours.
Maximum allowed shift hours	The maximum allowed shift hours will impact the rostering process in a few ways. First, it will limit the number of hours that an employee can work in a day or in a week. This may mean that the business will need to hire more employees to cover the same number of hours, or it may mean that employees will need to be scheduled for more shifts. Second, the maximum allowed shift hours could also impact the type of employees needed to cover a shift. For example, if the maximum shift hours are 8 hours, then the business may need to hire 2 employees to cover a 12-hour shift.
Standard rates
Overtime rates	Overtime pay rates will impact the rostering process by affecting the number of hours worked by each employee, the amount of money spent on labour, the number of employees needed to work, and the availability of employees.
Penalty rates