---
title: "Schedule future shifts"
description: "Learn how to tell employees when they should work"
url: https://help.timechief.com/en/articles/17-schedule-future-shifts
collection: "Get started - Employer"
updated: 2026-09-01
language: en
alternates: [fr, cs, es, pl, ru, de, fi, nl, da, sv, sk, el, sl, it, hr, ja, no, ar, hi, hu, ko, lb, fa, pt, ro, th, tr, uk, vi]
---

# Schedule future shifts

Learn how to tell employees when they should work

## 1\. First make sure that you have invited your employee to the app

> **Info:** **Read the article below to learn how to do that.**

[

Invite employee

Learn what to do to start tracking your employee times

](https://help.timechief.com/cs/articles/15-invite-employee.md)

## 2\. Screens below are from our website but scheduling is available in the mobile app as well

> **Info:** You can find TimeChief web app at www.app.timechief.com

## 3\. Go to the Schedule tab

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/ObeOtHD22nELfywY1HgwJnUmen9npVj9sqjnJ6cDrSozjSp5OGD6IwmDz86LD78PVT0XqAWVp4O.png)

## 4\. Create a new shift schedule

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/jtVoExspmM3rbpNvoA8e01cz7uFT2WzNSjs2QsVqnMPbK9ndjRLynTxqEUfaeId9AwlDb8C7Z98.png)

## 5\. Assign an employee to the shift schedule

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/Q4ksl2ZZIL9v5k448CMu8P1Ta9sEupPBYhaoQwyoBUJ5OVe00q7ApFjkNBWjdQRDgO1pDUIFCm6.png)

## 6\. Click on the day you want to schedule a shift for

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/uMjzFTfMu9j4JNho1y9VgZn9w2xRbqhTFXPwRU1AGKCNxCj9gSkrQ2rZvZf6paOUVbmg1EVlm9u.png)

## 7\. Set times of the scheduled shift

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/dAA9AIAt6tIeFzGFo6zvvmGXozqFq1qmAdMKCvQHXYmJ9iqR1BOeLqd2aqV9Y911PLfBA6wti2M.png)

## 8\. This is how your employee will see the scheduled shift

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/UYwi9ztWZ6RI1vK5VMmwT0TsSiyuUVa9bTu9mXUu1Cq97QL8ODgt7B3eaFBilA3Fq6iPE1ol1Wj.png)